cindergretta Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a funeral procession. The one time I was in one was when my gramma died in 2002. I was so distressed during the procession, I couldn't tell you what anyone did if you held a gun to my head. :( In terms of emergency vehicles and busses, I was instructed that vehicles in the lane and in the lane next to it stop and/or pull over, depending on if it is an emergency vehicle or a bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 NEVER experienced it in my life until I lived in TN. Never liked it. Never understood it. I'm extremely biased in this effort because I have family and friends working in the emergency medical positioning. Never in my life had I ever witnessed people stopping for the dead but not making room to save the living. I do NOT mean that against ALL people who live in TN or where you stop for funerals. It was just MY experience in the small town we lived in. I kid you not about the not stopping. A firetruck once CRASHED and KILLED a driver because the driver decided he didn't need to stop despite the fact that firetrucks was whizzing through the middle of the intersection. I was livid when his family not only COMPLAINED but discussed SUING over it. To top it all off with, they were TICKED when people didn't pull over for his funeral procession?!?!?! My mind can simply NOT fathom this way of thinking. That said.. No, I was not taught to pull over. Despite living in the state for MANY years I still found myself either taking a side road to avoid the processions or getting stuck in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 The only times I've *encountered funeral processions have been on 65mph interstates. In NJ. Other than doing your best to avoid cutting anyone off, there really isn't much more that can be done in that scenario! I've been *in two funeral processions. One had arranged to have people holding traffic at intersections. I don't really remember the details of the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I was raised and still live in Texas. It was ingrained in me growing up to always pull over out of respect. I don't know that I have ever seen anyone actually get out of their cars, though. There is a large cemetery near me on a 5 lane road (2 lanes each way plus a turn lane) and cars going both ways almost always pull over. It seems each time I pass a funeral now there are more and more cars that do not not pull over. :( I was raised in TX too - W. Texas and we always pull over. Now I'm in KS and I still pull over - a few people join me. I don't get out of the car though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 There was a thread on this very topic a little while back. Each state has its own laws about yielding to a funeral procession. I was surprised to discover that, in Texas, a funeral procession doesn't have right of way. But in some states, apparently it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I learned to drive in GA and have always pulled over for funeral processions. I always say a little prayer as it goes by. I'm teaching DS the same thing and now he leads a little prayer as the cars pass :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Learned to drive in CA and was never taught that. People do, however, get extremely irritated with me when I stop for a school bus that has it's stop sign out and lights on. Really? That's a $200 fine and 4 points on your license here. :001_huh: And all that needs to happen for you to get that would be for someone to write down your plate #. (They could even by lying.) I tick other drivers off by stopping for buses with their yellow lights on. They don't like it, they can kiss my behind. :glare: If they want to go around, the bus driver can write down their plate number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I was taught that if a funeral procession (military or not) is coming toward you on an undivided, two-lane road (highway or not), it is courteous and respectful to pull off to the right shoulder and stop until they have passed. I have seen where others have done this and I have also experienced some angry drivers behind me (I was far enough over for them to go around, however). Were you ever taught this? Do you do it? Is this the first time you have heard of such a thing? Is it something that was done "back in the olden days" but not now? I'm just curious. :001_smile: If it matters, I grew up and learned how to drive in IA. Every procession I've seen has been police escorted here. It's a small town, so not like they have much else to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I learned to drive in GA and have always pulled over for funeral processions. I always say a little prayer as it goes by. I'm teaching DS the same thing and now he leads a little prayer as the cars pass :001_smile:Likewise. I was also taught to say a brief prayer when an ambulance went by, but now we live by a hospital.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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