[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Funeral Procession Rules (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 7/27/2016 3:22:44 PM EDT
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I saw something this morning that made me wonder.....
Down here in Texas, when a funeral procession comes down the road, cars on both sides of the road pull over and stop on the side of the road until the funeral procession passes. Is this the custom in other parts of the country? Thanks. |
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Quoted: I saw something this morning that made me wonder..... Down here in Texas, when a funeral procession comes down the road, cars on both sides of the road pull over and stop on the side of the road until the funeral procession passes. Is this the custom in other parts of the country? Thanks. Georgia we pull over and stop |
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I don't really understand why traffic would pull over.
If they have a police escort with visual warning devices illuminated - Yes. If not - no. Edit: I don't try and cut in/ through and I let them clear an intersection even if I have green, for whatever that is worth. It would be a bummer if you got separated from the convoy and got lost on the way to the cemetery. |
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My family is from eastern Kentucky. Not only do cars stop....but so do people on bikes, people mowing their grass, people walking, etc. They also remove hats if they are wearing them.
Funny how people that don't have much still know what's important in life. Fuckers up here in Michigan will cut through a procession so they can get to Starbucks Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Since you brought it up OP, if you're in the middle of the procession, for fucks sake, keep a tight gap.
Nothing worse than when you think the procession is over, so you pull out, and it was just crazy old uncle Joe in his '88 Cadillac that couldn't keep up with the 25 mph train of cars. Now you're stuck in the middle of the procession. 
Fuck you uncle Joe. |
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I saw something this morning that made me wonder..... Down here in Texas, when a funeral procession comes down the road, cars on both sides of the road pull over and stop on the side of the road until the funeral procession passes. Is this the custom in other parts of the country? Thanks. Maybe in your neck of the woods. Around here we have assholes that will cut into the actual procession 
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Unless we see emergency vehicle lights, we do not pull over in New England. Following traffic laws doesn't impede the procession.
The exception would be if I am being overtaken. Then I either pull over or increase my speed to keep my distance. *edit* - no one cuts into a procession though. That is just bad form. |
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It's a hazard. Funeral processions should not be on the road. It is a safety hazard and they are incompatible with our traffic system. It was one thing during the time of the horse drawn carriage... Things are a little different now. Yup it's an antiquated thing and just gets other people injured. |
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Every state I have ever been to the traffic law was that such that you had to yield to a funeral procession.
It is one of those customs that I find a little odd. Not in any way trying to be disrespectful and I understand that everyone grieves in their own way but the dead don't have any place to be in a hurry and the living do, I don't see the point in inconveniencing the living at the expense of someone who has all the time in the world. I'm also the guy that wants to be dumped in the ground and an apple tree planted over my corpse when I'm dead. |
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We do here, it was a cluster fuck for my dad's funeral. 8 escorts and 50+ cars in the procession. I was raised you also turn your headlights on if during the day. Problem is that a good many modern cars have their headlights on all the time. Now it seems the processions use their emergency flashers or little yellow flags to stand out. |
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As a kid I remember seeing a crew of road workers stop, remove their hardhats and bow their heads while we drove by. I was probably 6-8yrs old and remember their respect to this day. Slightly off topic, but sometimes I'm amazed at where you see respect. At my dad's funeral--Army vet, military funeral--we were carrying him out of the church to load in the hearse when around the corner came a carload of urban yutes. It was very stereotypical--wifebeater shirts, baseball hats on sideways, spinners on the old car, and the air was filled with the over-base thump thump of urban music. They come around the corner, see us and the hearse, and suddenly the music stops, they slow down, they take off their hats, and cruise slowly by. What an incredible situation. |
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We don't pull over and stop in Michigan. Unfortunately, very true for MI. I was quite touched when be buried my one of my favorite uncles in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. Everyone pulled over. All the traffic lights were "green" for the funeral procession. ETA From what I've seen here in SE MI you're lucky if they'll all stop for a fire truck or ambulance. Clueless drivers... 
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We don't pull over here, but the entire procession behind the hearse has the right of way and they go through stop signs, turns and traffic lights as a group.. That's the way it's done here. They have police escorts that halt the intersection until the procession passes, then then they go up to the next one. But opposing lane of traffic keeps moving along. |