Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 13:54     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now everyone has those daytime running lights, I can't tell if it's a funeral procession. So don't throw me dirty looks when there's a huge gap and I have to merge


Huh. When I read the OP I was thinking that I can't even remember the last time I saw one. Maybe they've been happening around me all along and I just thought it was people with their daytime lights on and I've been ignoring the etiquette. If that's the case...SORRY!


Funeral processions put headlights on, but now they've been adding black flags and using hazards too in some places. (ugh, clearly I've been to too many funerals).


I grew up in Midwest and the process was to turn headlights on (in an era when folks didn't do it during the day) and affix the black flag to the antenna. When I moved to the East coast (so many decades ago), I rarely if ever saw the flags. With nearly everyone driving cars where the lights may automatically turn on with the flip of the ignition switch, I have no idea of discerning if I am approaching a bunch of cars with their lights on or a bunch of cars with their lights on in a funeral procession.


Hit submit too quickly.

When I do realize it, I do muse about the story of the deceased and the family/friends, if any. I remember a procession for a fallen firefighter when living on Capitol Hill. It was held on a Saturday and the firetrucks went on forever. People gathered along Pennyslvania SE. Some had wandered onto the scene while others were there to pay their respects. I started as the former and ended as the latter.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 13:51     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now everyone has those daytime running lights, I can't tell if it's a funeral procession. So don't throw me dirty looks when there's a huge gap and I have to merge


Huh. When I read the OP I was thinking that I can't even remember the last time I saw one. Maybe they've been happening around me all along and I just thought it was people with their daytime lights on and I've been ignoring the etiquette. If that's the case...SORRY!


Funeral processions put headlights on, but now they've been adding black flags and using hazards too in some places. (ugh, clearly I've been to too many funerals).


I grew up in Midwest and the process was to turn headlights on (in an era when folks didn't do it during the day) and affix the black flag to the antenna. When I moved to the East coast (so many decades ago), I rarely if ever saw the flags. With nearly everyone driving cars where the lights may automatically turn on with the flip of the ignition switch, I have no idea of discerning if I am approaching a bunch of cars with their lights on or a bunch of cars with their lights on in a funeral procession.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 13:34     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now everyone has those daytime running lights, I can't tell if it's a funeral procession. So don't throw me dirty looks when there's a huge gap and I have to merge


Huh. When I read the OP I was thinking that I can't even remember the last time I saw one. Maybe they've been happening around me all along and I just thought it was people with their daytime lights on and I've been ignoring the etiquette. If that's the case...SORRY!


Funeral processions put headlights on, but now they've been adding black flags and using hazards too in some places. (ugh, clearly I've been to too many funerals).


Also, at least where I am from, they are generally accompanied by 1-2 officers on motorcycles to help at the intersections. It’s been a long time since I encountered one here so I can’t remember if that is common in this area or not. But I recall nearly getting into a huge wreck in my 20s, I had moved to another state and went to make a left turn at a green arrow and ended up in the middle of a funeral procession- there was just enough of a gap between that cars that they weren’t continuous one behind the other, no one had hazard lights on, no police officer to direct traffic. People started screaming at me out of their cars and one tried to sideswipe me off the road. I turned off as quickly as possible and was shaking.


I've had an experience like this too. Super scary.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 12:54     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Yeah, I've hated every single one I've been in.

But that isn't what OP meant. Maybe we should walk behind the casket like the old days.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 12:50     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:Are they so frequent that we need to have opinions on this?

Relax, OP.


Seriously. I think I've run into one funeral procession in the last 10 years.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 12:37     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.


Eh….they’ll probably just toss your ashes in a dumpster one day. So you won’t need to worry about inconveniencing anyone with your procession.

So you got that going for you.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 12:27     Subject: I hate funeral processions
These responses are insane and offensive. They’re dangerous because its really hard to tell, at driving speed, what you’re looking at and if you don't see right away it seems like unsafe, unpredictable driving. Almost crashed into one at an intersection because all I saw was one blinking light, no flags. Set a time to meet at the burial.
And don't come at me about compassion. I’ve lost family, couldn’t afford a funeral. There are other ways to honor the dead than on the streets.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 18:18     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.


