Overtaking a funeral procession

Depends entirely on the road and circumstances.

I have overtaken many a procession in & around London for example (yes, in my truck) I find I often get waved past by the hearse.

I do sit back until directed to do otherwise mind.

as many have already said,respect & all that.
 
Put away the pitch forks people, does anything really still surprise you on the internet.

PiKe said:
Problem with having a Honda is you have to Vtec to get any torques to pass anything.
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And even then you have to spend £700 to bring down the rev point at which VTEC kicks in (cough Jonny69 cough).
 
AtticusFinch said:
I don't know the dead person and I'm not choosing to be in a procession. There's nothing disrespectful to me in driving according to the laws of the road and overtaking in a sensible fashion.

I don't care about the dead person if I don't know them and just don't see how it is possibly "disrespectful".
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You've really let yourself down with that attitude.
 
You just don't do it. They are never going far, its not going to hold you up much, so why not just be patient?

Fair enough on a dual carriageway but if you were in the funeral procession on what is probably one of the lowest days of your life you don't want some selfish tool flashing past you on the wrong side of the road. It's just not the done thing.
 
Before I stop so as to avoid attracting even more ire in this thread. It just occurred to me on the basis of something [TW]Fox notes - "They are never going far".

I grew up and learned to drive in New Zealand, where there is a far less dense population and even fewer crematoria for funerals which are always way out of town and very very scarce.

This means that the funeral procession can often be 40-50+ kilometers from the crematorium to the interment site or the "wake" following the funeral itself. This has the result of you potentially being invovled in a funeral procession for over an hour as opposed to a very short distance.

Maybe this is a reason that I have a different view to some on here. I think it' reasonable to pass safely etc (as I've noted above) and not be stuck for an hour or so in a procession that's nothing to do with me.

I'm done now.
 
I just won't overtake full stop - I've overtaken years ago on a dual carriageway a funeral procession and when I got up to the lead car in question I saw the coffin was tiny - about 2 foot long and despite the fact I crawled past it gently I felt a right tosspot & just wanted the ground to swallow me up. :(

I just stay the **** out the way now and if it puts 10 mins onto my journey then so be it.
 
merlin said:
I just won't overtake full stop - I've overtaken years ago on a dual carriageway a funeral procession and when I got up to the lead car in question I saw the coffin was tiny - about 2 foot long and despite the fact I crawled past it gently I felt a right tosspot & just wanted the ground to swallow me up. :(

I just stay the **** out the way now and if it puts 10 mins onto my journey then so be it.
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Yep, its experiences like this that do make you realise.
2ft long coffin = saddest sight in the world :(
 
AtticusFinch said:
Before I stop so as to avoid attracting even more ire in this thread. It just occurred to me on the basis of something [TW]Fox notes - "They are never going far".

I grew up and learned to drive in New Zealand, where there is a far less dense population and even fewer crematoria for funerals which are always way out of town and very very scarce.

This means that the funeral procession can often be 40-50+ kilometers from the crematorium to the interment site or the "wake" following the funeral itself. This has the result of you potentially being invovled in a funeral procession for over an hour as opposed to a very short distance.

Maybe this is a reason that I have a different view to some on here. I think it' reasonable to pass safely etc (as I've noted above) and not be stuck for an hour or so in a procession that's nothing to do with me.

I'm done now.
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Lovely.

merlin said:
I just won't overtake full stop - I've overtaken years ago on a dual carriageway a funeral procession and when I got up to the lead car in question I saw the coffin was tiny - about 2 foot long and despite the fact I crawled past it gently I felt a right tosspot & just wanted the ground to swallow me up. :(
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That must have been awful. I know how I'd feel about that if it happened to me. :(
 
Not being funny, and im not saying what he did was right, but no one knows if this person was going to an emergency or something, I mean his child could've been rushed to hospital or something, In which case Harmed / Injured / life threatened Son/Daughter gives more priority than a dead person.


Just helping some people see it from the other side, doesn't mean I necessarily agree with what he did, but we only know one side of the story
 
When I was younger I overtook a funeral procession on a single track road, I was beeping my horn with frustration, I pulled out, the guy in front of me blocked me, I did it again, he blocked me, I then gunned it and got past him on a big straight, with 5 or 6 cars in front, taking them all.

It was only when i got past the lead car did I notice it was a funeral procession, it was a cortina estate with a coffin in it, there was no way to know.
 
If i was in the Coffin & some fast car or bike sat behind me without opening up & flooring it past I'd call you a ***** before I was buried. :p
 
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