Pope's 10 Commandments of the Road

Rolling through a stop sign isn’t one of them.

What’s that? Here, you have to choose your pump by what kind of fuel you need.

Thou shalt remember that thy subwoofer loosens all the fasteners on thy vehicle.

WRONG!!! Such a stupid policy decreases the capacity of the road. Vehicles should be equally distributed across all lanes and all going the same speed.

Passing is NOT the most important thing. It is the least important.

Yielding is NOT the norm for entering drivers. The driver on the through highway is REQUIRED to let him in if there is a MERGE sign. There are yield signs only on poorly built ramps with no acceleration lanes. The politicians who built these need shootin.

Thou art wrong.

Whoever has the stupid idea that the left lane must be reserved for passing should get a degree in traffic engineering. Then he will understand why such a law is stupid.

Those who do not take this course of study should keep their laymen brains out of the discussion, because they don’t know what they are asking.

There is nothing wrong with asking drivers to move right when traffic is light. But when traffic is heavy enough that it has to slow down due to lack of following distance, all of the lanes should be full, and all of the traffic should be moving at approximately the same speed. So any harebrain who wants a law to clear a lane for him to pass at all times is just plain selfish. He should have his license restricted to riding a tricycle. The law he wants will jam up traffic more.

Thou shalt not pass a bicycle without another lane to pass in.

Thou shalt ride your bicycle as though you are driving a car. It’s the law.

Thou shalt turn your bicycle off the road if thou art holding up three or more cars behind you. It’s the law.

Thou shalt not ride bicycles in clusters larger than two. It’s the law.

Getting a ticket is not the issue. Obeying the law is. Whether or not you get caught, you are doing wrong if you break the law. Period.

This is wrong, because it is selfish. The purpose of multiple lanes is to move MORE traffic, not to let selfish drivers pass other drivers.

Thou shalt live close enough to thy job that thou need not exceed the speed limit to get to work on time.

If you are in the lane closest to the accident, this advice is illegal in many states. Thou shalt slow down 10 mph or move over one lane.

Thou art selfish.

Nobody has the right to drive faster than the speed limit. And nobody has the right to pass when traffic fills all of the lanes.

  1. Thou shalt imparteth motion to the pedal of hydrocarbon combustion, when thine traffic signal turns green.

Don’t you mean “greed” instead of “green?”
First you have to wait for all of the clowns who stretch the yellow into the red.

  1. When thou art making a left turn on a green ball signal, thou shalt pull into the intersection and not waiteth in the turn lane. Thou shalt clear the intersection at the first available opportunity.

Thou art asking for the accident to occurreth.

The law says thou shalt not enter the intersection unless thou beist certain that thou canst leave it immediately.

Also, certain traffic lights canst trapeth thou in the intersection if thou doeth what thou sayest. The traffic signal canst leave thou stucketh with the yellow, and then the red light, whilest the cars which cometh towardst thee still haveth the green light. This trapeth thy auto in the intersection with the red light. Thou canst getteth the ticket in this manner. Or in the worst event, thou mightst not noticeth that the other cars still moveth with the green light, and thou mightst collide with them.

Thou shouldst Google “left turn lag-trap” to find eth out more.

  1. Honor the intersection and keep it open. Thou shalt not wait in traffic within said intersection.

Doest this not contradicteth with thy previous advice?

  1. Thou shalt learn the meaning of “Do Not Enter”, “No Left Turn”, “No Right Turn”, and “No U-Turn”.
  • Add to that “NO TURN ON RED”, “ONE WAY”, “LEFT TURN YIELD ON BALL GREEN”, “LEFT TURN YIELD ON FLASHING YELLOW ARROW”, and “NO PARKING.”

This includest the state thou drivest in. Thou shalt obeyeth the traffic laws in the state thou drivest in, not the state thou hast thy dwelling in.

But officer. My license hadn’t expired when I drove INTO this interchange.

THOU SHALT NOT APPLY MAKE UP WHILE DRIVING
THOU SHALT NOT LEAVE THY BLINKER ON FOR 10
MILES
THOU SHALT NOT PARK EXCURSION IN COMPACT SPOT

                      FROM RICHARD PLOCK
                           SAN ANTONIO TX
                            rplock@guidoco.com
                             210-771-4474
                             210-734-0371

THY DASHBOARD PLASTIC JESUS MY NOT WEARETH A HULA SKIRT

WHOOPS,HAVE TO CORRECT MY ENTRY

THY DASHBOARD PLASTIC JESUS SHALT NOT WEARETH A HULA SKIRT

Whine ye not upon receiving traffic tickets lest thine coworkers, spouses and neighbors tell thee exactly how richly thou deservest them, and Lo, that they are surprised that thou hast not incurred multitudes of summonses, fines and warnings. Hang thine head low, payest thou thy fines, and FOLLOW THE COMMANDMENTS for generations upon generations to come, becoming a good example to thine community.

They should give more tickets like this.

THOU SHALT LEARN THE MEANING OF THE WORD “MERGE” AND PRACTICE THE ACT OF BLENDING INTO THE FREEWAY TRAFFIC AT A RESPECTABLE SPEED.
OR
THOU SHALT NEVER STOP AT THE END OF AN ENTRANCE RAMP AND EXPECT OTHERS TO TAKE PITY ON YOU.