Respect for the dead?
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Driving in Smyrna, Tn, yesterday, on a divided highway, when 5-6 vehicles ahead of me pulled off to the shoulder at the same time.
Seeing no reason for it, I kept moving. Then I saw the funeral procession, on the other side of the median.
I don't think the law requires drivers to pull over on a divided highway, and they never do for a brokedown & happy hooker, or an LEO with a customer, so was it just a respect for the dead thing?
I felt guilty for not joining them, but I never saw that before.
First time I seen that was in the south...JuJu knew about it....
couple of months ago in norfolk va at airport a trooper came back from the war in box and airport police officer call his boss and ask could he escort trooper off airport ground from aircargo and his boss said yes
before anybody knew it there were va state police , norfolk, va bch etc by time it got to petersburg va there was over 60 cars and fire trucks to escort body home blue and red lights on
i was waitting for aircargo and other we all came to attn and they loaded him up and on way
before anybody knew it there were va state police , norfolk, va bch etc by time it got to petersburg va there was over 60 cars and fire trucks to escort body home blue and red lights on
i was waitting for aircargo and other we all came to attn and they loaded him up and on way
I don't pull over for funeral processions out of respect for the dead, but out of compassion for the grieving family accompanying their loved one for the last time. As John Elliot noted, the family takes some consolation in such gestures of our common humanity. It's just following the Golden Rule, IMO, and despite what some people bluster, we are none of us entirely self sufficient - we all need the comfort of other people at times.
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Pic said nothing about the dead.