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Today a 20 car procession, with car lights on and flags followed the herast (sp) to the grave yard. About five managed to go through the intersection before the light changed and the rest followed after- running the red (and into the green again). The car in front of me almost hit them (when our light turned) expecting them to stop. So I was wondering if this was a little known traffic law. Or if this is common elsewhere. Having never been in one or lived near a parlor before this has never come up.

2007-01-20 14:38:35 · 15 answers · asked by speranzacampbell 5 in Cars & Transportation Safety

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It is common, and you should have learned in drivers' ed about this. You can't have funeral processions broken into little strings of cars on the way to the graveyard. The idiot in front that almost hit a car should have noticed a moving line of cars. Some states have laws that distinctly protect processions, others don't. Some cities have bylaws prohibiting the obstruction of a funeral procession. Law or not where you live though, it is simple common courtesy, and anybody who doesn't respect the funeral procession should be ashamed.
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/02/19/news/106972.txt
http://www.wvml.org/members/Ordinances/Traffic%20Code/article_347.htm#347.03

2007-01-20 18:36:24 · answer #1 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0 1

Yes, funeral processions get to go through all lights. Also you're not allowed to pass a funeral procession unless you can pass the whole procession at once. Sometimes with large funerals it's neccessary for police to block intersections for them as they go from the funeral home to the cemetary. I've been to a couple that large, and it can create traffic problems. One of them was in downtown Detroit.

2007-01-20 14:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Smitten_Kitten 4 · 1 1

If you cause an accident by running a red light, even if you are part of a funeral procession, you are liable. A cop may overlook issuing citations for traffic violations, but when an accident occurs....you cannot use the "funeral procession defense" in court.

2007-01-20 16:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

Yes...if the first car of the procession gets through the light,the rest of the line follows whether the light changes or not.A funeral procession has the right of way.

2007-01-20 14:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by mizzjerry 3 · 3 1

I know that in texas, almost all procesions are police escorted, and yes all the cars in the procesion have the right away even through redlights, you are not allowed to pass them unless their is 2 lanes of traffic going the same direction, also if you do pass them you are supposed to slow down how much isnt stated. But around here, its a common courtesey to follow the procesion and not pass even if you are allowed to or can.

2007-01-20 18:27:43 · answer #5 · answered by Don A 4 · 1 1

I asked my husband (a cop) about that once. He said that technically, there is no exception to the red light rule allowing a funeral to go through. (Without a policeman there to flag them through.) He said that no cop would pull over someone in a funeral procession for going through a light with the rest of the procession, though.

2007-01-20 14:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jess H 7 · 4 0

In Nevada, even the lead car is allowed to run a red light. There are 20 other states that allow processions to run red lights with impunity, the other 29 have no such law. So they are expected to follow the rules of the road like everyone else.
It is best to know the laws of the state you live in since they vary greatly from state to state.

2015-08-28 10:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by Calvin B 1 · 0 0

Yes, they commonly go through red lights & others should yield. Dont know if its the law but its common practice & is polite. Shows respect for people in mourning. Also many people might be out of town relatives & could get lost on the way to the cemetary if they get cut away from the group.

2007-01-20 14:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by birdie 6 · 3 1

there is site visitors for the period of a funeral interior the united states. although, the main distinction seems to be the incontrovertible fact that a million complete lane is escorted for all the automobiles in contact with the funeral. frequently you will see maximum of those automobiles escorted on one lane (frequently the ultimate area of the lane), mutually as the different automobiles bypass freely on the different lanes. although, interior the Philippines, mutually as utilising on the line THERE are no policies!!! for this reason you wind up having loopy site visitors jams and automobiles going surely nowhere.....Its like complete chaos on the line....OH WAIT, this happens for all time whether there is not any funeral processions occurring.

2016-10-31 21:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by canevazzi 4 · 0 0

Yes, I think you are supposed to stop. I dont know if it is a law, but I do think it is the nice thing to do. I always feel bad for the people. I dont want to break up their procession and maybe people start getting lost.

2007-01-20 14:45:49 · answer #10 · answered by lady_daizee 3 · 2 0

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