My 9yr old step-daughter asked me a question.......?

Kevin

In Ohio it is the law. You have to pull over for them, funeral processions also all get to proceed through an intersection if the hearse goes through legally (IE. light turns red they keep going through).

screamingradical

It is both to pay your reapects and the law.

Ben H

It is against the law in WV to interrupt a funeral procession. I'm not sure if that's the law everywhere, though.

Dave

Its true but I don't believe its law. Possibly in some small towns and such.

crabby_blindguy

In many places, it is a law. I don't know if that's true everywhere.

Sailinlove

In the states I have been in, you are required to obey the funeral procession directors on motor cycles who will stop traffic at intersections and on cross streets, but I haven't noticed vehicles who are traveling in the opposite direction having to pull over.

drb1256

It is repsect, but it also allows police escorting the funeral to pass without danger of a crash.

lovemytc

Some states it is a law. It is for showing your respect by not disrupting a funeral procession!

I wouldn't disrupt your's or your families' and I sure as heck wouldn't want to cause an accident or make the whole group separate cuz I wanted to go get a latte.

Maria M

I'm not aware of it being a law, but I do believe, it's common courtesy for people to pull over.

nana4dakids

In most states it is the law. I have always understood that you must pull over and give the funeral procession the right of way unless you are on the opposite side of a divided highway or road.

fr_chuck

It is not the law in all states, but it is the law in some.

And yes it is for the showing of respect.

redneckchic4321

In some states it is illegal. But in some it isn't and is just as a way of paying your respect for a person that has died and their family that is in mourning.

saxman357

You don't have to pull over, just don't get in their way.

migraine

I do not know of any law regulating the "right-of-way" that requires a motorist to yield the right-of-way (to "pull off to the side of the road") upon the APPROACH of a funeral procession.

Illinois state law requires that a motorist NOT in the funeral procession "....shall not drive his (or her) vehicle in the funeral procession except when authorized to do so by a traffic officer or when such vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle giving audible or visual signal."

Additionally, "Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral procession may not form a procession or convoy and have their headlights lighted for the purpose of securing the right-of-way granted by this (law) to funeral processions."

Also, the traffic (right-of-way) laws in Illinois provide that "The operator of a motor vehicle NOT in a funeral procession MAY OVERTAKE AND PASS the vehicles in (a funeral) procession IF SUCH OVERTAKING AND PASSING can be accomplished WITHOUT causing a HAZARD or INTERFERING with (the funeral) procession."

Your step-daughter may have a compassionate and respectful nature to show regard and deference to the decedent and his or her family members in the funeral procession or she may have been misinformed by individuals who are not familiar with the law.

But please be aware that when the LEADING VEHICLE in a funeral procession (usually the hearse) "....has proceeded across an intersection in accordance with a (green or go signal) or after stopping as required by (a) stop sign, ALL VEHICLES in (the funeral) procession may proceed WITHOUT STOPPING, regardless of the (stop) sign or (steady red or stop) signal and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in the (funeral) procession shall proceed WITH CAUTION."

I could not believe it, but the response from "Kevin" (police officer) is correct: In the State of Ohio a motorist or operator of a motor vehicle must yield the right-of-way to a funeral procession. That means plainly and clearly: A motorist or operator of a motor vehicle must pull over to the right side of the roadway and allow the funeral procession to proceed without interference or interruption.

Title XLV of Ohio State Statutes regarding the Regulation of Motor Vehicles (chapter 4511 Traffic Laws - Operation of Motor Vehicles) and section .45 (B) of that chapter states: "Excepting public safety vehicles proceeding in accordance with (this code) or when directed by a police officer, pedestrians and THE OPERATORS OF ALL VEHICLES ..... shall yield the right-of-way to each vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession."

coutterhill

Most states have a law that states that "No person shall unreasonably interfere with a funeral procession." So, that's why people go to the side of the road.

Leogirl0804

yes it is true

sgreger1

Lol, props to your 9 year odl daughter for knowing more than her mom. Who is probably only 20 herself.

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