USA Bus Lines

Right of way, stopped school bus with students or funeral procession passing the bus?

One day when I was a student, the bus stopped and we were getting on it to go to school. A funeral procession ignored the stop sign that swung out from the bus since it was a funeral procession and they ignore stop signs as they travel to the departed final resting place. The bus driver was angry honking the horn and everyone in the procession just pointed to the flags with "Funeral" on their cars and motorcycles. I guess this is one of these irresistible force vs. immovable object questions. When both of these exceptions come in front of each other, who's exception trumps the other? If you were an officer on scene and you saw this, how would you handle this?

Public Comments

1. I would go with the students in the school bus. The living always have right of way over the dead.
2. In this instance i think they should have stopped, that's dangerous. For all they know a kid could have been late and thinking they were going to stop run across the road to catch the bus. It's good to respect the dead and all but the last thing anyone wants is another funeral going through town days later.
3. That is terrible. They are just asking to kill more! I know that they changed it in California and you can't do that anymore..
4. if the bus was stopped and the red lights were flashing, then all traffic must stop regardless of who they and that also goes for a presidential motorcade. STOP ON FLASHING LIGHTS, IT'S THE LAW! ( except for emergency vehicles)
5. Actually the funeral procession gets the right away. Why wasn't there a policeman at the intersection? ALL funeral processions are supposed to have them.