Reader Lois Pawlan’s comments regarding adequate identification of cars in funeral processions just scratches the surface (“Funeral markers,” Voice of the people, Jan. 20).
Funeral processions are archaic and totally unnecessary. Mourners should express their grief in the chapel of choice and adjourn to a family gathering spot, allowing the professional funeral people to transport the remains with no further ado.
Why go through the dangerous trip to the cemetery–a column of five, 10 or 20 vehicles trying to get through traffic, running traffic signals, encountering drivers who aren’t even aware of emergency vehicles with sirens blaring and lights flashing, let alone a line of cars with window stickers and blinking lights?
I know personally of three incidents, one serious, in which cars in funeral processions have been struck by other vehicles.
Can seeing a box lowered into the ground be that important?
