In the News: Vatican Publihes 10 Commandments for drivers

Must be a slow news day at the Holy See:

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Got road rage? The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of
"Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists to be charitable to others
on the highways, to refrain from drinking and driving, and to pray you
make it before you even buckle up. An unusual document from the Vatican's office for
migrants and itinerant people also warned that automobiles can be "an occasion
of sin" -- particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for
prostitution.

It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out "primitive" behavior in motorists, including "impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code."

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.

Here are the new Big Ten:
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 neighbor 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 fitting 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 toward others.

Comes down to a version of the Golden Rule -- "Do unto others" and all that. Except for the praying behind the wheel part, which sounds kind of dangerous.

But now that the Vatican has tackled issues iof automobile driving, can the Ten Commandments of Typewriting or the Decalogue of Daguerreotyping be far behind?