Funeral Corteges Respect

[Malevolence]

It's just common decency to allow them to continue in convoy. Perhaps they could add something to the highway code.

 

[Fluffybob]

Always wait, they have enough to deal with.

 

[whitecrook]

They're dead, who cares?

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

 

[ttaskmaster]

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

If he had known how many men in history have had to use a hill to die on it would not have cheered him any for, in the moment he was passing through, men are not impressed by what has happened to the other men in similar circumstances any more than a widow of one day is helped by the knowledge that other loved husbands have died.

 

[Haggisman]

Always wait.

I have however passed a cortege before that the road was 2 lane duel carriageway, slowly I might add, would not class that as overtaking as such. Why would I stay behind a cortege for miles just making all the traffic back up, I see no disrespect in passing a cortege if the road is 2 lane duel carriageway, I would never actually "overtake" on a single lane road however.

That's fine, it's more the overtaking of individual vehicles and so "breaking" the cortege which is the issue (all in my opinion of course)

 

[Resident]

I always stop but it's not always clear where the end of the cortege is, so if you want a cortege to stay together at something like a big roundabout then surely the sensible thing is to have someone hold the traffic.

We recently had the funeral of my wife's step dad.

They had what I thought was a genius idea for this. A little, 6" tall flagpole mounted on a magnet with a small rigid black flag on it. One was given to each car in the cortege to identify it as part.

Funeral director has said it's been a huge success in the cortege not getting split up

 

[JRS]

I always stop and let them pass.

Though I have occasionally channelled Buford T. Justice and wished they would'a cremated the ******** so that I could get on

 

[weta]

Personally I like to wait, it costs nothing to show a little respect for someone taking their final journey.

 

[Scania]

I'll always wait in my car, when my truck (54ft articulated HGV, not some SUV) I tend to keep going unless it's a particularly wide road as it can be a bit of a mobile road block in itself.