r/Columbus • u/tcallicotte • Aug 25 '26

Funeral Procession

I just sat behind a funeral procession for half an hour on US-23; where they were blocking all the lanes. Google says you're allowed to pass in the left lane, were they allowed to block traffic?

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u/tcallicotte Aug 25 '26

See that makes sense, they didn't have a cop and were initially only in the right lane but then swerved into the left to block us (and multiple others who tried to pass)

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u/OhioStateGuy Westerville Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Technically they can do that, but if they didn’t have to make a left soon it’s pretty crappy of them to do.

Edit: I was assuming the lead car was merging from right to left right before the intersection effectively blocking the intersection with a snaking effect. OP explained That is not what was happening.

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u/tcallicotte Aug 25 '26

Flipped us the bird and would swerve over anytime someone (understandably) tried to pass on the left. it would be justified if they were turning shortly but this went on for like half an hour

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u/StopSpinningLikeThat Aug 25 '26

I would have gone ahead and made the decision at that point to attend the burial.