Do you pull over & wait when a funeral precession comes through?

[Samckitt]

My wife is on a forum called momslikeme.com (used to be indymoms.com) and some woman on there is b!tching because she doesn't want to pull over & honor the deceased when a funeral precession comes through. She says she has things to do, places to go bla bla bla. To myself & my wife we translate that to mean "I am more important than your deceased mother, father, grandparents, son or daughter". I tell you some of the womn on that forum need a $.25 bullet. But anyway.

Maybe it is just me, so I was wondering what you guys think.

[Samckitt]

So now one of the women is saying that it wouldn't be safe to pull over & wait on 465. 465 is the interstate that circles the city of Indianapolis. Come on, do these women not have brains?

[Brandon Miller]

Always have and always will. As far as the interstate deal, never seen a funeral precession on the interstate. I think it would be hard to pull over for one on the interstate. Most funeral homes around here avoid the interstates at all costs and use side roads. I've always pulled over for them and always will. I have been known on a 4 lane road to pull sideways to block the inconsiderate ones who weave in and out of the stopped traffic so they can keep going.

[parsonsj]

Funeral processions do *not* belong on the interstate. That's just silly. I wouldn't wait for it either.

Surface streets, well, that's a different matter, but this thought occurs to me: funeral processions are something from a different time when traffic was far less than it is now. If a funeral procession wound its way through downtown Orlando it would cause massive traffic backups, maybe even resulting in the need for another procession.

Done in moderation, with a suitable route, at the right time, with police escorts, then funeral processions are OK. Otherwise they shouldn't be supported.

jp

[moreHP]

I turn on my headlights and get in line! They dont have to stop for signal lights!!





I am just kidding!

[Eric Howell]

I have to say in this part of the country I have never seen anyone stop to allow a funeral precession to pass. Some places even make them wait at traffic lights but most block the intersections for them. What irritates me is the people that "tag along" to get through lights or cut through the precession to make a right turn.

[Brandon Miller]

Just from what I've seen, the pull over observation seems to be more of a southern thing now a days. I have been in the midwest when they weren't observed. Maybe its just contained to the smaller areas now away from all of the Metro areas.

[1981silverz28]

ALWAYS STOP . . I have stopped and blocked both lanes to stop the inconsiderate people from weaving in an out also . The people that just lost a loved one are upset and shouldnt have to worry about traffic and alot of times the are from out of town and don't know the roads . It is just a southern thing I think cause the tags that don't stop are usually from out of state . I was raised that u do it out of respect for others .

[parsonsj]

I have stopped and blocked both lanes to stop the inconsiderate people

Right. That's the considerate thing to do.

jp

[T-CHRGD]

Always.

Most people around here do.

[69stang]

Stopped yesterday, in fact all lanes stopped going both ways as the funeral procession crossed SR 48 (main N/S road through Dayton) going through Kettering. I always stop.

[JEFFTATE]

I stop ,
but I don't block traffic and stop other people.
"To each his own"

BTW , why are they called "surface streets".
Do we have underground streets ??

I do not , however , stop when an emergency vehicle is coming from the opposite direction.
I do pull over and stop when an emergency vehicle is coming up behind me.
I get out of the way and/or yield for emergency vehicles.

[Samckitt]

I stop ,
but I don't block traffic and stop other people.
"To each his own"

BTW , why are they called "surface streets".
Do we have underground streets ??

I do not , however , stop when an emergency vehicle is coming from the opposite direction.
I do pull over and stop when an emergency vehicle is coming up behind me.
I get out of the way and/or yield for emergency vehicles.

For that matter why do we drive on parkways & park on driveways?

[JEFFTATE]

Why are "apart"ments close together ?

I also am not afraid to pass School Buses while they are in motion.
Most people think it is illegal , or dangerous , to pass a school bus under any condition.
It is not illegal to pass a school bus while it is in motion , and you are in a legal passing zone.

[Twentyover]

I had always assumed that it refered to streets that had been hard surfaced with concreete or asphalt, as opposed to gravel oir dirt road surfaces

[JEFFTATE]

I had always assumed that it refered to streets that had been hard surfaced with concreete or asphalt, as opposed to gravel oir dirt road surfaces

People always use the term "surface streets" for local streets and another term for Interstate Highways.

I'm sorry , I didn't mean to take this thread off topic.

Just ignore me....

[parsonsj]

I also am not afraid to pass School Buses while they are in motion.

I know! That makes me crazy. It's like a little funeral procession, only worse, because everybody has to stop when the bus stops.

jp

[Brandon Miller]

I also am not afraid to pass School Buses while they are in motion.

How about Troopers, Police, Deputies that are driving below the speed limit? It drives me nuts at how many people are afraid to pass them.

[parsonsj]

Yep, I pass them too. I'll go 7 mph over the speed limit to do it. If they want to waste a whole bunch of time, write me up for 6 mph over the limit. So far, none has.

jp

[Brandon Miller]

Yep, I pass them too. I'll go 7 mph over the speed limit to do it. If they want to waste a whole bunch of time, write me up for 6 mph over the limit. So far, none has.

jp

Same here. Some times I don't want a semi horn or a train horn, I want a horn that screams "GO THE F*<K ON!"