Dang near had a wreck today.

Was going North on a 4 lane, divided highway with a wide grass median in between the North and South bound lanes. Speed limit was 55 mph. I was tootling along at ~ 50 mph in the right lane.

I see flashing blue lights over in the south bound lane and see it is a long funeral procession. I look back in the direction i'm driving and there is some dang fool stopped in the right lane. I dang near rear-ended him. I hit the brakes, look in side view mirror and make a quick lane change to the left hand lane.

As I pass this guy that has stopped dead in the right hand lane, He lays on the horn./ I just keep going.

Anyway, there was a paved shoulder for him to safely pull over onto if he wanted to stop for the procession. NO, he stops in a moving lane for traffic.

Anyway, I usually stop for processions on two lane roads (slower traffic).

In the sate of KY, the is no law saying you must stop for funeral processions.

Vent over.

I did not know there was a law in any state about stopping, it is a show of respect that in my opinion is not followed enough in many situations anymore.

Joe

In the Dallas area if you don't keep a close eye on the direction you are going you won't live very long. People will nearly stop to look at someone changing a flat tire.

Ohio has that law. I was in the prosession once close enough behind the motorcycle excort that I could see. A semi thought he wah going to slip in ahead of the cop. Did not make it, just a motion and he was backing across the road where he was just trying to pull out of. And it also applys to 4 lane non devided roads, just not devided roads.

Tenn. law also

(quoted from post at 18:00:17 06/20/17) Was going North on a 4 lane, divided highway with a wide grass median in between the North and South bound lanes. Speed limit was 55 mph. I was tootling along at ~ 50 mph in the right lane.

I see flashing blue lights over in the south bound lane and see it is a long funeral procession. I look back in the direction i'm driving and there is some dang fool stopped in the right lane. I dang near rear-ended him. I hit the brakes, look in side view mirror and make a quick lane change to the left hand lane.

As I pass this guy that has stopped dead in the right hand lane, He lays on the horn./ I just keep going.

Anyway, there was a paved shoulder for him to safely pull over onto if he wanted to stop for the procession. NO, he stops in a moving lane for traffic.

Anyway, I usually stop for processions on two lane roads (slower traffic).

In the sate of KY, the is no law saying you must stop for funeral processions.

Vent over.

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he should have pulled onto the paved shoulder....what he did was just plain stupid to stop in the middle of a highway. Safety should be the main concern.

Good friend nearly caused a wreck in a funeral procession that I was in. The procession went onto an interstate, and my friend was intent on maintaining his right of way at all costs. I don't know how the 18 wheeler driver kept from hitting him.

a lot of people should be restricted to horse drawn vehicles, so one of them has some brains,the horse, out here about 200 miles away, which is not that far, 25 dead due to a dust storm, in that area these are frequent, nothing to stop them, looks like some fool stopped in the driving lane, instead of puling over, on at least the shoulder or even out on the median or prairie chain reaction pileup

When I die I hope my family isn't stupid enough to lead a funeral procession onto a 4 lane highway.

Our local funeral parlor seems to time there's to tie up traffic right at NOON when everyone is trying to get around on their lunch break. Local train track only seems to have a train come through at noon also.

One reason you ALL should have a dash cam. Might just be your only proof. You see so many videos on U'tube where some moro n does a brake test on a super hiway. The poor driver behind normally gets the blame till you showup with the video in court.

Anyone who stops in a traffic lane of a four lane divided highway for a procession going the other way should be jailed for being a traffic hazard. On that kind of highway you don't even stop for emergency equipment going the other way on the other side of the divider or median.

No he shoulden't have stopped. However he did so out of respect and with it in such low use now a day's I woulden't fault him for it. You were the one who wasn't paying attention and almost rear ended him even though you were traveling under the speed limit. There is no reason for a rant that I can see.

Funeral Processions and the Right-of-Way from 2014
funeral procession laws

I understand your frustration and am glad you did not end up in a wreck.
This is not intended to pick on you , just telling it the way that it is.
I know of a fellow who rear ended a slow moving car on the highway and the bottom line to the cops is that you were travelling too fast for the road conditions or not practicing due care and attention.
Could have been anything from a medical emergency to a vehicle breakdown to a child on the road that caused the other motorist to stop.
Still up to you to be in control of your vehicle at all times.

i understand the respect part. could go on for a while about that topic lack there of in today's society.. but for funeral processions, the living that are driving near and around deserve more respect for their safety than respecting the dead. not meaning to sound crude but that's the reality.

in Indiana you cannot simply stop in the road and block traffic unless its an emergency vehicle. in fact if you are driving too slow and impede 3 or more vehicles behind you from driving a safe speed you must pull over. its actually a pretty good fine. i've never heard of it being enforced though.

if you read the link. all the states state the procession must exercise "due caution".. that would also applies to everyone else.. so "due caution" would mean you don't stop on a freeway.

reading the Indiana code i see it says the lead car must have blue and red flashing lights. i've never seen a procession around here with blue and red lights. The law does not say you have to stop. only yield right of way at intersections. I would think the laws (some do) should state the lead vehicle must follow all traffic laws and THEN proceed and the procession can have right of way at intersections.

this is also confusing if you're in a procession. i've stopped at stop signs when driving in a procession. not worth the ticket or the hassle trying to get out of one. code states: "Before assuming the right-of-way, a person who drives a
vehicle in the funeral procession must exercise due caution with
regard to crossing traffic".

The law is called blocking traffic. It is a violation to stop in the roadway. I got a ticket for that once because I was in a drug area and cops thought I was up to no good . I was waiting for someone to cross .

YOU were looking at the funeral procession. You really have no idea why the other fella was stopped. May have had nothing to do with the procession. He may have broken down, may have had something run out in front of him, may have stopped for a pedestrian or an accident. If you had hit him or anyone else, YOU would be at fault. You MUST be in control of YOUR vehicle at all times and maintain a safe distance so you can stop.
Not good that he was stopped in the lane in front of you. But it was YOUR responsibility to be able to stop avoid him.

Chris(WA)-"If you choose to stop for a procession, Summerville advises pulling off the road in a place that won't cause a traffic hazard. Coming to a complete stop in the street is not only unwise but against the law in this case, he said.

"If you stop in an unsafe area without due regard to others and cause a wreck, you could be responsible," he said."
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Nobody stops for funerals anymore in our part of the country. Most people under 70 probably doesn't even know what you are talking about. Sad but true.

I think that it would have been a close call for 95% of us. We have an expectation that any vehicle in a travel lane is going to be moving. Maybe slowly but moving. If you are going slow enough that you can easily stop for a vehicle stopped in the travel lane of four lane 55MPH highway. YOU are just as much a hazard.

In Mo. it is the law to stop for a funeral procession if on a 2 lane road, but not on a divided highway.

john *.?-!.* cub owner- Only laws I could find about
'cars not belonging to the procession' are: "Other
vehicles are prohibited from driving between, joining,
attempting to pass, or crossing the path of a funeral
procession. Mo. Rev. Stat. ? 194.500-509."

I did find some Law statements that say "There are no
laws stating you must stop for a procession...although
the procession may have right-of-way at intersections.

Could you post a link to the Missouri law that states you
have to stop for a procession in the oncoming lane on a 2
lane road.

Thanks