Funeral procession accident question chi Illinois?

Question

To get more infomation on my previous funeral procession Question car accident question

The car was towards the middle of the procession the lead Hearse was had gone through the light. The other card flipped (SUV) upon impact which to me shows that it was attempting to speed through the intersection, other cars where waiting allowing for the procession to pass.

From my findings on the net its saying the funeral procession has the right of way if there as long as the lead vechical is obeying traffic signal

The officer did infact give my party the traffic tickets when we showed prof that we were in a funeral procession.

I think the fact that the other drivers car flipped & was seriousley hurt factored into this but I'm not sure.

the officer spoke to a nonbiased witness who stated there was a gap

does a gap in a funeral procession allow another car to cut through. I wouldnt think so but I'm why I'm asking

Answer 1

I've already answered your question, but I'll try to make it a little clearer. The lead vehicle has the right to proceed through a red light, only after exercising extreme caution. All other vehicles can proceed, but again, using extreme caution. It is illegal to cut in, or through a funeral procession. Apparently the vehicle that struck the procession was not paying attention, and proceeded through a green light. If there was a gap, it's going to be up to someone else to make a decision as to who was at fault. No one here can give you an absolute correct answer.

Answer 2

"does a gap in a funeral procession allow another car to cut through" - At some point other traffic is going to assume the procession has passed. How big the gap was will certainly be an issue. Additionally, any vehicle proceeding through a intersection against a light has the responsibility to ensure it is safe to do so even if they law requires the other vehicle to yield.

Answer 3

From the person who asked the question

other drivers were allowing to the funeral procession to pass through

the other driver drove around others cars who were stopped to cut through the intersection and that had to going fast enough to flip there SUV with the impact on the front end of a sedan

Answer 4

Generally here in Texas, a funeral precession has a team of police officers to escort the precession. What happens then is the directions from a police officer supersede any other traffic control devices. The officers generally leap frog the precession to stop traffic at cross streets. Protocol for a funeral precession is that the hearse does not stop from the chapel service to the grave side service.

Now, in the absence of a police escort, I would say that all members of the precession would have to obey all traffic control devices along the route.

Answer 5

I couldn't have said it better than David M who has put it clearly as I tried in your previous question.

Once again...being in a funeral procession does not give you the right of way....it ASKS for the right of way. You are still required to insure you have clearance before proceeding through lights and intersections.

Gaps in funeral processions always cause problems and it's unfortunate the funeral directors fail to give guidance to the members of the procession prior to departure.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

NO...Did you have your lights on?...That is supposed to be the clue to other drivers you are in the procession