Section 49-2706 – PENALTY.
49-2706. PENALTY. Any person who intentionally and knowingly violates the provisions of section 49-2701(4) or 49-2704, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any other violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be an infraction. History: [49-2706, added 1992, ch. 311, sec. 1, p. 926; am. 2017, ch. 170, sec. 1, p. 393.]
Section 49-2701 – FUNERAL PROCESSION RIGHT-OF-WAY — FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLES — FUNERAL LEAD VEHICLES.
49-2701. FUNERAL PROCESSION RIGHT-OF-WAY — FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLES — FUNERAL LEAD VEHICLES. (1) "Funeral procession" means two (2) or more vehicles accompanying the body of a deceased person, in the daylight hours, including a funeral lead vehicle or a funeral escort vehicle. (2) "Funeral lead vehicle" means a motor vehicle, including a funeral hearse, properly […]
Section 49-2702 – EQUIPMENT.
49-2702. EQUIPMENT. A funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle must be equipped with at least one (1) lighted rotating or oscillating lamp exhibiting a red light or lens visible under normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the front of the vehicle. The turn signals must be flashing […]
Section 49-2703 – DRIVING IN PROCESSION.
49-2703. DRIVING IN PROCESSION. (1) All vehicles comprising a funeral procession shall follow the preceding vehicle in the funeral procession as closely as is practicable and safe. (2) Any ordinance, law or regulation requiring that motor vehicles be operated to allow sufficient space between them to enable another vehicle to enter and occupy that space […]
Section 49-2704 – OTHER VEHICLES.
49-2704. OTHER VEHICLES. The driver of a vehicle that is not part of a funeral procession may not: (1) Drive between the vehicles forming a funeral procession while they are in motion except when authorized to do so by a police officer or when driving an authorized emergency vehicle emitting an audible or visible signal; […]
Section 49-2705 – LIABILITY.
49-2705. LIABILITY. (1) Liability for any death, personal injury, or property damage suffered by any person in a funeral procession shall not be imposed upon the funeral home and/or duly authorized escort vehicle in charge of the funeral procession, its employees or agents, unless such death, personal injury, or property damage is proximately caused by […]