Motorists urged to show respect to corteges

Road rage among UK drivers towards funeral corteges has become common place, a new study has suggested.

According to research from the Co-Operative Funeralcare, around half of all drivers have witnessed incidents involving processions.

One in six road users claimed to have seen motorists using rude hand gestures, verbal abuse or threatening behaviour towards corteges, while other misdemeanours include cutting into processions and playing music loudly.

David Colingwood, operations director for the Co-Operative Funeralcare, said that the situation has got gradually worse thanks to more traffic and increasingly busy lifestyles.

"Other road users tend to be so impatient nowadays and their main concern is get to their end destination as quickly as possible, regardless of other traffic on the road," he added.

Recent research by GEM Motoring Assist revealed some of the worst behaviour on British motorways, which include hogging the middle lane and failing to indicate when changing lanes.

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