funeral respect

[skyhightree1]

Where I grew up at when you met a funeral procession while driving we pulled off the road onto the shoulder and let the procession pass does anyone else's community do that?

 

[jedstivers]

Yep. Think its that way over most of the South and prol a lot of the West.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

We do that here, I don't know about everyone but I've grown up where you also remove your hat as they pass.

 

[skyhightree1]

Yep. Think its that way over most of the South and prol a lot of the West.

I think that's a great sign of respect.

 

[M5farm]

Pull over ,turn off radio, take off your hat. I have even got out and stood by my truck as it passed.
In the town I work in there are alot of idiots that don't respect the procession and I usually pull over enough to stop but not allow the disrespectful ones to pass me.

 

[Bigfoot]

All the above, and dismount horse.

 

[artesianspringsfarm]

You southerners don't have a corner on the manners market you know. Up here in Yankee country we do the same. Although, I will admit that it seems to be not as much of a given as it used to be, although neither is pulling over for law enforcement or ambulances at this point. Drives me crazy.

 

[slick4591]

Don't try that on a busy LA freeway or a CHP moto cop will tell you to speed up and drive. Just ask my wife.

 

[mwj]

We do here as do almost all RURAL areas. I would guess that city folks in most any state would not pull over.

 

[Dega Moo]

I don't recall seeing anything but respect for a funeral procession regardless if I was in the city, a suburb or a rural area, North, South, East or West. True, folks don't generally pull over and stop or just stop on interstates as that could get their very own procession the next week, but folks do typically pull over, slow and let the procession pass by. Folks traveling the opposite direction on an interstate likely don't even see the procession coming and can be forgiven for not honoring the tradition. I in fact don't recall having ever witnessed disrespectful conduct toward a funeral procession.

Every funeral procession I've been in or observed there were police escorts front and rear and at intersections and everyone in the procession was give a flag identifying that vehicle as in the procession to mount on their vehicle.

 

[herofan]

Yes, we do that here in KY.

 

[mwj]

I don't recall seeing anything but respect for a funeral procession regardless if I was in the city, a suburb or a rural area, North, South, East or West. True, folks don't generally pull over and stop or just stop on interstates as that could get their very own procession the next week, but folks do typically pull over, slow and let the procession pass by. Folks traveling the opposite direction on an interstate likely don't even see the procession coming and can be forgiven for not honoring the tradition. I in fact don't recall having ever witnessed disrespectful conduct toward a funeral procession.

Every funeral procession I've been in or observed there were police escorts front and rear and at intersections and everyone in the procession was give a flag identifying that vehicle as in the procession to mount on their vehicle.

On a procession that goes thru a stop light after the light changes draws a lot of ire from other drivers. Keeping the funeral procession in one piece can be a challenge. Most funeral directors in our are try to plan for less traveled routes to avoid this. We do not have police escorts but most will try to monitor the major intersections.

 

[skyhightree1]

My uncles funeral in DC was horrible cars cutting in procession driving in it and a complete mess.

 

[jedstivers]

My uncles funeral in DC was horrible cars cutting in procession driving in it and a complete mess.

DC says it all.

 

[dun]

I don't recall seeing anything but respect for a funeral procession regardless if I was in the city, a suburb or a rural area, North, South, East or West. True, folks don't generally pull over and stop or just stop on interstates as that could get their very own procession the next week, but folks do typically pull over, slow and let the procession pass by. Folks traveling the opposite direction on an interstate likely don't even see the procession coming and can be forgiven for not honoring the tradition. I in fact don't recall having ever witnessed disrespectful conduct toward a funeral procession.

Every funeral procession I've been in or observed there were police escorts front and rear and at intersections and everyone in the procession was give a flag identifying that vehicle as in the procession to mount on their vehicle.

On a procession that goes thru a stop light after the light changes draws a lot of ire from other drivers. Keeping the funeral procession in one piece can be a challenge. Most funeral directors in our are try to plan for less traveled routes to avoid this. We do not have police escorts but most will try to monitor the major intersections.

Here there are plice escorts within the city limits, after that they're on their own. The only time they went further htne the city limits was for a young man killed in afganastan. Even the business' along the route closed for while until they had passed. Even walmart and lowes closed for 10 minutes or so.

 

[skyhightree1]

when I was in LE 2 of us would escort the procession 1 in front 1 in back first unit would stop the first intersection 2nd unit would either pass and go to the next intersection running code or take the 1st units position while they ran to the next intersection and basically take turns leap frogging basically if the road were 2 lanes or more in each direction. If on 2 lane road we just staged and when funeral director called we would shut the intersection down.

 

[hillbilly beef man]

when I was in LE 2 of us would escort the procession 1 in front 1 in back first unit would stop the first intersection 2nd unit would either pass and go to the next intersection running code or take the 1st units position while they ran to the next intersection and basically take turns leap frogging basically if the road were 2 lanes or more in each direction. If on 2 lane road we just staged and when funeral director called we would shut the intersection down.

Jonesborough, TN near me does not have the sense to turn off their redlight cameras when LEO's are doing this. I had a co-worker get a ticket for running a redlight while in a funeral procession, with the uniformed officer clearly standing in the middle of the intersection flagging traffic on through in the picture that they sent him with his tag number. Jonesborough would not drop it with a phone call and he had to take off work to go to his court date to get it dropped, along with several other members of the family of the deceased. Talk about some very angry people.