AIBU to overtake a hearse?

It's that persons last ever journey and you couldn't wait 5 minutes?

There's no issue with the hearse and cortege going slowly but there's no reason for non-relevant traffic to follow suit and it can be dangerous. Better for people to move out of way for the hearse etc. to continue its journey at conventional pace.

Eh because someone's body is in the coffin in the back ffs, what a stupid comment. Would you want your loved one being rattled around in their coffin.

Dual carraigeway is fine IMO.

From what I have seen of hearses these days they tend to go slow during the first bit away from the house, then they tend to go at a more normal speed, but may well slow down at lights etc to keep the procession together.

I think overtaking them during the slow bit is disrespectful but the slow bit shouldn't last for long. You shouldn't really need to go past them otherwise, but if it is a multi lane road then fine.

Crawling along a dual carriageway is incredibly dangerous

To some people it is necessary

This makes me sad to think another thoughtful action is being dismissed

And? They're dead.
They can go at a normal speed.
And not hold up traffic.
People have places to go.

I wouldn’t.
You said the crematorium was nearby anyway. What was the big rush?

Nearby is relative and could mean 10, 15, 20 minutes away. I think the police would take a dim view of cars creating traffic by following a hearse on a dual carriageway, which is designed for overtaking.

Yes it is.

Might not be to you but to many (most people) they appreciate that it's the deceased's final journey and that's the convention

I disagree. It's fine to go ahead if its safe. Much better than building up extra traffic on a dual carriageway.

Don't overthink it. In fact it's fine on any road as long as it's safe. If you want to wait to be polite that's up to you but its not necessary.

Sometimes people are in a rush and there might be 20 funeral cars going slow, daft to wait for them all to pass if you can go on.

That's the second post I've seen this week where the first poster doesn't have a clue but dishes out their ill-informed viewpoint as fact.

It's fine.

The reason you don't overtake a hearse is because splitting the hearse and the following cars is disrespectful.

On a dual carriageway it's not a problem, because you just pass the lot. Maybe don't go a million miles an hour with your engine revving, but overtaking itself is fine.

Exactly! AIBU gets more nuts daily!

I don't think it's an issue on a dual carriage way as long as you don't pull back in till some way ahead. At junctions/roundabouts I always let them go if I have right of way and let the funeral procession go. On single roads you obviously never would.

They were going to a near by crematorium.

So no need to pass

I would overtake on a dual-carriageway. I wouldn't zoom past but I would definitely overtake. It keeps the flow of traffic and there's absolutely no reason for drivers not part of the cortege to be driving in it or behind it.

Do you know what a dual carriageway is?!

@Nanny0gg they were on a dual carriageway not a residential road. There's no way everyone can be expected to crawl behind a hearse on a dual carriageway

I don't know why the hearse has to crawl about anyway.
They're perfectly capable of following normal speed.
It's not disrespectful

It's not your relative and there's no reason they shouldn't be respectful of your time.

Were you really in that much of a hurry?

It's another respectful convention that's getting lost

Our local crem is right next to a dual carriageway, we’d never get anywhere if we all just crawled behind all the hearses in procession every day!

On a dual carriageway of course. And I would overtake on other roads too if my need was urgent if it were safe to do so. I wouldn't want to miss a hospital appointment, etc., given the present state of the NHS.

It is okay. MN is often weird about driving, most people seem to not have a clue. I don't know anyone that on a dual carriageway when you're in no way interrupting or cutting into any vehicles within the procession would wait behind and leave an empty lane.

On a dual carriageway it’s fine people are being ridiculous