People never cease to amaze me...

[V8RX7]

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

[boobles]

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

OMG you be careful that the PH police don't jump on your back!

[scenario8]

Well, for me it is as much a courtesy out of respect for the mourners and drivers (many of whom will likely be in an unfamiliar area) as it is for the dead.

[Hooli]

I seem to recall Hearses aren't subject to traffic light when 'occupied' as a leftover from smallpox or other epidemic? I wonder if that also applies to other 'rights of way'?

[Hoofy]

You know the scene in Inbetweeners where one of the gang pull in behind the hearse... had some end of the bell do that at my dad's funeral.

[focusxr5]

boobles said:

focusxr5 said:

gizlaroc said:

boobles said:

I do sympathise but if the other person had "the right of way" then they are well with in their rights to expect the other vehicles to abide by the law.

Oh dear.


And there, in a single post, shows what some people on pistonheads have become.

Corrected for you

Should have made that clear from the outset then, instead of getting all menstrual about it afterwards.


I wasn't suggesting it was right, I was merely saying how the other person may have viewed it.
Please get of your high horse because I wasn't saying it was right!

[boobles]

focusxr5 said:

boobles said:

focusxr5 said:

gizlaroc said:

boobles said:

I do sympathise but if the other person had "the right of way" then they are well with in their rights to expect the other vehicles to abide by the law.

Oh dear.


And there, in a single post, shows what some people on pistonheads have become.

Corrected for you

Should have made that clear from the outset then, instead of getting all menstrual about it afterwards.


I wasn't suggesting it was right, I was merely saying how the other person may have viewed it.
Please get of your high horse because I wasn't saying it was right!

I just love keyboard warriors.

[CS Garth]

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

More comedy gold.

[spaximus]

I can go worse than that to be honest. I had a call from the Ambulance service who covered Southampton. One of our drivers had pulled up behind an ambulance blocking the road, he jumped out and even though they were treating a person he told then to move their fking ambulance as he was in a hurry.

Very shortly after getting back he was an ex driver of ours.

Steve Hole tells the story of when he was out with a manufacturer of Cobra replicas. They came upon a queue of cars going slowly, so the driver changed down and gave all 7 litres the beans overtaking them. It was only as they flew past the hearse did they understand why and were a tad embarrassed.

[IntriguedUser]

Riley Blue said:

Just because you have 'right of way' (or more correctly 'priority'), doesn't mean you always have to take it. I can think of several examples of when I would hang back to let oncoming vehicles proceed; I should hope most drivers can.

Love love love this!

Its not always black and white when it comes to right of way, I don't try to manage traffic, its not my job, but I look to see how many other cars behind, how fast is the other car approaching, am I making the other cars wait when they're near a junction and I know the lights change quick? sometimes its better to just wait.

Yesterday an idiot waited down a busy side road, parked cars on both sides, decided he wa going to flash all the other cars coming from the other direction....

A blocked 4-way junction, and cars mounting curbs

[kuro]

My brother told me about a funeral he was at a while back where some dick pushed into the main courtage of 4 funeral cars and then had to stay with them until they reached the cemetery.

[Koofler]

boobles said:

focusxr5 said:

boobles said:

focusxr5 said:

gizlaroc said:

boobles said:

I do sympathise but if the other person had "the right of way" then they are well with in their rights to expect the other vehicles to abide by the law.

Oh dear.


And there, in a single post, shows what some people on pistonheads have become.

Corrected for you

Should have made that clear from the outset then, instead of getting all menstrual about it afterwards.


I wasn't suggesting it was right, I was merely saying how the other person may have viewed it.
Please get of your high horse because I wasn't saying it was right!

I just love keyboard warriors.

You are uphillfreewheeler AICMFP

[V8RX7]

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

More comedy gold.

So you think dead people are more important than live ones needing the emergency services ?

Glad you aren't in control of the budget.

[CS Garth]

V8RX7 said:

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

More comedy gold.

So you think dead people are more important than live ones needing the emergency services ?

Glad you aren't in control of the budget.

It's a stretch to link a unfortunate disrespectful driving manoeuvre to my perceived ability to allocate government funds effectively in the unlikely event I am elected to Parliament and chosen as Chancellor but fair play you've done it.

You're right it's no biggie. As is talking during a minute's silence, farting during the quiet part of the wedding just before they say I do and making w*nker hand gestures to blind people because they can't see you.

[dubloon]

Personal grief does not give right of way.

[V8RX7]

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

More comedy gold.

So you think dead people are more important than live ones needing the emergency services ?

Glad you aren't in control of the budget.

It's a stretch to link a unfortunate disrespectful driving manoeuvre to my perceived ability to allocate government funds effectively in the unlikely event I am elected to Parliament and chosen as Chancellor but fair play you've done it.

You're right it's no biggie. As is talking during a minute's silence, farting during the quiet part of the wedding just before they say I do and making w*nker hand gestures to blind people because they can't see you.

So you agree that it is less important... so your point was ???

[CS Garth]

dubloon said:

Personal grief does not give right of way.

I have just soiled myself - this is brilliant. That would make a brilliant bumper sticker on a hearse.

[boyse7en]

When an elderly aunt died back about 15 years ago, I travelled in a funeral car (one of those big old Daimler limo things) from the Elephant and Castle to Leytonstone (i think it was).
It was great. Cars stopped on roundabouts to let us out. We sailed through red lights. A load of road workers repairing a flyover on route stopped and took their hard hats off as we passed.
Felt like royalty for an hour.

[bitchstewie]

I've sat in a funeral procession (not sure what the word is for the "family" car) and felt pretty bad as it travelled up a slip road and down a dual carriageway at 30mph but I was quite grateful that people showed some basic courtesy and respect and didn't do anything dickish because they had right of way or "Well your grandad's dead so what does it matter?".

Not the case on here it would seem. Some very strange replies.

[CS Garth]

V8RX7 said:

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

CS Garth said:

V8RX7 said:

I have done similar - by mistake - coming head to head with a black car, I didn't know it was a hearse.

Devil's Advocate - the person is dead, why does it matter ?

At the minimum it matters a lot less than blocking an Ambulance, Fire Engine or Police car, which I see regularly.

More comedy gold.

So you think dead people are more important than live ones needing the emergency services ?

Glad you aren't in control of the budget.

It's a stretch to link a unfortunate disrespectful driving manoeuvre to my perceived ability to allocate government funds effectively in the unlikely event I am elected to Parliament and chosen as Chancellor but fair play you've done it.

You're right it's no biggie. As is talking during a minute's silence, farting during the quiet part of the wedding just before they say I do and making w*nker hand gestures to blind people because they can't see you.

So you agree that it is less important... so your point was ???

HA! More gold I am literally sat here crying with laughter. Yes yes I agree you're right absolutely? Where would you stand on the importance of the tax credit U turn by Osborne in the Autumn Statement in the context of wider macro economic policy versus the protocol of women f*nny farting after rambunctious rumpy pumpy?

This is like an online Debrette's.