Sinai and Station Wagons

I assume most everyone has seen this, but I feel obliged to at least mention it here: The Vatican has issued a ten commandments for drivers. My commentary is in italics.

1. You shall not kill.
Not exactly a contentious one.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
Okay, though I'm not sure I understand the communion part. Are we talking about hand gestures?

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
Fast reflexes and a horn help, too.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
Unless you're in a prison area with a high percentage of escapees.

5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
Every teenager and redneck's heart dropped with this one.

6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
Time to put away the beer can I routinely keep between my legs on family trips.

7. Support the families of accident victims.
Kinda hard to argue with this one.

8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
This one could be hard to pull off. Can I employ force?

9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
Is this a deserving shot at SUV drivers?

10. Feel responsible toward others.
I woulda thought this applies to life in general.

I have a few of my own commandments:

10. Young people, especially females, shall not drive SUVs.

9. Truck drivers shall not hurl bottles of urine into ditches.

8. Thou shall not drive drunk, but that's not the same thing as drinking and driving.

7. Thou shall not drive a convertible with the top down if you're balding or balding.

6. Thou shall not drive a loud car that disrupts others' peace and quiet.

5. Thou shall not make obscene gestures to anyone over eighty years old.

4. Thou shall not park crooked or in any other way that makes it difficult for another person to park.

3. (For government officials): Thou shall not require a number of handicap parking spaces that is totally disproportionate to the potential handicap use.

2. Thou shall not throw empties into oncoming traffic.

1. Thou shall use thy turn signal.