I remember

When all drivers on the road pulled over for a Funeral Procession, Man it sure is a busy time now when they don't have time to show respect, seen one at lunch today, saw one old couple pull over for it, everyone else just kept driving.

FishingBuds said:

When all drivers on the road pulled over for a Funeral Procession, Man it sure is a busy time now when they don't have time to show respect, seen one at lunch today, saw one old couple pull over for it, everyone else just kept driving.

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Pretty much the same thing in town here. Normally it's the older folks who pull over and turn on their headlights. Younger ones just keep on going.

I think we can blame ourselves a bit.
I make sure I do it,plus tell my kids why I do it.
Make sure they open doors for people and little things like that.
I sure hope they remember when they get older.

I have seen it myself...not cool.

Waterwings said:

Younger ones just keep on going.

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I am a "younger one" I stop every time. :lol:

We get tickets here if we pull over and it slows down or holds up traffic. :roll:

ben2go said:

We get tickets here if we pull over and it slows down or holds up traffic. :roll:

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Us too if we were to get caught not pulling over while working its a butt chewing and a half.

ben2go said:

We get tickets here if we pull over and it slows down or holds up traffic. :roll:

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must be that part of the state... otherwise you get a ticket for NOT pulling over (Lancaster county)

russ010 said:

ben2go said:

We get tickets here if we pull over and it slows down or holds up traffic. :roll:

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must be that part of the state... otherwise you get a ticket for NOT pulling over (Lancaster county)

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same here in MA. if you cut the procession off or dont pull over , you'll get a ticket...

Most of the ones around here get a police escort to keep others out of the way. In fact i cant remember seeing one without a police escort, normally its 2 in the front 2 in the back and mostly motorcycles.

I think that a lot of people don't pull over around here for fear of being run over themselves. We have a lot of rural highways that get a lot of traffic. They have a lot of blind hills and curves and usually no or next to no shoulder to pull over on. Stopping in the road many times would be a good way to wind up in that procession yourself.

There should be no excuse in town but most of the towns around here are small and many of the cemteries are out in the county.

most people around here will pull over wherever they are and most standing in town on a sidewalk will take there hats off, but we have a pretty friendly town. any stranger can throw up the 2 finger wave from the steering wheel to any passing traffic and 8 out of 10 will wave back,

i always thaught of it as "what if that was me in that coffin". the least i could do is show a last respect even if they are a stranger

We have police escorts too (south carolina and Georgia)... one in the front, one in the rear.

If I ever see a procession coming, I get half on and half off the road - no one can pass me then... I've had people honk the horn and everything else. So I usually get them back by doing way under the speed limit and then speeding up when they get a chance to pass (very seldom here on the roads in GA)... I hate it, but I live by this little word called respect.

Loggerhead Mike said:

...i always thaught of it as "what if that was me in that coffin". the least i could do is show a last respect even if they are a stranger

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My Grandfather, who lived to be 93, used to look at the obituaries and then attend the funerals of complete strangers. Said it was our duty to see them off, even if we didn't know them.

Waterwings said:

Loggerhead Mike said:

...i always thaught of it as "what if that was me in that coffin". the least i could do is show a last respect even if they are a stranger

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My Grandfather, who lived to be 93, used to look at the obituaries and then attend the funerals of complete strangers. Said it was our duty to see them off, even if we didn't know them.

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Wow :shock: check him out, heck I'm a deacon and I haven't even did that. There isn't a word I can come up with right now to complement that WW. Oh how the world would be if there was more like that

My Grandfather wasn't a big talker, but when he spoke we listened. Heck of a story about that man. He only went to the first few weeks of the 1st grade, then his father pulled him out of school to help work the farm, even though he was only about 5 or 6 yrs old, and would help with a horse-drawn plow. Never learned to read, but could kinda sign his name when doing farm business later in life. Lost a lung to TB when he was a young man, raised 9 children, ran a farm, and later in life bought a new Chevy sedan every year with money from selling his crops/livestock. I don't think I ever heard him complain about anything except the weather (must be where I get it, lol). Sorry about the rant, got carried away.

Alot can be learned from the old timers. My grandpa was the biggest influence in my life. As a kid in the scouting program I would work on his hobby farm to have the money to attend scout camp. Talk about slave labor. 5 weeks of the summer busting my hump digging post holes by hand, pushing and feeding his cattle, and not to mention helping him doing other various things around the farm. Respect was one of the things I learned working with him. One of his neighbors had passed away and his funneral line drove by his farm for one last time. We were working close to the road and as the line came closer he pulled his hat... Then my hat was removed for my with a swift slap to the back of the head. After the cars past he gave me a quick come to Jesus talk about respect for the dead. I wont mention what he said, alot of explitives, but it stuck. Ever since that time I remove my hat and pull over the car for the funeral lines, open doors for others, and all the other stuff that is not redily taught to the youngsters anymore. Maybe they just need a swift slap, and the talk. But that would be called abuse anymore.