You see a funeral procession moving through an intersection ahead of you. What does the manual tell you to do?
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A.
Follow the last vehicle closely to stay with traffic.
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B.
Pass the procession on the left when safe.
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C.
Yield to the vehicles in the procession. Correct
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D.
Cut in behind the lead vehicle to keep moving.
The answer is "Yield to the vehicles in the procession."
The manual says the whole procession may continue through an intersection once the lead vehicle has cleared, and other traffic must yield. You do not cut in and out of the line unless a police officer or the funeral director's agent directs you to. What lands drivers on D is treating the procession as ordinary slow traffic where any gap behind the leader is fair to merge into, missing that the line moves as one protected unit.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Follow the last vehicle closely to stay with traffic.
You let the procession pass and keep a safe following distance rather than latching onto the end to stay with the flow. This answer applies the everyday habit of closing the gap behind slow traffic to keep moving, rather than waiting the line out.
B. Pass the procession on the left when safe.
Passing breaks up the line the manual is protecting; you wait for it to clear. This answer uses the ordinary two-lane rule of passing anything slower on the left, ignoring that a procession moves as one protected unit.
D. Cut in behind the lead vehicle to keep moving.
The manual specifically says not to cut in and out of a procession. This answer treats the procession like ordinary slow traffic where any gap behind the leader is fair to merge into.
This question tests your knowledge of Emergencies in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Funeral Procession," p.64..
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