Do be respectful. Do yield – once the lead car has entered traffic, such as going through an intersection – the entire procession will follow without interruption. ... Don't honk at a car in a funeral procession. Don't pass a funeral procession on the right side on a highway, unless the procession is in the far left lane.

What happens during a funeral procession?

The procession consists of carrying the casket from the church to the hearse and then from the hearse to the gravesite once at the cemetery. The male family members and friends are typically the ones who carry the coffin.

When approaching a funeral procession what should you do?

Funeral processions have the right-of-way. All vehicles in the procession must follow one another as closely as safely possible and should be marked with funeral flags or windshield signs, headlights, taillights, and hazard flashers.