Funeral Processions and he Right-of-Way Rule to Avoid Car Accident

A confusing feeling of embarrassment often raises the problem of whether or not a vehicle in a funeral convoy can pass a red signal. Moreover, the possibility of a critical car accident increases the chance of personal injury when you are in a long line of vehicles passing through a red signal in heavy traffic for instance in New York.

 

Critical car accidents during funeral process take place in the country, although what about the right-of-way according to law in such situations? Treating the consequences of a car accident on personal injury compensation or property is a difficult process, frequently engaging both legal and insurance factors. This procedure can be even more difficult to handle when an accident takes place in a funeral convoy.

 

In New York, any law does not regulate funeral convoy; on the other hand, the state’s traffic law does not set any exemptions to obeying traffic control lights, not considering in the case of ambulances. When a funeral convoy is to be allowed to break the rules of traffic signals, there need to be a traffic police officer to control the flow of raod traffic.

 

Funeral Procession

A funeral procession is a group of people including family members and other friends going after the vehicle from interment home to the location of the funeral. A hearse is a vehicle for taking a box to a church; sometime drawn by a vehicle. Funeral convoy has been a religious tradition, long time ago when automobiles are not existed. Since there is frequent confusion on passing a red signal by vehicle in a funeral convoy, a good number of states have regulate laws to enforce the traffic laws and measures governing such marches, and also the lawful requirements for giving way to such a group. When uncertainty, road traffic, and the natural feeling in a funeral convoy come together, accidents only too frequent follow this line of cars if some vehicles run through red signals.

 

The Importance of classification

The major purpose to decrease the possibility of car accident during a funeral procession is classification. Commonly, memorial service provides purple funeral flags for march vehicles to classify their vehicles. To give more classification, drivers are guided to reduce their headlights, without considering light of day.

 

In terms of the sequence of the convoy, the leading vehicle serves as the guidance; it is followed by the people including kids, direct family members, and close friends as well. More or less always, the leading vehicle must car for all traffic signals. But, when the leading vehicle has gone across a traffic circle, all of the vehicles in the group may follow without stopping at traffic signal. As one may think, this particular procession traffic rule has been the reason of several accidents. It is made worse by the reality that when cars going in the opposite direction of a convoy may give way to the procession, but the vehicles and people in procession don’t need to give way, let only slow down or even stop.