i was driving up the M1(uk) today and saw a funeral ambulance it was black with orange lights on the roof (i know this sounds like a stupid question why would anyone want a ambulance if there dead)
2007-01-04 06:44:45 · 12 answers · asked by tacho 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
its just a term ........... oh_hell
2007-01-04 06:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by oh_hell_imagine_that 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the second-last-taxi you saw (the last-taxi is the hearse that takes you to your funeral). They are used to pick up the recently deceased from their homes/places of death, and transport them to the morgue. The lights on the roof assist the living people in the van (undertakers) when they have to park it in an unusual position, or are attending a fatal road traffic accident. Sometimes an inconspicuous dark coloured estate car with tinted windows is used, and sometimes a conventional hearse can be used in which case the body will be put under the normal place, out of sight.
2007-01-04 08:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's a vehicle that transports a dead person around (i.e from hospital to funeral home etc) before the time of the funeral when it a Hearse that is used.
2007-01-04 06:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Undertakers use vans for transporting bodies. They are classed as ambulances for the purposes of vehicle taxation.
2007-01-04 07:08:54 · answer #4 · answered by bilbotheman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They tend to be used at the request of the Police to transfer a body from a murder scene (for example) to a mortuary.
2007-01-04 22:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the body had donor organs that needed to be rushed to someone! Ooooh interesting!
2007-01-04 06:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by DeeDee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically its a nice name for a hearse, or maybe hearse is what the american's call it.
2007-01-04 06:52:40 · answer #7 · answered by ukcufs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coroners meat vwagon
2007-01-04 06:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by S P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's a van to take them to the morgue for the post motem
2007-01-04 06:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by i'm bored and fed up 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
they also attend scenes of crime.....thus the orange flashing lights..
2007-01-04 06:54:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
to transport bodies to and from morgues
2007-01-04 07:33:24 · answer #11 · answered by The Fat Controller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