Fear is what makes me accelerate past funeral processions and school busses. Those dead people and elementary school kids aren’t going to fool me again.
I remember my driver’s written test (1973) had 8 or 10 questions that all began “Is it lawful to”, followed by various things like “pass another vehicle on the shoulder”. It became apparent that the answer was always “no”, which made the test a breeze. I wonder if it has gotten any harder since then.
I don’t think that funeral processions should get to block off public streets just because granny kicked the bucket. Save that shit for the private roads in the cemetery.
I once did this for the funeral procession for a slain police officer while on my way back to the office from lunch. I had to wait like 20 minutes. I didn’t mind waiting but it was my first job out of college and I remember being really paranoid that my boss wouldn’t believe my excuse for being late back to the office.
I remember when I was a new young dumb driver. I wanted to make a right turn and it felt like traffic was unreal. Eventually I said fuck it and blocked an oncoming car and turned- midway through the turn my brain finally registered why there was such a long line of cars. “Ugh this traffic is terrible…fuck it just gonna cut this guy off ok here I go AND OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS A FUNERAL PROCESSION”
On a real note, I think it’s one of the worst traditions we have. I’ve been a part of a few and witnessed many more. It absolutely wreaks havoc. Everyone I’ve been apart of there has always been a near miss accident. Those motorcade guys are brave as hell.
Working as a paramedic/firefighter it never ceases to amaze me how absolutely shitty people’s natural reactions are to recognizing there’s an emergency vehicle behind them. Humans as a whole are horrendous drivers, adding any degree of difficulty to what we are already doing is going to have bad results.
You’re all going to the same graveyard, why can’t you simply meet there and not potentially cause another funeral?
I remember a weird question too from the Swedish test: You accidentally run over a cow. Who do you contact first? The police, the owner of the cow or the landowner?
I moved to North America from Europe and a question on my driving theory test was:
When you come to a stop sign do you :
a) slow down
b) stop
c) go through
I was legit looking around for a hidden camera thinking this must be a joke right?
Got 20/20 and the guy marking it said good job, hardly anyone ever gets them ALL right – made me worried to be on the road! 😄
Weakness
None of those are the wrong answer
All of the above?
The real question is this yielding you speak of
The Klingon DMV does not f around.
Fear: The signal from a Marker may spawn the procession into a rash of necromorphs which will rip your face off.
All of the above. It’s a weakness of my fear of respect.
Fear of Jeremy DeWitte…
The living should not fear the dead. Assert dominance do not yield.
Well, Which one did you choose?
To be fair, dying is sort of a bitch move. I’m not going to yield to that sort of energy.
Fear is what makes me accelerate past funeral processions and school busses. Those dead people and elementary school kids aren’t going to fool me again.
Yielding to a funeral procession is a sign of weakness.
TBH, I think funeral processions are kind of a dick move. “Hey everybody, I’m already dead, but let me fuck up your commute!”
If your motto is “Death Before Yielding”, would you still yield?
This is why people are out here driving like maniacs asking these irrelevant ass questions on your test.
None of the above right? I typically yield to pedestrians because vehicular manslaughter looks bad on a résumé
I remember my driver’s written test (1973) had 8 or 10 questions that all began “Is it lawful to”, followed by various things like “pass another vehicle on the shoulder”. It became apparent that the answer was always “no”, which made the test a breeze. I wonder if it has gotten any harder since then.
I don’t think that funeral processions should get to block off public streets just because granny kicked the bucket. Save that shit for the private roads in the cemetery.
I once did this for the funeral procession for a slain police officer while on my way back to the office from lunch. I had to wait like 20 minutes. I didn’t mind waiting but it was my first job out of college and I remember being really paranoid that my boss wouldn’t believe my excuse for being late back to the office.
That is a super weird question. Normally it would be something along the lines of “When must you yield to a funeral procession?”
I remember when I was a new young dumb driver. I wanted to make a right turn and it felt like traffic was unreal. Eventually I said fuck it and blocked an oncoming car and turned- midway through the turn my brain finally registered why there was such a long line of cars. “Ugh this traffic is terrible…fuck it just gonna cut this guy off ok here I go AND OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS A FUNERAL PROCESSION”
I remember a question on the written drivers licence test I had to take when I moved: What should you do when you want to decelerate?
Brake, obviously.
The correct answer was actually “Gear down” and I failed the written test because of it. I had to wait a month to retake it.
Must be the Maryland test. You can tell because it has nothing to do with road laws or proper driving technique!
On a real note, I think it’s one of the worst traditions we have. I’ve been a part of a few and witnessed many more. It absolutely wreaks havoc. Everyone I’ve been apart of there has always been a near miss accident. Those motorcade guys are brave as hell.
Working as a paramedic/firefighter it never ceases to amaze me how absolutely shitty people’s natural reactions are to recognizing there’s an emergency vehicle behind them. Humans as a whole are horrendous drivers, adding any degree of difficulty to what we are already doing is going to have bad results.
You’re all going to the same graveyard, why can’t you simply meet there and not potentially cause another funeral?
/rant
It’s a sign whoever wrote the test is an idiot. Your feelings about the procession are irrelevant to your responsibility as a driver.
I remember a weird question too from the Swedish test: You accidentally run over a cow. Who do you contact first? The police, the owner of the cow or the landowner?
I moved to North America from Europe and a question on my driving theory test was:
When you come to a stop sign do you :
a) slow down
b) stop
c) go through
I was legit looking around for a hidden camera thinking this must be a joke right?
Got 20/20 and the guy marking it said good job, hardly anyone ever gets them ALL right – made me worried to be on the road! 😄