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How fast should a hearse be driven?
- Thread starter Doc Lynam
- Start date
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Keeping to the speed limit I guess but would a hearse on the way to a funeral be using a motorway ?
El Sid
Well-known member
Dead slow
Nathan
Well-known member
- Jan 8, 2010
- 3,754
Why do you ask?
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
He was pulled over by the coppers doing 80mph on Coldean Lane, really chucking it into the turns. And now he's looking for moral support on here, which is perfectly reasonable.
Diana's did.
On the A259 between Seaford and Eastbourne a funeral cortege on its way to the Eastbourne Crematorium usually goes at about 40 mph. (It's a 60 mph limit)
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
Depends how much hearse power it's got.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I think that was more the problem Doc to be fair, if it had just been the Hearse then maybe you'd have gotten away with it. But it wasn't, was it? It was the funeral cars as well and those people looked SERIOUSLY distressed.
crodonilson
He/Him
Not strictly related, but quite a story....
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An acquaintance of mine was a hearse driver for a few years, he always said whatever the speed limit is divide it by 4.
Mechanic-joked-converting-campervan-hearse-kill--person-use-fatal-heart-attack
An acquaintance of mine was a hearse driver for a few years, he always said whatever the speed limit is divide it by 4.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
At my fathers funeral last year, we were doing about 20 through HH I would say.
Amazing how the older generation still stop what they are doing when one goes past and how most cars stop to let them out at junctions. I say most - one young charlie nearly buried his car into the side of the hearse when pulling into Oathall Road - when the rest of the traffic stopped, he decided not to!
Amazing how the older generation still stop what they are doing when one goes past and how most cars stop to let them out at junctions. I say most - one young charlie nearly buried his car into the side of the hearse when pulling into Oathall Road - when the rest of the traffic stopped, he decided not to!
skipper734
Registered ruffian
I'm off to one in a minute, I'll let you know.
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
Only excuse surely for a speeding hearse would be for someone who's late for their own funeral ??
Lord Bracknell
On fire
With all the current roadworks, Lewes Road is slow enough already. Hearses travelling at 7.5 miles an hour to get to all the cemeteries and crematoria along there can only help speed things up, I guess.