A funeral procession with headlights and hazard lights on is passing through an intersection. What must you do?
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A.
Yield the right of way to all vehicles in the procession Correct
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B.
Merge into the procession to keep traffic moving
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C.
Proceed once the lead vehicle has cleared the intersection
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D.
Follow the last vehicle closely so cross traffic can resume
The answer is "Yield the right of way to all vehicles in the procession"
You yield to every vehicle in a funeral procession, not just the lead car. Choice C is the trap for drivers who assume a procession behaves like a green-light convoy that expires once the first vehicle clears; the manual treats the whole line as one unit.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Merge into the procession to keep traffic moving
The manual separately bans joining a procession to gain the right of way or pass its vehicles. This answer treats a procession as a passing gap, a move the manual calls out and prohibits by name.
C. Proceed once the lead vehicle has cleared the intersection
The right of way covers the whole procession, not just the first vehicle; you wait until the entire line has passed. This answer treats the procession as a chain of individual cars, expecting each one to clear the intersection on its own.
D. Follow the last vehicle closely so cross traffic can resume
Following the last car defeats the yield and creates the crowding the manual bans around processions. This answer reads the trailing car as an invitation to push through, a move that copies aggressive convoy driving.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Funeral Processions," p.26..
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