Overtaking a Hearse

[Mrs Overall]

If they are sensible people they will know that whatever their personal loss, which I fully respect, the world has to carry on.

 

We're conceived, we're born, we live and then we die.

 

Evolution.

 

In the grand scheme of things we are so insignificant.

 

It's not important.

 

I feel really sorry for you..

[TaxiBaz]

Three funerals of the, 'Chesterfield Taxi Fraternity', have caused mild chaos in Chesterfield during the last few years. 1 being my boss. Bless her

 

When you get a line of black and white taxis, (40-50), following the hearse, to the crem, people in cars just sit there and let you go. Regardless of the traffic light colours.

 

That's respect.

[SultryMaiden]

Wilful obstruction of the highway is a Road Traffic Offence.

 

Respect for the dead is more important to me than a £60 fine.

[MrSmith]

Respect for the dead is more important to me than a £60 fine.

 

And what if someone in the cars behind you was being rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack or bleeding and your wilful obstruction of the carriageway resulted in their death. What if one of the drivers was a retained fireman and because he didn't reach the station in time the fire engine was undermanned and someone died as a result. There many reasons why someone behind can be in a bit of a rush to get somewhere.

[Harleyman]

In California funeral processions are usually accompanied by uniformed motorcycle escorts. The escorts aren't real cops but they wear cop style uniforms and they can slow other traffic down or bring it to a halt to let the procession through an intersection without having vehicles driven by non-mourners cutting in and out of the processions.

 

Those who ignore their request or directions usually find themselves being pulled over by a real cop and slapped with a ticket.

[SultryMaiden]

And what if someone in the cars behind you was being rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack or bleeding and your wilful obstruction of the carriageway resulted in their death. What if one of the drivers was a retained fireman and because he didn't reach the station in time the fire engine was undermanned and someone died as a result. There many reasons why someone behind can be in a bit of a rush to get somewhere.

 

You’ll be pleased to know ive never help up an emergency vehicle of any kind so your pointless rant at a fictitious scenario is just that.

Pointless

[MrSmith]

You’ll be pleased to know ive never help up an emergency vehicle of any kind so your pointless rant at a fictitious scenario is just that.

Pointless

 

Where did I say anything about an emergency vehicle? When you hold traffic up intentionally you have absolutely no idea why the people behind you might need to get somewhere quickly.

[SultryMaiden]

Where did I say anything about an emergency vehicle? When you hold traffic up intentionally you have absolutely no idea why the people behind you might need to get somewhere quickly.

 

Yes sweetie. What ever you say

[MrSmith]

You’ll be pleased to know ive never help up an emergency vehicle of any kind so your pointless rant at a fictitious scenario is just that.

Pointless

 

I was a retained fireman and on several occasions over five years the engine couldn’t leave the station because it took too long for the retained firemen to arrive, on one occasion I was stuck behind a slow moving vehicle with no safe opportunity to overtake and as a result another engine had to be despatch from further afield. I don’t think on that occasion the driver in front was intentionally trying to slow me down but if he was he caused the engine to arrive at the fire a couple of minutes later than it should have arrived. No one died thankfully.

I took my wife to hospital whilst she was in labour after her water had broken; it would have been very annoying if some muppet had been intentionally slowing other road uses down just because they didn’t want to offend the dead. If you didn’t want to overtake you should have moved in behind the precession and left a reasonable distance between yourself and them to allow traffic to pass.

[I1L2T3]

I was a retained fireman and on several occasions over five years the engine couldn’t leave the station because it took too long for the retained firemen to arrive, on one occasion I was stuck behind a slow moving vehicle with no safe opportunity to overtake and as a result another engine had to be despatch from further afield. I don’t think on that occasion the driver in front was intentionally trying to slow me down but if he was he caused the engine to arrive at the fire a couple of minutes later than it should have arrived. No one died thankfully.

I took my wife to hospital whilst she was in labour after her water had broken; it would have been very annoying if some muppet had been intentionally slowing other road uses down just because they didn’t want to offend the dead. If you didn’t want to overtake you should have moved in behind the precession and left a reasonable distance between yourself and them to allow traffic to pass.

 

I think you're having a good go at describing a few technical situations where overtaking a funeral cortege may be acceptable. But the vast majority of times the cortege will not be causing an obstruction to emergency services or people on other urgent business. The vast majority of times people should just slow down or wait and show some respect. No rational person would argue that wasn't the right thing to do if they were not in a rush to be somewhere.