Is the "Ten Commandments of Driving" some new doctrine the Catholic church has come up with?

Question

I am praying that God will enlighten your mind when it comes to Papal infilability. Maybe this might help if you believe in the Bible,Psalms 146:3.

Why do you all fail to realize that these are already in use by the true Christian realm. All one really has to do is read the Bible to understand these simple rules.

Answer 1

I think religion and driving don't go together at all, it don't even sound right.

Answer 2

I dunno about them being "the words of God", but they are certainly good advice. I would have thought that Christians would already be following these "commandments" already.
Here they are:

'Drivers' Ten Commandments'

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.

Other than Commandment 7 and 8, these ought to be automatic in every Christian to begin with, so maybe they are "God's commandments" written on our hearts.
Come to think of it, 7 & 8 are pretty good ideas too. If you haven't added them already, it certainly wouldn't hurt.
I'm not a Catholic...but I do know how devastating it can be to lose a loved one to a drunk driver.
My husband was killed that way when we were both still fairly young, leaving me with a large family to raise all by myself.

Answer 3

When you consider that the way people drive can have serious consequences, then I think it is rather enlightened of the Vatican to bring out the "Ten Commandments of Driving". It gives advice in the hope that drivers will not break the law and possibly die or cause death in accidents. It also deals with road rage, which has become a serious anti-social problem.

Thankfully they don't have to prove the existence of cars and drivers. And no... there were no cars in the Bible, but I still believe they exist, and that I have a christian and legal duty to drive 'with due care and attention'. :)

Answer 4

IT IS NOT A DOCTRINE, it is a light way for the pope to show the importance of forgiveness and safety, nothing more. Papal infallibility is only when something is addressed as dogmatic or Church doctrine and it must be approved byt he majesterium, to include the theologians, the people (yes the people) and the papacy. People who have no idea of how Catholicism really is always make statements as you have made.
May God enlighten your mind always

Answer 5

No, this is not new doctrine. These are GUIDELINES for safe and responsible driving.

This is similiar to the
Ten Commandments for Christmas - http://huntsville.about.com/library/blcommandments.htm
Ten Commandments for a Heart-Healthy Temple - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018182
Ten Commandments Of Computer Ethics - http://www.brook.edu/its/cei/overview/Ten_Commanments_of_Computer_Ethics.htm
The Ten Commandments for Preachers - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Ten+Commandments+for+Preachers-a0114050796

Whenever people use the phrase "Ten Commandments of...", they are saying these are rules to live by.

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Don, clearly you do not understand papal infallibility:

Christ instructed the Church to preach everything he taught (Matt. 28:19–20) and promised the protection of the Holy Spirit to "guide you into all the truth" (John 16:13). That mandate and that promise guarantee the Church will never fall away from his teachings (Matt. 16:18, 1 Tim. 3:15), even if individual Catholics might.

Answer 6

If you sat in a Driver's Ed class, and the instructor told you to:

Be careful not to kill anyone with your automobile, that you are sharing the road with others, to drive with courtesty but also with prudence because of unforseen events, help victims of accidents, that cars are not symbolic of power, not driving when under the influence of drugs/alcohol, don't hold or foster grudges between accident victims, be mindful of the young ones in your car and other cars, and that you are responsible for all others in your car...

If the instuctor told you all those things, and he'she probably has, you would openly accept it as good advice.

Do you realize you are rejecting that same good advice because, this time, it happens to come from the pope?

The Drivers' Ten Commandments as listed by the document, are:

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.


You will accept good advice from people you like, but reject it from peope you don't like. It is foolish to accept good advice from a person you approve of while you reject that same good advice from someone you don't care for.

Answer 7

"commandments" to me implies something that must be followed. It's not the "10 suggestions", right? (some old joke there that I can't fully remember :D ) I personally feel it's absolutely ridiculous that the Vatican thinks they need to release something like this. To me it's merely another thing that shows that Catholicism is not what Christ started when he started Christianity. Men continue to think they know better than God what God wants.

Answer 8

It's a bunch of garbage from a bunch of people who think they are the only ones with God's ear and what they say must be followed. Just another CULT!

Answer 9

No they are the words of God. You have to follow them.

I'll pray for you