#funeral processions

[deadpresidents]

Photographs of some past Presidential funeral processions through Washington, D.C.: Abraham Lincoln (1865); William McKinley (1901); William Howard Taft (1930); Warren G. Harding (1923); Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945); John F. Kennedy (1963); Ronald Reagan (2004); and, George H.W. Bush (2018).

[flameunquenched]

do you pull over onto the shoulder/off the road when a funeral procession goes by from either direction?

yes, always

yes, when safe

only when coming from behind me

only when coming towards me

I do not do this at all

I've never heard of this at all

secret seventh thing?

Voting ended onDec 12, 2023

in the south, it is common to pull over to the side/shoulder of the road when a funeral procession (hearse, mourners, cops) passes you either going in the same or opposite direction. i just am curious if anywhere else does this too. if you vote, please reblog for a larger sample size and if you'd put your general location in the tags, i'd appreciate it!

[amorbidblog]

Drivers are no longer slowing down to show their respect to funeral cortè

[bandicoot88]

This is important so I'm sharing it.

[365rulesofthenewworld]

Rule #217: Funeral processions

Rule #217: Funeral processions

Whenever I see a funeral procession, I think: “you must have been an A-hole in life and you just can’t stop being an A-hole”. Now that you’re gone, you still find a way to piss me off. You were probably one of those left turn lollygaggers.

I seriously cannot find a single reason to stop traffic to let a funeral procession go through. Everyone knows where the graveyard is. And it’s not like the…

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[lifeisforblazing]

People who treat funeral processions with blatant disrespect drive me insane. I don't care if you are on the other side of the road. You pull over until it passes. Under no circumstance should a funeral procession ever be passed. It's basic respect for the dead and their families. That is probably someone's parent, child, sibling, or friend among others. The fact that they have police escorts should be enough for you to pull over, but the added fact that that is a person who just died with family and friends following him while grieving just makes me so angry. P.S. Sorry about the rant. We were behind one on the way home today, and everyone on the other side of the road was just speeding past. One guy even tried to pass them up.

[yearningforunity]

Uncle Lionel is the oldest man still marching the streets of any brass band in New Orleans. At the ripe age of 79, he has been playing the drums and marching in funeral processions and street parades since he was eight years old. Unbelievable! Uncle Lionel has been a member of the Treme Brass Band for over thirty years. 

[missetiquette-blog]

Unfortunately this year I attended two funerals up north and was flabbergasted that not one vehicle pulled over and turned their lights on as our funeral precession approached and passed the oncoming traffic. Was this just a freak coincidence that this etiquette went without notice at two separate funerals in the same general area during the same year? Is this considered a more southerly regional etiquette? Interested in reading others comments.

First of all, I’m sorry for your losses. Thank you for your question, it’s a good one. I can’t speak for Generation Y but I think anyone born in Generation X (1980-1990s) and prior to that should know about this rule. I don't believe this piece of etiquette is known only by a certain regional demographic but more by a certain age.

If you are on a road that it is safe to pull over, it is not only proper but also respectful to pull off to the side as a funeral procession passes you.  I am unaware of the turning on of lights of the cars coming towards you but I do know that the funeral procession should turn on their lights.  I have lived in the Midwest & New England and have experienced cars pulling off to the side of the road.

Thanks again for asking this question.