Drive Safe, Urges Pope

Before your commute home today, read up:

Pope Benedict XVI remembered the victims of motor-vehicle accidents during his Sunday Angelus audience on November 19, and urged all drivers to be alert and to obey the rules of the road.

"I tirelessly ask motorists to respect the traffic regulations, and always to pay attention to others," the Pope said, noting that the day is an annual public commemoration of traffic-accident victims. [source]

This might not seem like the most pressing message at first.

That is, unless you've ever tried crossing a street in Italy....