Unsafe Driving

[D0RK4JP2]

Gday Folks,

In the Catechism is says that if for love of speed, by land, sea or air, you endanger your life, or the lives of others, you incur grave guilt. Driving a car is in itself a dangerous thing to do, but what makes the action grave? Sometimes driving at the speed limit gives you 'love of speed', so does that mean you should slow down? Then there's the situation of 'dragging' at the lights; you don't ever go past the speed limit, but you get up to it as fast as possible - so you enjoy the speed, but you're not ever going faster than what you would normally drive at. It's all very confusing, but I'm a young driver and I don't want to offend our Lord, most especially to not gravely offend Him, with my intemperance behind the wheel. I don't think that any of these situations are of grave circumstance but I fear they may be. Bit of help????

JMJ.

[Pontifex]

I do believe the key to this issue is the whole part of "endanger your life or the lives of others".

I speed at times to get to places quickly, like the hospital for instance. It isn't for love of speed, its for love of the people I need to visit.

The issue at hand is reckless driving for the sake of being reckless.