Two trivial questions that came up this afternoon...

[BertrandRussell]

Can I do a quick poll? Two unconnected questions that I was surprised by a friend's opinions on

1. Is it discourteous to overtake a funeral on a dual carriageway?
2. Could you access £1000 instantly, use it and it make no difference to your day to day life?

1. Yes.

1. No.

1 yes
2 no

Is the funeral going from Durham to Kent?

Yes and yes.

1. Dunno. Probably ok on a duel carriageway as long as it's long enough that you don't risk having to pull in mid convoy.
2. Yes.

1. Yes
2. No

1. No. The living heave lives to get on with. I wouldn’t expect them to crawl along behind my/a loved ones casket.

1. Most of the time but sometimes we do that one too many times and don’t have the grand spare.

1. Not ideal, but if they are trekking 50miles up the A1 it isn't unreasonable

1. Yes (but I wouldn't without a lot of thought)

1. No (very in any other circumstance but not passing a cortege on a motorway would cause havoc)

2.Yes

No

Yes

1. Yes

1. Yes

1. Historically it has been viewed as being discourteous to overtake a funeral, but if one is traveling miles, it isn't always practical. I think it is a 'judge at the time' situation.

1. Now, at this time of my life, yes, I could. For most of my life, no, I couldn't have.

Yes and yes.

Yes

No

1. No on a dual carriageway if they were travelling significantly below the speed limit. Yes on a single carriageway.

1. Yes

Rude to overtake funeral on single carrigeway, but OK on dual

Yes, and probably.

1. No. As long as you don’t end up in the middle of it.
2. No.

1. No. It would cause chaos if people all stayed behind a hearse for miles down a dual carriageway.

1. Yes.

Yes and yes.

1. On a dual carriageway, OK. Do realise that the cars in the cortège will not want you cutting in, so make sure you don't do it near a junction where you want to exit. No overtaking on single carriageways though.

1. Yes and yes (access and use) but no, I would notice the difference (because a: if spending that much I'd want something to show for it and b: the opportunity cost wouid mean delaying, changing or going without something else

1. No
2. Yes

1. Yes
2. Yes, not that I would.

1. If there's two lanes for a long time period and it's NSL, then I think it's ok to overtake, but not to pull in between cars. If no-one overtakes, eventually you'll get a long enough queue that someone won't see the hearse and will pass anyway. Ideally, I think funeral corteges should avoid dual carriageways as they can represent a bit of a hazard- but obviously this isn't always possible.

1. I could access it, if I needed to for an unexpected bill or similar, but I can't think how it would not make a difference to my life. Either I am spending it on a luxury- which I would certainly notice for £1000 or I'm spending it on an essential cost (e.g. my car). Short term, I suppose I wouldn't notice the dip in my savings as such, but I couldn't do it lots (or I'd have no savings) and it would take me longer to get to my savings goal (for a house deposit), obviously, so I would notice it that way too.

1. No, not on a dual carriageway.
2. Yes but I'd rather not.