Morality of Driving in NY and any place

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There’s a lot of pedestrians in NYC. It’s actually 25 now.
Furthermore, there are a lot of blind turns in this city. I had a friend who was tboned and died a few years ago. The gentleman was going, if I remember correctly, about 70 in a 30.

So many people speed and run red lights though. Morality of driving anywhere is …be careful and do not harm others. Watch out constantly because so many people break the laws and drive (walk, bike) recklessly.
 
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Whether they live or die is a poor line in the sand. What kind of quality of life is there following the 30 mph crash?

Instead, I suggest one drives at a speed which they can see and avoid in the current situation. Also a sidenote, anyone else feel that the legal BAC is ridiculously lax? I crunched the numbers and I don’t feel safe to drive at even half the legal limit.
 
You posted a video with a thread title that says the morality of driving.

I am not sure I understand your point.
Drive the speed limit and obey traffic laws, whether you are in a car on a bike or walking.
It has nothing to do with morality and everything to do with common sense.
 
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I was scratching my head until I realized that was in MPH, not km/h.
 
The title of your post seems to question the morality of driving at all. Was that your intention?
 
No but it is something to consider – 😶
It is about speeding –
 
Speeding is against the law.
There is nothing unjust about creating laws that govern the speed limit.
Disobeying a legitimate civil law is wrong, period.
Whether or not it rises to the case of a “mortal sin” is not for me to decide, but I would just say don’t speed anyway. It’s not safe, it’s not smart, it’s not legal.
 
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Yes, illegally breaking just laws is immoral. Yes, being reckless with human life in any way is immoral. I would like to thank the OP for posting a reminder that how we drive is also an extension of our faith.
 
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Furthermore, there are a lot of blind turns in this city.
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As a pedestrian tourist though I found Manhattan brilliant with the streets using numbers and compass points and being one way. You always have a sense of where you are in relation to everything else. We could never quite understand the theory behind the horn blowing though. It didn’t really seem to be related to any meaningful message to other drivers.
 
Heck, the Catechism speaks about when speed becomes sin:

2290 The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess : the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco, or medicine. Those incur grave guilt who, by drunkenness or a love of speed, endanger their own and others’ safety on the road, at sea, or in the air.
 
NYC is the easiest city to navigate in the US. I’d say Kansas City is a good second, Chicago third.
 
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