Vatican Issues 10 Commandments for Driving
Seriously:
It urged motorists to obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and to pray when behind the wheel.
Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the office, told a news conference that the Vatican felt it necessary to address the pastoral needs of motorists because driving had become such a big part of contemporary life.
So let me get this straight. There are people who drive like idiots, and these idiots are now going to change their driving behavior based on a set of rules published by some dude in Italy?
I’m going to keep a closer eye on how often I’m cut off by Jesus fish SUVs in light of this absurdity.
June 19th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
you can’t keep an eye on the fish guys, those tend to be Fundamentalist Christians, and the vatican is for the Catholics. Now granted on some things they are the same, where they get their rules from is very different. what you need is a way to spot catholics easily, although as one who has to try to exit a catholic church parking lot on church days I think they need these new rules.
June 20th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Good point on the Jesus fish fundies vs. Catholics thing, Jeremy.
Freakonomics has proposed a theory that this could cause people to drive more dangerously under the assumption that they’ll be protected by God.