Funeral Cortege

[Byker28i]

Entirely agree, a minimal mark of respect IMO - I wonder if the response would be different if it was a serviceman from Afghanistan rather than Joe/Jane public?

Repat convoys from lyneham drove at normal speed, then slowed to walking pace through Wootton Bassett with the funeral director in front to allow people to pay their last respects. Then at the end of the high street it was back to normal driving with a police escort in front.

 

[tiler65]

I think you mean mopeds. Scooters are allowed on motorways provided the rider has passed his test.

That'll be my lack of knowledge around the subject of motorised bikes If it's not a "motorbike" then scooter/moped is the same thing in my book :bonk:

I think you need to have at least 50cc too as a vehicle.

 

[TCR4x4]

The last one I was in many years ago, was for my Grandma. We travelled from Fishponds in Bristol, to the crematorium in Westerliegh. This is a good 5-6 mile journey.
The whole journey, the hearse, and the two limos did not exceed 15mph.
The traffic behind was chaos, and this made my mum more upset than anything else.
She kept saying to the driver, cant we go faster, and he said they werent allowed to.

It was quite a embarassing situation really.

One thing that did touch me though, was as we took a right hand turn, an elderly guy about to cross the road, stopped, took his hat off and bowed his head.