Pope my ride
So there's another layer of bureaucracy between you and the your enjoyment of your car.
Well, that is if you're a practising Catholic.
The Vatican has a 35-page road code entitled Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road. God's driving guide even has its own 10 commandments which driving website Left Lane lists as:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not-so-young not to drive when they are not in a fit condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible towards others.
There's bit of a double up here.
I always thought you shall not kill was covered in the other commandments, but it seems that it was deemed necessary to spell it out lest believers tried to use the "I was in the car at the time" defence.
Likewise, the one about using your car for an occasion of sin seems superfluous.
A sin is a sin whether it be committed at home, at work, in a cheap motel or parked up beside the lake in a Fiat Punto with the windows steamed up.
The references to drink driving and road rage are admirable and the cyclist in me applauds the call to protect the more vulnerable party.
Interestingly the road code is part of a series of documents that includes Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies.
Why Gypsies?
God only knows.
I thought they would have been covered in the blanket "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", but I must've missed the fine print that said except gypsies, tramps and thieves as well as gays, women who want to be priests and other groups to be advised on a case-by-case basis.
Well, that is if you're a practising Catholic.
The Vatican has a 35-page road code entitled Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road. God's driving guide even has its own 10 commandments which driving website Left Lane lists as:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not-so-young not to drive when they are not in a fit condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible towards others.
There's bit of a double up here.
I always thought you shall not kill was covered in the other commandments, but it seems that it was deemed necessary to spell it out lest believers tried to use the "I was in the car at the time" defence.
Likewise, the one about using your car for an occasion of sin seems superfluous.
A sin is a sin whether it be committed at home, at work, in a cheap motel or parked up beside the lake in a Fiat Punto with the windows steamed up.
The references to drink driving and road rage are admirable and the cyclist in me applauds the call to protect the more vulnerable party.
Interestingly the road code is part of a series of documents that includes Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies.
Why Gypsies?
God only knows.
I thought they would have been covered in the blanket "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", but I must've missed the fine print that said except gypsies, tramps and thieves as well as gays, women who want to be priests and other groups to be advised on a case-by-case basis.