whats the deal with funeral processions?

[Inspector Jihad]

when they have a train of cars...the one i saw today, all of them went thru a red light while honking. Can they do that? do they have the right of way in that case?

 

[mooglekit]

Yeah, they have to have police escorts ahead of them to block intersections so they can all stay in one line and not get broken up into multiple groups by lights.

 

[waggy]

good link on the laws


you have to yeild right of way to a funeral procession.

so yes it is legal and yes they have hte right.

 

[meltdown75]

R x eleventy billion

 

[Lola]

plus, they do that so any out of town guests do not get lost by having the procession broken up.
They do have the right of way.

 

[waggy]

OP do you have a drivers license? this is a standard question on drivers test.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: waggy
OP do you have a drivers license? this is a standard question on drivers test.

Depends on the state I guess - never heard about any rules or saw any questions about it on the texas written test.

 

[mugs]

In some states, yes they are allowed to run a red light if the first car in the procession made it through the light.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: waggy
OP do you have a drivers license? this is a standard question on drivers test.

Depends on the state I guess - never heard about any rules or saw any questions about it on the texas written test.

Yeah, funeral processions are more common in some states than others.

 

[boomerang]

The last one I was in, the driver ahead of me was lagging waaaay behind the car in front as we went through an intersection on a red light. He got hit by cross traffic.

We drive with our lights on and teeny tiny little flags on our roof, but the honking sounds like a good idea also.

No police escort required here.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: boomerang
The last one I was in, the driver ahead of me was lagging waaaay behind the car in front as we went through an intersection on a red light. He got hit by cross traffic.

We drive with our lights on and teeny tiny little flags on our roof, but the honking sounds like a good idea also.

No police escort required here.

How do you lag behind in a funeral procession, they drive ~30 mph! 😛

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: waggy
OP do you have a drivers license? this is a standard question on drivers test.

Depends on the state I guess - never heard about any rules or saw any questions about it on the texas written test.

i dont recall anything about it being in the PA test either

 

[Mxylplyx]

Seems like doing that without a police escort would be dangerous.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: boomerang
The last one I was in, the driver ahead of me was lagging waaaay behind the car in front as we went through an intersection on a red light. He got hit by cross traffic.

We drive with our lights on and teeny tiny little flags on our roof, but the honking sounds like a good idea also.

No police escort required here.

How do you lag behind in a funeral procession, they drive ~30 mph! 😛

Bad ping?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: boomerang
The last one I was in, the driver ahead of me was lagging waaaay behind the car in front as we went through an intersection on a red light. He got hit by cross traffic.

We drive with our lights on and teeny tiny little flags on our roof, but the honking sounds like a good idea also.

No police escort required here.

How do you lag behind in a funeral procession, they drive ~30 mph! 😛

Bad ping?

packet loss 😛

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: waggy
OP do you have a drivers license? this is a standard question on drivers test.

Depends on the state I guess - never heard about any rules or saw any questions about it on the texas written test.

i dont recall anything about it being in the PA test either

it's not on the california drivers test either

 

[waggy]

hmm i swear it was on the IL test.

though we did also have drivers Ed. maybe i am confusing it with that.

 

[TheNinja]

Even if it isn't the law, I would still yield simply out of respect to the family and friends.

 

[xanis]

Yes, it's legal. Funeral processions get the right of way.

 

[Turin39789]

I know it was in the KY drivers liscense manual.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Even if it isn't the law, I would still yield simply out of respect to the family and friends.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Even if it isn't the law, I would still yield simply out of respect to the family and friends.

:thumbsup:

These days it's like that's too much to ask.

 

[Sqube]

An overwhelming majority of people would rather be drawn and quartered than wait for a funeral procession. It saddens me sometimes.

Also, I took the MD driver's test and definitely didn't have any mention of funeral processions having the right of way.

 

[Brainonska511]

It wasn't on the NYS permit test, but I would still give the right of way to the funeral procession.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Seems like doing that without a police escort would be dangerous.

Last month I was in two of them, and neither had an escort (both were some far drives too). March was not a good month for me.