Overtaking funeral convoys - yay or nay?

nails1

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

juneg

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

Absolutely not

SpencerJC

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

I wouldn't

Tacitus Kilgore

If doing 30 in a 50 zone makes you late, you're already late - if you left on time you'd be ahead of the funeral.

How much time do you reckon can be gained, give us more info OP

LeinsterDub

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

Do you want to wait 60 plus years for an all ireland?

LeinsterDub

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

Same sort of person who'll dangerously over take someone on a bike no doubt

Leg End Reject

I wouldn't, it's incredibly disrespectful to the family. It's also dangerous if there's a hearse and a large cortege behind it.

Check RIP.ie for funeral times and plan accordingly. You must work unusual hours, I've never seen regular funerals early in the morning.

deathbomber

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I wouldn't, it's incredibly disrespectful to the family. It's also dangerous if there's a hearse and a large cortege behind it.

Check RIP.ie for funeral times and plan accordingly. You must work unusual hours, I've never seen regular funerals early in the morning.

whilst i woudn't do it (overtake) myself, telling somebody they should check rip.ie to plan a journey is farcical, what will be will be, deal with it, the world won't end!

GooglePlus

There's a story and family behind each one, not just you.

Tacitus Kilgore

deathbomber wrote: »

whilst i woudn't do it (overtake) myself, telling somebody they should check rip.ie to plan a journey is farcical, what will be will be, deal with it, the world won't end!

why not? I do it for the free tea and triangle shaped sandwiches all the time, the grub's been a bit scarce lately though

PsychoPete

If you can overtake them safely then work away

Leg End Reject

deathbomber wrote: »

whilst i woudn't do it (overtake) myself, telling somebody they should check rip.ie to plan a journey is farcical, what will be will be, deal with it, the world won't end!

They've said they're late for work because if it.

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

I doubt you're stuck behind them everyday.

If it is a regular thing (and I doubt it is) then plan accordingly and leave earlier.

That's someone's last journey btw, show some fücking respect.

deathbomber

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »

I doubt you're stuck behind them everyday.

If it is a regular thing (and I doubt it is) then plan accordingly and leave earlier.

That's someone's last journey btw, show some fücking respect.

this!!!!

nigeldaniel

I am very old school, so No I have a great deal of respect for a funeral.

Losty Dublin

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

Overtake. You don't want to piss off mourners, like what the Inbetweeners did.

vicwatson

nails1 wrote: »

The hearse with the limos behind. Doing 30 in a 50 zone. Seem to be getting stuck behind them everyday going to work and I do be late but too polite to overtake

Good, fair play to you, keep your politeness and have patience, or leave a little earlier. Respect the cortege.

Effects

I did it once by accident. I was running late to catch a boat. Had to overtake a few groups of cars, and on the last one I ended up behind the hearse and realised. Felt really bad about it. The hearse driver pulled over towards the hard shoulder then, so I could get past.
I just about made the boat. My own fault for leaving Dublin too late.

Montage of Feck

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Do you want to wait 60 plus years for an all ireland?

If your a Dub OP I would advise you to pass the funeral. Maybe lower your windows while blasting "highway to hell" at full volume.

Kylta

Its something I would not do. And I can't understand why people are reluctant to pull over and let ambulances and fire engines past when in an emergency. I'm a fu¢ker at the best of times, but funerals fire brigades and ambulances are sacrosanct in respect to road journeys. Saying that I often wonder how half the dickheads on the road actually get their driving licences.

pgj2015

I remember someone on here saying before that they were going to bury their father and some arsehole got stuck behind the funeral cortege and started blowing his car horn and roaring at them to move out of his way. The family weren't far off pulling him out of his car and beating him. what a prick.

Dravokivich

Unless there's room to overtake 1 vehicle at a time you shouldn't even think of it. Just because nothing is on the other side of the road when you start, doesn't mean something isn't coming down the other side of the road and you'll become the obstruction.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I live beside two graveyards so yes I overtake funerals all the time. I wouldn't go ripping past them of course but if there's an overtaking lane beside the cortege then I don't see the problem.

That said I'm in north county Dublin so the roads and graveyards would be busier than say a small country town or village graveyard where I think there are small cultural differences in funerals. I've been to a few country funerals where it seems the whole town or village turn out and shoulder the coffin for a distance, in this case I'd hang back out of respect (its rare you'd see this where I am).

Like everything else in life, use a little cop on and try do the decent thing whenever possible

Agricola

As my father used to say, "What's the hurry, we're all going where he's going eventually!"

CrankyHaus

Kylta wrote: »

Its something I would not do. And I can't understand why people are reluctant to pull over and let ambulances and fire engines past when in an emergency. I'm a fu¢ker at the best of times, but funerals fire brigades and ambulances are sacrosanct in respect to road journeys. Saying that I often wonder how half the dickheads on the road actually get their driving licences.

