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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 454456" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>I guess I'm going to be the asshole here again ...</p><p></p><p>My town is restricted geographically. We have water to the north and to the south. There is only one main road that goes though east to west, Hwy 98. Traffic on this road is horrendous 24/7 even on good days. When there are minor disturbances they have a wave effect that affects traffic for miles and miles, hours and hours. Minor fender benders regularly stop traffic for hours. Vehicles regularly run out of fuel waiting for traffic to clear out. One time I got stuck in a traffic jam in Destin only to find out that the original holdup was on the 3-mile bridge in Pensacola 50 miles away. A few years ago Obama came to town and they shut that road down completely for 2 days straight. He didn't even use the road, they had it shut down as a strategic escape route that he never used. For two days businesses closed down because employees literally just couldn't get to work. Everyone had to just stay home, the economy put on complete pause for one man. (We were in the news after that for asking Obama to never return.) Just using this as an example of what happens here when that road is disturbed.</p><p></p><p>Now combine that with how huge some of these processions can get. Its a small community and everyone here knows everyone. Funerals can and regularly do involve up to a thousand people fairly regularly. When the processions leave they can be hundreds of cars long, each with only one or two people in it, and stretch on for miles and miles. One time I sat on the side of the road for an hour watching one go by. Had no choice, the highway was essentially shut down. I do not feel that that is right. Even a small procession in our area can result in half hour delays. I do not feel that when I die it is the right thing to do to hold up the lives of thousands of people that I don't know. I'm just not that important and no one is.</p><p></p><p>I give processions compassion by pulling over and waiting most of the time. (About 15 minutes in is when I start looking for escape routes, compassion be damned.) I wish they would do the same by limiting cars and taking the back roads when possible. I'm sorry someone died but they are going to stay dead. There is not a important need to completely disturb the lives of the living.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 454456, member: 483"] I guess I'm going to be the asshole here again ... My town is restricted geographically. We have water to the north and to the south. There is only one main road that goes though east to west, Hwy 98. Traffic on this road is horrendous 24/7 even on good days. When there are minor disturbances they have a wave effect that affects traffic for miles and miles, hours and hours. Minor fender benders regularly stop traffic for hours. Vehicles regularly run out of fuel waiting for traffic to clear out. One time I got stuck in a traffic jam in Destin only to find out that the original holdup was on the 3-mile bridge in Pensacola 50 miles away. A few years ago Obama came to town and they shut that road down completely for 2 days straight. He didn't even use the road, they had it shut down as a strategic escape route that he never used. For two days businesses closed down because employees literally just couldn't get to work. Everyone had to just stay home, the economy put on complete pause for one man. (We were in the news after that for asking Obama to never return.) Just using this as an example of what happens here when that road is disturbed. Now combine that with how huge some of these processions can get. Its a small community and everyone here knows everyone. Funerals can and regularly do involve up to a thousand people fairly regularly. When the processions leave they can be hundreds of cars long, each with only one or two people in it, and stretch on for miles and miles. One time I sat on the side of the road for an hour watching one go by. Had no choice, the highway was essentially shut down. I do not feel that that is right. Even a small procession in our area can result in half hour delays. I do not feel that when I die it is the right thing to do to hold up the lives of thousands of people that I don't know. I'm just not that important and no one is. I give processions compassion by pulling over and waiting most of the time. (About 15 minutes in is when I start looking for escape routes, compassion be damned.) I wish they would do the same by limiting cars and taking the back roads when possible. I'm sorry someone died but they are going to stay dead. There is not a important need to completely disturb the lives of the living. [/QUOTE]
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