Funeral processions

[spaximus]

Unfortunately my Mum just died and her funeral was yesterday. What shocked me was whilst driving to the crematorium how other drivers behaved.

When leaving the Chapel of rest, drivers were courteous allowing the hearse, the car I was in and the two following to all stay together but once out of the village that all changed.

Drivers cutting in between the cars and on one roundabout one driver forced our driver to do an emergency stop as he cut around between the hearse and our car.

Speaking with our driver he told us that this is normal now, why so little respect and they weren't crawling along holding people up.

I just found it shocking behaviour, is this the norm?

[spaximus]

Thank you all for your kind comments. There were just 4 cars in our procession and from where I was sitting I could see the speedo and we were doing the limits on each section. I have no problem with people overtaking on a DC at all, or to be honest if they overtook elsewhere if safe, but what I witnessed today underlined just how unthinking, uncaring we have become.

I was always taught when learning to drive how good manners was part of the learning process, it just shocked me when it happened and to be told by the driver it is a regular occurrence was a surprise.

[spaximus]

TooMany2cvs said:

spaximus said:

and on one roundabout one driver forced our driver to do an emergency stop as he cut around between the hearse and our car.

Did that driver join the r'a'b between the hearse and car on the roundabout - or were you expecting traffic on the r'a'b to stop and let the cortege join en masse?

No overtook on the right lane and then sliced across in front of our car and the Hearse.

I personally would stop to allow those cars clearly carrying relations out, but I understand that others would not.