People in a funeral line can run red lights???? Is this true
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 17:31     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.

I don't care if it's DCUM, show some Goddamned respect for the dead, OP.


Weird how you guys are dancing on Vicky White's grave. You know most dead people were awful people in real life, right?


No, I do not think that at all about people.


Well, it's true. Would you pull over for HER funeral procession? Or a pedophile's? Guarantee you've done so without knowing, and that makes you a disgusting human being.


Your comment reflects immaturity.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 11:33     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.

I don't care if it's DCUM, show some Goddamned respect for the dead, OP.


Weird how you guys are dancing on Vicky White's grave. You know most dead people were awful people in real life, right?

Nonsequitursayswhat?
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 10:39     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.

I don't care if it's DCUM, show some Goddamned respect for the dead, OP.


Weird how you guys are dancing on Vicky White's grave. You know most dead people were awful people in real life, right?


No, I do not think that at all about people.


Well, it's true. Would you pull over for HER funeral procession? Or a pedophile's? Guarantee you've done so without knowing, and that makes you a disgusting human being.


That's it. I am not pulling over for emergency vehicles anymore. There could be a pedophile on board and I will NOT be complicit with saving their life.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 10:38     Subject: I hate funeral processions
I hate them too but for different reasons. It brings on a severe sense of PTSD from when I was the first car in the procession. I am still grateful for the police escort we had to make sure it was a smooth drive.

Someone just lost their child, parent, spouse. Give the family some grace and wait the 5 minutes.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 10:28     Subject: I hate funeral processions
I think if they went away, there would just be a lot of lost old people. I'm not even old, but finding a grave is difficult. Most cemeteries are large, have multiple entrances and people are buried randomly where they purchased plots. How would you know which section to go to? "Grandma is buried at the 5th station of the cross marker near the 3 big oak trees- use 17th street entrance"
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 10:21     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now everyone has those daytime running lights, I can't tell if it's a funeral procession. So don't throw me dirty looks when there's a huge gap and I have to merge


Huh. When I read the OP I was thinking that I can't even remember the last time I saw one. Maybe they've been happening around me all along and I just thought it was people with their daytime lights on and I've been ignoring the etiquette. If that's the case...SORRY!


Funeral processions put headlights on, but now they've been adding black flags and using hazards too in some places. (ugh, clearly I've been to too many funerals).


Also, at least where I am from, they are generally accompanied by 1-2 officers on motorcycles to help at the intersections. It’s been a long time since I encountered one here so I can’t remember if that is common in this area or not. But I recall nearly getting into a huge wreck in my 20s, I had moved to another state and went to make a left turn at a green arrow and ended up in the middle of a funeral procession- there was just enough of a gap between that cars that they weren’t continuous one behind the other, no one had hazard lights on, no police officer to direct traffic. People started screaming at me out of their cars and one tried to sideswipe me off the road. I turned off as quickly as possible and was shaking.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 08:17     Subject: I hate funeral processions
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this a thing? It’s dangerous to have a bunch of cars running through lights. It makes no sense. Spoiler alert, the dead person can wait for you to get there.

I know it’s mean to complain because someone died, that’s why I’m doing it here.

I just need to get it off my chest. Unless random people are lining the streets to see your casket go by, you don’t need a funeral procession. Little tags on the mirror are not a good reason to suspend laws and risk lives.

Do you know what would be better? Have the hearse wait 20 minutes at the church so everyone can get to the cemetery and then have to wait around for your final fashionably late grand entrance.

Or, put everybody in a tour bus with the casket in the middle and see where people decide to sit.

Okay thank you.

I don't care if it's DCUM, show some Goddamned respect for the dead, OP.


Weird how you guys are dancing on Vicky White's grave. You know most dead people were awful people in real life, right?


No, I do not think that at all about people.


Well, it's true. Would you pull over for HER funeral procession? Or a pedophile's? Guarantee you've done so without knowing, and that makes you a disgusting human being.