The 10 Commandments of Driving

(Issued Tuesday 19 June 2007 by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People)



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.

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According to a Fox News report the 36 page document entitled Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road also includes a call for praying while driving, esp the Rosary. Cardinal Renato Martino issued the document under his own signature as head of the Congregation.