Funeral procession driving — Montana Permit Test

The funeral lead vehicle must obey traffic-control devices at an intersection, but once it goes, the others in the procession may follow it through despite any traffic control device, using reasonable care.

If each car stopped at the light, the procession would be split and lose its way.

At the point that the lead vehicle proceeds, others in the procession may follow through the intersection despite any official traffic control device.

When driving in a funeral procession, follow the vehicle ahead as closely as possible; the rule requiring space for another car to enter does not apply.

A gap in the line invites other cars to cut in and break the procession apart.

When driving in a funeral procession, a driver must follow the preceding vehicle as closely as possible.

A driver in a funeral procession may not drive faster than 55 mph on a highway where the speed limit is 55 mph or more.

A long line of cars at full highway speed cannot stay together or stop together.

A driver in a funeral procession may not drive faster than 55 miles per hour on a highway where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour or more or may not drive more than 5 miles per hour below the posted speed limit on other streets or roads.

On other streets and roads, a driver in a funeral procession may not drive more than 5 mph below the posted speed limit.

A line crawling far below the limit backs up traffic behind it and tempts drivers to cut through.

A driver in a funeral procession may not drive faster than 55 miles per hour on a highway where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour or more or may not drive more than 5 miles per hour below the posted speed limit on other streets or roads.

In a funeral procession, all headlights and taillights must be on.

Lit cars show cross traffic which cars belong to the line and must be let through.

All headlights and taillights must be illuminated.

The first vehicle in a funeral procession, and the one believed to be last, must flash their turn signals together as warning lights.

Other drivers need to know where the line begins and where it ends so they do not cut into it.

In addition, turn signals must be flashing simultaneously as warning lights on a vehicle that is the first vehicle in a funeral procession or believed to be the last vehicle in a funeral procession.

Once the funeral lead vehicle goes through an intersection, what may the rest of the procession do?

Follow it through, despite the signal. If each car stopped at the light, the procession would be split and lose its way. Montana Driver Manual, p.42: “At the point that the lead vehicle proceeds, others in the procession may follow through the intersection despite any official traffic control device.”