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Posted: 6/19/2014 12:54:43 PM EDT

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I'll get shit for this but stopping for a funeral procession is dumb. Maybe during the times of horse and buggy, but the modern road system is not suited to that sort of traffic behavior.

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Yep, this ^.

No reason to stop for a funeral procession in instances wherein it is not legally required (& even then it shouldn't be). Stopping when proceeding in the opposite direction is doubly absurd & annoying. I most often see people stop when going the opposite direction on a 2 lane road, or on a 4 lane road when proceeding in the same direction, refusing to pass the procession on the left. Annoying indeed.

Posted: 6/19/2014 12:58:02 PM EDT

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To each their own I suppose.

Personally I don't want to inconvenience a single living person when I'm dead and gone.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:00:17 PM EDT

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Drive on. The corpse in the casket ain't getting less dead if you refuse top pull over. Especially in the opposite direction. Jeez, what kind of shit is that?

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:01:19 PM EDT

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no divider on road = stop
divider on road = keep going

same for fire trucks

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Posted: 6/19/2014 1:02:30 PM EDT

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Nope, never. Dangerous and stupid - especially when noone is on the same page.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:02:58 PM EDT

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What do you mean by "opposite side"? Were they traveling east in the westbound lanes?

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:04:08 PM EDT

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"I flipped off some little fuqqer who didn't even have enough respect to pull over for a funeral procession..."

oh...I've been known to pull my motorcycle to the side, dismount, remove my helmet and hold it at my side while I bow my head until the procession passes. But then again, 4-lane divided traffic with the procession in the on-coming lane, prolly not.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:05:22 PM EDT

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Here in East Tennessee, we stop, divided or not. Its a sign of respect for the family. People did it for my grandparents' funeral so I do as well. My paternal grandfather was a bit different though, he had 5 police cars leading and another 4-5 blocking traffic.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:11:15 PM EDT

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Opposite side of 4 lane highway? No I would not stop.

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First post wins again.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:59:33 PM EDT

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If others stopped I would also.

I always stop on all smaller streets.

If you do not have time to give that person a minute or two then you need to slow down.

We were wiring a water plant next to a cemetery one time.

First day a funeral procession came in and we stopped working about 5 minutes till they passed..

Well this was a busy grave yard. They had funerals all day at about one hour intervals and sometimes if they were farther apart they had more than two going at a time.

We finally had to let it go and work otherwise the job would never get done. We would still stop if one was right up next to the fence.

Posted: 6/19/2014 1:59:58 PM EDT

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Everyone stops here. And takes off their hat if they're wearing one.

It's not about the dead guy, it's about showing respect for the family / loved ones.

Lot of self important assholes in the world I guess.

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This.

You will get your ass beat and or ticketed here if you don't.

Posted: 6/19/2014 2:01:14 PM EDT

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I would pull over only if it was legal and safe to do so.

Posted: 6/19/2014 2:05:13 PM EDT

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I had never seen anyone stop for a funeral procession until I visited relatives in western NC. It just doesn't happen around here unless the police block a traffic light or stop sign so everyone can stay together.

In the OP's case I would have continued on also.

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In most southern states the law requires you to stop for a funeral procession, and the cops providing escort will give tickets to those who don't. I honestly don't think it applies on divided highways and interstates, but on lessor roads, it is the law.

ETA: Don't worry about stopping for mine, my family has strict instructions, I am to be cremated, no services, and my ashes are to be thrown into the nearest dumpster. Once I am gone, I am gone, and while I certainly won't care, don't want anybody getting hung up over it.

Posted: 6/19/2014 3:26:48 PM EDT

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You will get your ass beat and or ticketed here if you don't.

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Posted: 6/19/2014 7:19:56 PM EDT

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What do you mean by "opposite side"? Were they traveling east in the westbound lanes?

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If you want to get technical I believe I was traveling south east and the funeral procession was traveling north west. So by opposite side I mean the funeral position was traveling in the exact opposite direction that I was traveling.

Posted: 6/19/2014 7:24:12 PM EDT

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In most southern states the law requires you to stop for a funeral procession, and the cops providing escort will give tickets to those who don't. I honestly don't think it applies on divided highways and interstates, but on lessor roads, it is the law.

ETA: Don't worry about stopping for mine, my family has strict instructions, I am to be cremated, no services, and my ashes are to be thrown into the nearest dumpster. Once I am gone, I am gone, and while I certainly won't care, don't want anybody getting hung up over it.

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I had never seen anyone stop for a funeral procession until I visited relatives in western NC. It just doesn't happen around here unless the police block a traffic light or stop sign so everyone can stay together.

In the OP's case I would have continued on also.

In most southern states the law requires you to stop for a funeral procession, and the cops providing escort will give tickets to those who don't. I honestly don't think it applies on divided highways and interstates, but on lessor roads, it is the law.

ETA: Don't worry about stopping for mine, my family has strict instructions, I am to be cremated, no services, and my ashes are to be thrown into the nearest dumpster. Once I am gone, I am gone, and while I certainly won't care, don't want anybody getting hung up over it.

Blocked stoplights/signs or non-divided highways/roads I would have stopped but I feel you don't have to stop on divided highways. I don't know about Oklahoma but I know during the Nebraska drivers license exam you don't have to stop for emergency vehicles during divided highways. I hold emergency vehicles at a high a higher "standard" than funeral processions.

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