# Pope's 10 Commandments of the Road **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849 "2007-06-22T16:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/241 "2008-02-08T20:06:31Z")
what is a “green ball signal”? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/242 "2008-02-08T20:12:08Z")
Never speed up in the middle of an intersection, be the light red, green or purple. ---
**Author:** ![SallySue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SallySue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SallySue)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/243 "2008-02-29T16:21:44Z")
Thou shalt not insist that thine car has enough gas to ascend a great mountain, despite the fact that the gas beacon is glowing brightly for all to see, only to have thy tank experience a drought of biblical proportions and force thine passengers to walk 12 miles to the nearest petrol station because thine cell phone receives no reception upon the mount. Thou shalt not put on make-up, shave, or read while driving. If thou insisteth on having fake Hawaiian leis, Mardi Gras beads and graduation tassles, they shall not occupy more than 10% of you shield of wind. ---
**Author:** ![Litahni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@Litahni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Litahni)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/244 "2008-03-19T14:31:07Z")
Thou shalt not enter the freeway at a slower speed than the flow of traffic on the freeway lest you cause other drivers distress. ---
**Author:** ![Litahni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@Litahni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Litahni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/245 "2008-03-26T16:16:01Z")
Thou shalt not pull out in front of me (causing me to brake hard) and then drive 10 mph below the posted speed limit, especially if there is nobody behind me and you could have waited. ---
**Author:** ![Litahni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@Litahni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Litahni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/246 "2008-03-26T16:20:49Z")
Thou shalt not travel in the passing lane at the same speed as the 18-wheelers. Also, thou shalt not remain in a truckers blind spot for any length of time; just pass, then if you want to continue driving that slow, returneth thee to the slow lane. ---
**Author:** ![Litahni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7feea3/32.png) [@Litahni](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Litahni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/247 "2008-03-26T16:29:22Z")
1. When someone awaits thy parking space, attempt to move on expeditiously; this is not an occasion to re-program thy radio buttons??. Thou shalt not wait in middle of parking lot for shopper who has just gotten to their car with their stuff. Not only does thou block the parking lot for other drivers but it is also rude to suggest that the person must rush to accomodate you so you can have that spot. Look for another spot, this ones mine until I’m done with it, and if I see you waiting I will take my sweet time until you go away. If my reverse lights are on, then, and only then, is it acceptable for you to wait for me so you can have my spot. ---
**Author:** ![totallytempo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@totallytempo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/totallytempo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/248 "2009-05-25T01:22:21Z")
Thou city planners shall not createth area’s wherein all thy cars in thy right lanes are attempting to get to thy left lanes and all thy cars in the left lanes attempteth to get into thy right lanes. OTTAWA HAS THE WORST Designed roads one has EVER seen. Lagos’s roads are designed FAR more competently, as are every other city’s on the planets roads. ---
**Author:** ![Z69105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Z69105](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Z69105)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849/249 "2009-12-29T01:02:51Z")
If any bicycle rider thinketh that the rules of yon roadway do not apply to him whilst ardently demanding that his own right to the road be held sacrosant, let him be cast into the deepest pits of Hell, there to spend eternity chained to a red hot bicycle and forced to ride up and down Georgia Avenue in DC. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popes-10-commandments-of-the-road/849.md?page=12)