The A-Level prick move is gluing yourself to the back an ambulance and using it as a traffic sweeper in your own personal motorcade so that everyone who pulled in to let it past cannot pull out and resume their journey.

suicide_circus

I always burn past them at full tilt blasting my la cucaracha horn

begbysback

Lads if I’m dead and in the box then feel free to overtake, ain’t going to bother me, but if I’m in the ambulance then get ta fcuk outta the way ya prik.

StackSteevens

The distance from the RC Church in Bantry to the graveyard is 2 km. The tradition is for family and friends to walk behind the hearse probably saying the rosary as they trudge along. For 90% of the distance, the roadway involved is the N71.

The procession takes about 25 minutes and, in the summer months, the tailback can literally run for a few miles. Many of the affected tourists genuinely cannot believe that this sort of nonsense is tolerated in the 21st Century. I share their view.

begbysback

StackSteevens wrote: »

The distance from the RC Church in Bantry to the graveyard is 2 km. The tradition is for family and friends to walk behind the hearse probably saying the rosary as they trudge along. For 90% of the distance, the roadway involved is the N71.

The procession takes about 25 minutes and, in the summer months, the tailback can literally run for a few miles. Many of the affected tourists genuinely cannot believe that this sort of nonsense is tolerated in the 21st Century. I share their view.

People are given more respect dead than alive.

whisky_galore

If I can overtake safely, why not.
If I was a mourner, I couldn't give a flying fcuk what overtakes, so long as they do so safely. The person in the box won't care one way or the other. The world doesn't stop for you.

corner of hells

StackSteevens wrote: »

The distance from the RC Church in Bantry to the graveyard is 2 km. The tradition is for family and friends to walk behind the hearse probably saying the rosary as they trudge along. For 90% of the distance, the roadway involved is the N71.

The procession takes about 25 minutes and, in the summer months, the tailback can literally run for a few miles. Many of the affected tourists genuinely cannot believe that this sort of nonsense is tolerated in the 21st Century. I share their view.

Wouldn't ya think people could at least die in the Winter or thier families freeze them to avoid disrupting yourself and a few scaldy looking tourists .

Edgware

StackSteevens wrote: »

The distance from the RC Church in Bantry to the graveyard is 2 km. The tradition is for family and friends to walk behind the hearse probably saying the rosary as they trudge along. For 90% of the distance, the roadway involved is the N71.

The procession takes about 25 minutes and, in the summer months, the tailback can literally run for a few miles. Many of the affected tourists genuinely cannot believe that this sort of nonsense is tolerated in the 21st Century. I share their view.

Why dont you just keep beeping the horn at them toget out of your way? After all you are a very important person. I'm sure that they would understand

i57dwun4yb1pt8

Two old Gents Roderick and Cedric playing on a golf course, in the distance on the road beside they spot a funeral convoy.

Cedric immediately takes of his golf hat and bows his head to the ground
Roderick slightly bewildered, follows suit and as the cars fade into the distance he says:

'Good heavens man, i'm very impressed with your respect for that poor soul'
Cedric replies : 'well, we were married for 35 years'

Strumms

suicide_circus wrote: »

I always burn past them at full tilt blasting my la cucaracha horn

This, should be mandatory.. seriously though... the road traffic act mandates that a vehicle should be driven with due care and attention and progress should be maintained. If you are driving a vehicle at 18 kmh in a 50 zone... that’s not with due care and attention, it’s driving slow, too slow.

We get it’s a solemn and somber occasion but there are other road users to be considered, their safety to be ensured.

If somebody is running late for work, that can happen for a myriad of genuine reasons, somebody could be running from a hospital appointment or dropping a child to school..

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!

Dravokivich wrote: »

Unless there's room to overtake 1 vehicle at a time

Talon Dazzling Belly wrote: »

I live beside two graveyards so yes I overtake funerals all the time.

StackSteevens wrote: »

The distance from the RC Church in Bantry to the graveyard is 2 km. Many of the affected tourists genuinely cannot believe that this sort of nonsense is tolerated in the 21st Century. I share their view.

whisky_galore wrote: »

If I can overtake safely, why not.
The world doesn't stop for you.

A shocking indictment of Irish society.

Jesus. If a 2km road at walking pace irks you then maybe you shouldn't be driving. You're too easily angered behind the wheel.

Just show some respect, even if you can overtake, don't. It's a mark of courtesy. It's like pushing past an elderly woman on a staircase.

It's someone's last journey.

To the person who suggested overtaking one vehicle at a time? Jesus weeps. Imagine weaving in and out of pedestrian mourners and mourning cars.

hurikane

I’ve overtaken a few accidentally.

See cars ahead in left hand lane on motorway, move out to overtake, as you get towards the end of the line of cars, there it is a hearse. No aborting at that stage.

Has happened 3/4 times maybe.

Leg End Reject

hurikane wrote: »

I’ve overtaken a few accidentally.

See cars ahead in left hand lane on motorway, move out to overtake, as you get towards the end of the line of cars, there it is a hearse. No aborting at that stage.

Has happened 3/4 times maybe.

