Booted Funeral Cars Unable to Join Procession
A group of mourners in the UK recently found out that when a car gets booted, they cannot join the procession of funeral cars to the cemetery.
The funeral in question was being held for 81-year-old Ellen Spence. After the services, mourners came outside to get in their funeral cars and drive to the burial site. However, as many as eight of the funeral cars were booted, meaning that there was a device placed on the vehicles to prevent them from moving because they were parked illegally.
Officials say the mourners should have seen the notices before parking illegally, but others disagree. “There is a very small notice as you go into the car park, but the fact is the car park is right beside the church hall so people mistakenly parked there,” said one person associated with the debacle.
Some mourners asked the company that placed the devices on their cars to remove them so they could join the procession of funeral cars. However, when the mourners were told it would cost 75 pounds, an argument broke out. After a while, they came up with the money to pay the fines, but it held up the services for a half hour and ruined the entire day for some.
As a final note, one mourner had this to say: “The only reason the rest of the cars weren’t clamped is that they ran out of clamps. I think it’s a disgrace.”
Keep this in mind the next time you park amongst other funeral cars at a funeral. Make sure you are legally parked and you’ll save yourself and others a bunch of headaches.
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