Pull over for a funeral procession - Yes or No?

[JGalt]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

 

[Dan Stubbs]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

Done for two reasons, it allows the group to pass so they stay together a more orderly procession to the grave yard. Four lane road it is not a good idea to stop or pull over. Most of the time you have police escort and then you should pull over as required by law. Coming or going. .

 

[ABikerSailor]

Here in Amarillo, funeral processions generally have a police escort that blocks the intersections so they can all stay together.

Do I stop? Yes. Just the right thing to do. And, sometimes when I'm riding my bicycle and one goes by, I stop, take off my helmet, and wait for the procession to go by.

 

[aaronleland]

I keep a cup of pennies in my car to throw at funeral processions. Stupid dead person.

 

[JGalt]

I keep a cup of pennies in my car to throw at funeral processions. Stupid dead person.

Stupid dead person doesn't need your damned pennies. There's nothing to buy wherever he or she is going and even if there was, you can't buy anything for a penny, ya cheapskate.

 

[Pogo]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

I think you have a point delineating north vs. south. I first noticed people doing this in Mississippi and I thought, what the hell are they pulling over for? You don't see that in the North, you're right, and it never occurred to me that it's a South thing.

Which invites the question of its origin and why "pulling over" would be seen as a sign of "respect". Just looks strange. And you are referring to oncoming traffic, yes?

No, when I'm 'on the way to the boneyard' I've already left and it's only the body they're disposing of, so I don't care what they do.

I'm not aware of any state or local entity that requires it though.

 

[JoeMoma]

In rural areas, no problem with that tradition. In heavy traffic area it causes too many problems. Police escorts with traffic stopping for funeral processions was the norm when I was younger; however, the population where I live has probably more than quadrupled. Police escorts are no longer the norm, and funeral processions blend in with the rest of the traffic to go to the grave site.

 

[harmonica]

just as long as the procession can keep going--the person is dead
I don't know them or care
it's not impolite/etc

 

[ABikerSailor]

In rural areas, no problem with that tradition. In heavy traffic area it causes too many problems. Police escorts with traffic stopping for funeral processions was the norm when I was younger; however, the population where I live has probably more than quadrupled. Police escorts are no longer the norm, and funeral processions blend in with the rest of the traffic to go to the grave site.

Like I said, here in Amarillo, police escort the procession and block off the intersections so they can all stay together. And, while it's not a major metropolis, Amarillo is pretty decent sized.

 

[Hossfly]

I don't stop for dead terrorists funeral processions.

 

[miketx]

One time I was golfing and was fixing to tee off and I noticed a funeral procession driving past so I stopped and took my hat off and waited for it to pass. I buddy I was with told me that was a very good thing to do and he was patting me on the shoulder. I told him it was the least I could do because we had been married 36 years.

 

[JGalt]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

I think you have a point delineating north vs. south. I first noticed people doing this in Mississippi and I thought, what the hell are they pulling over for? You don't see that in the North, you're right, and it never occurred to me that it's a South thing.

Which invites the question of its origin and why "pulling over" would be seen as a sign of "respect". Just looks strange. And you are referring to oncoming traffic, yes?

No, when I'm 'on the way to the boneyard' I've already left and it's only the body they're disposing of, so I don't care what they do.

I'm not aware of any state or local entity that requires it though.

I was just going by what I heard, and it may not even be correct. According to Texas law (where I lived):

"TEXAS: There are no state law governing funeral processions, however, Texas courts recognize the tradition of vehicles stopping to allow a funeral procession to pass through an intersection. A driver that collides with a vehicle in a funeral possession may be liable if the procession was going through an intersection was noticeable. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Davis, 528 S.W.2d 191 (Tex. Civ. App. 1979)."

https://www.mwl-law.com/wp-content/...ND-FUNERAL-PROCESSION-LAWS-CHART-00143368.pdf

 

[harmonica]

In rural areas, no problem with that tradition. In heavy traffic area it causes too many problems. Police escorts with traffic stopping for funeral processions was the norm when I was younger; however, the population where I live has probably more than quadrupled. Police escorts are no longer the norm, and funeral processions blend in with the rest of the traffic to go to the grave site.

Like I said, here in Amarillo, police escort the procession and block off the intersections so they can all stay together. And, while it's not a major metropolis, Amarillo is pretty decent sized.

waste of tax payer $$$
we don't do that here..some funerals provide traffic management

 

[fncceo]

Being able to inconvenience the living is worth dying for.

 

[JGalt]

Being able to inconvenience the living is worth dying for.

That's what I've always said: I want to go out of the world the same way I came into it: Screaming and covered with somebody else's blood.

 

[Pogo]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

I think you have a point delineating north vs. south. I first noticed people doing this in Mississippi and I thought, what the hell are they pulling over for? You don't see that in the North, you're right, and it never occurred to me that it's a South thing.

Which invites the question of its origin and why "pulling over" would be seen as a sign of "respect". Just looks strange. And you are referring to oncoming traffic, yes?

No, when I'm 'on the way to the boneyard' I've already left and it's only the body they're disposing of, so I don't care what they do.

I'm not aware of any state or local entity that requires it though.

I was just going by what I heard, and it may not even be correct. According to Texas law (where I lived):

"TEXAS: There are no state law governing funeral processions, however, Texas courts recognize the tradition of vehicles stopping to allow a funeral procession to pass through an intersection. A driver that collides with a vehicle in a funeral possession may be liable if the procession was going through an intersection was noticeable. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Davis, 528 S.W.2d 191 (Tex. Civ. App. 1979)."

https://www.mwl-law.com/wp-content/...ND-FUNERAL-PROCESSION-LAWS-CHART-00143368.pdf

Please to clarify --- your OP is referring to cars pulling over on the OTHER SIDE of the street, i.e. oncoming traffic, right?

 

[Maxdeath]

In Wyoming (last time I checked a drivers manual) it was a law to pull over.

 

[JoeMoma]

I take issue with people pulling over for ambulances. Oh, I have no problem with people in front of an ambulance getting out of the way, if they are in the way. But people in the lane going the opposite direction don't need to be pulling off the road. Just slow down and stay out of the way of the ambulance.

 

[Wyatt earp]

I lived down South most of my life and the custom there was to pull over when a funeral procession approaches. If I'm not mistaken, it's a law that requires you to do that in some states.

But when I moved up North, I noticed that nobody seems to do that. I generally do pull over, but there are always cars and trucks whizzing by.

Maybe it's part of my my conservative values, but I just think it's rude and disrespectful to the deceased when you don't pull over. Wouldn't you want the same amount of respect on your way to the boneyard?

I think you have a point delineating north vs. south. I first noticed people doing this in Mississippi and I thought, what the hell are they pulling over for? You don't see that in the North, you're right, and it never occurred to me that it's a South thing.

Which invites the question of its origin and why "pulling over" would be seen as a sign of "respect". Just looks strange. And you are referring to oncoming traffic, yes?

No, when I'm 'on the way to the boneyard' I've already left and it's only the body they're disposing of, so I don't care what they do.

I'm not aware of any state or local entity that requires it though.

Huh?

I lived in Illinois and South Carolina and Wyoming thought it was a law everywhere??

 

[sparky]

the spectre of becoming part of the procession should be detrement enough ~S~