Hearses don't drive slowly on a motorway and mourners don't walk behind, that's a completely different situation and the hearse stays in the driving lane to allow others overtake.

hurikane

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Hearses don't drive slowly on a motorway and mourners don't walk behind, that's a completely different situation and the hearse stays in the driving lane to allow others overtake.

Well they certainly aren’t hitting 120kph, well below 80kph is what I’ve seen.

CrankyHaus

hurikane wrote: »

I’ve overtaken a few accidentally.

See cars ahead in left hand lane on motorway, move out to overtake, as you get towards the end of the line of cars, there it is a hearse. No aborting at that stage.

Has happened 3/4 times maybe.

There's nothing wrong with doing it on a road with an overtaking lane. It's passing on the far side of the road that gets people's goat.

Leg End Reject

hurikane wrote: »

Well they certainly aren’t hitting 120kph, well below 80kph is what I’ve seen.

But they stay in the driving lane to allow others to overtake.

There's plenty of drivers who tootle along at 60kph on a motorway for no good reason.

Outkast_IRE

Happened at my own mothers funeral in a suburban area of cork city - Approx 600m from Funeral Home to Church - So Hearse at the front followed by walkers behind. Bout 7.30pm at night so well outside peak times - One Numpty in a souped up piece of crap, decided he couldnt wait and dangerously overtook at the brow of a hill with limited visibilty, he had to swerve in pretty tight to the hearse after his stunt to avoid oncoming traffic.

Now i wouldnt let something like that rile me up but you could visibly see virtually everyone at the funeral go "what a prick" .

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!

hurikane wrote: »

Well they certainly aren’t hitting 120kph, well below 80kph is what I’ve seen.

Buses with standard passengers are limited to 65 km/h in the European Union.
Does the 41x and 33x Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann with staning passengers on the ruffle your feathers on the motorway too?

You only have to be capable of maintaining 50 km/h to use the motorway. That's what the overtaking lane is for.

Billgirlylegs

CrankyHaus wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with doing it on a road with an overtaking lane. It's passing on the far side of the road that gets people's goat.

There is no problem overtaking a funeral cortege.
In the great majority of cases, no disrespect intended or taken.
You can't legislate for orseholes or their behaviour.

You must do it safely, especially in non motorway/dual carriageway conditions where you need to cross the middle line of the road.

Dravokivich

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »

A shocking indictment of Irish society.

Jesus. If a 2km road at walking pace irks you then maybe you shouldn't be driving. You're too easily angered behind the wheel.

Just show some respect, even if you can overtake, don't. It's a mark of courtesy. It's like pushing past an elderly woman on a staircase.

It's someone's last journey.

To the person who suggested overtaking one vehicle at a time? Jesus weeps. Imagine weaving in and out of pedestrian mourners and mourning cars.

Thats not what I said, but sure, you can't be shocked by the rest of the content of my post so pull at whatever suits.

Stark

I'd overtake if it was on a motorway/dual carriageway.

StackSteevens

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »

A shocking indictment of Irish society.

Jesus. If a 2km road at walking pace irks you then maybe you shouldn't be driving. You're too easily angered behind the wheel.

Just show some respect, even if you can overtake, don't. It's a mark of courtesy. It's like pushing past an elderly woman on a staircase.

It's someone's last journey.

To the person who suggested overtaking one vehicle at a time? Jesus weeps. Imagine weaving in and out of pedestrian mourners and mourning cars.

Have you ever asked any of your deceased friends how they felt about it?

Fact is that it's an onanistic bit of showing off by the living and the deceased really couldn't give a fukc. In fact they're probably just longing to be laid to rest and can't wait until the circus is over.

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!

StackSteevens wrote: »

Have you ever asked any of your deceased friends how they felt about it?

Just because they're unaware of it, doesn't mean it's disrespectful. Would you like your mother to be insulted behind both of your backs?

Kylta

CrankyHaus wrote: »

The A-Level prick move is gluing yourself to the back an ambulance and using it as a traffic sweeper in your own personal motorcade so that everyone who pulled in to let it past cannot pull out and resume their journey.

I've actually seen that done on many an occasion. And it's almost comes to a crash when the traffic that let say an ambulance past try to get back into lane only to find its block by mr I don't give a fu¢k. It an accident waiting to happen

bear1

Jesus your town must have some seriously bad luck if there is a funeral every single day.

facehugger99

Depends.

I came upon one once on the open road and was late for a meeting so overtook 6-7 cars on the straight.

I doubt the guy in the coffin minded too much and it made fcuk all difference to anyone in the convoy.

I certainly wasn't going to sit behind the for 15 minutes at 50km an hour.

Tacitus Kilgore

facehugger99 wrote: »

Depends.

I came upon one once on the open road and was late for a meeting so overtook 6-7 cars on the straight.

I doubt the guy in the coffin minded too much and it made fcuk all difference to anyone in the convoy.

I certainly wasn't going to sit behind the for 15 minutes at 50km an hour.

Aye, but you are terribly important to be fair, would expect a funeral to pull over out of your way if they saw you coming tbh.