It may be in other states, but NC seems to be the worst. I can see showing respect for the deceased, but in NC, if a hearse is seen, the brakes lock up and traffic stops right in the middle of the highway. Today it happened on a 4 lane highway and I had to hit the ditch to avoid sending the guys ahead of me to their maker.
I slow down and give them the right-of-way at intersections like everyone did in Upstate NY. But why stop?
2006-09-05 13:48:01 · 13 answers · asked by Newt 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Ghost, maybe you failed to read my whole question or you are just plain ignorant. I have the greatest respect for the dead, but I don't think that traffic on a busy street at commuting speeds should abruptly stop for ANY reason.
I have greater respect for the living and think maybe we should do this when a baby is born - celebrate life!
Also, it is NOT the law.
2006-09-05 13:59:22 · update #1
I guess I oversimplified the matter. I was not the only one to go off the road because if we didn't, we would have been rear-ended as well. Traffic was moving 5 mph below speed limit. All was fine until the lead cars slammed, I repeat, slammed on their brakes to stop for the procession. I was number 6 in a line of about 20 vehicles. One guy almost viered into the path of the procession as he was skidding.
This happens all the time. Usually, I can see it coming because the lead cars slow to a stop. At one long one, we were stopped for over 10 minutes, then traffic moved like a turtle for the next 10 miles. I was about #50 in that line.
If all this is disrespectful of the dead, then I guess I am disrespectful. Becuase I continue to believe it is wrong to stop - especially on a busy highway at rush hour.
2006-09-05 22:18:20 · update #2
Try - if they stop for me, I'll come back and haunt them.
2006-09-05 22:20:51 · update #3
It's probably because no one in n.c really knows who their parents are and feel the need to show a bit of respect just in case.
2006-09-05 15:55:06 · answer #1 · answered by tinmanfromoz2002 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well the whole point of it is for respect. I think it's far more common to see this happen in small towns rather than large cities, otherwise people would be stopping every so many miles for a funeral procession. When I lived in NY, there was just too much going on for the entire area to come to a hault for a funeral procession. Now living in a small town in GA, people typically pull over and wait for the procession to pass. I don't think it's any different than when you live in a small town and everyone you pass driving on the road waves to you, versus driving in a city where you'd be constantly waving because of all the traffic. As someone said, "When in Rome..."
2006-09-05 15:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by palebeachbum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certain states and counties do things differently and so people think different .In Louisisana I went to a funeral and all traffic pulled off the road all lanes until funeral past.In Texas I seen that all traffic is made to get over a lane or stopped only where needed.So it's different everywhere and alot of times it depends on the police motorciad how they run it.
2006-09-05 13:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For a funeral, you mustn't be interior the funeral line besides until you acquire there with the help of twist of fate.... if a funeral procession of autos is exiting the funeral domicile then you definitely might desire to end and enable them to all go away mutually... in the event that they are coming from the alternative direction, you do not something and in the event that they are at the back of you, they are going to stay at the back of you... in the event that they are on a considerable highway, in simple terms get into yet another lane and enable them to bypass with the help of.... as for ambulances and firetrucks AND police automobiles... if their lighting fixtures are flashing and their sirens are blowing end and flow out of how in the event that they are at the back of you, while you're on a 2 way highway and that they are coming in the direction of you, pull to the main appropriate so some distance as you could until they get with the help of you.... and in the event that they are on a considerable highway, in simple terms be certain they are able to get with the help of you--the two in yet another lane or pull over to the main appropriate to enable them to with the help of you.
2016-11-24 23:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by josepa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Texas it the law to stop at an intersection for a funeral. and there is usually a motorcyle cop directing traffic.
2006-09-05 13:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget the fact that their was a funeral procession....sounds like you weren't watching what was going on ahead of you. To solve this problem, try to watch three to five cars ahead of you. That is the way we do it in Georgia. It's called an attention span!!
2006-09-05 14:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by gimme three steps 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The urbanized cities and counties in the megalopolis have lost all respect for funeral processions.
2006-09-05 14:26:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So what you're asking is why do you have to stop when a dead guy gets to go? Don't worry, someday you'll have right of way too.
2006-09-05 16:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by trynshockme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out of respect.
2006-09-05 14:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're supposed to stop. Maybe people in NY don't have respect for dead people.
2006-09-05 13:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