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Woman nabbed driving corpse across country.

A 53-year-old German woman who was driving her dead mother across country to save on mortuary transportation costs was fined by police for disturbing a dead person's peace.

"You're not allowed to transport dead people in your private car," said Ralf Schomisch, police spokesman in Koblenz, where the car was found after a tip-off from a mortuary.

"The corpse was on the back seat without a seat belt, which in this case didn't really matter. But it was covered up with clothing. It is a misdemeanor."

Posted by Jake on 04/27/06 @ 05:15 PM
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Chef Booyadee said on 04/27/06 @ 07:00 PM:
Burial laws? I can understand why you shouldn't be driving a dead body around, but on the other hand, it sounds like some kind of racket to have to use an official... corpsemobile.

Paul said on 04/27/06 @ 07:36 PM:
The same goes for the Netherlands, but didn't really catch the part about 'burial laws'. Nevertheless, I don't think its really justified to let any- and everybody go drive around with corpses on the back seat to save a couple of bucks. Imagine walking by a parked car of somebody who decided to do some groceries on the way to the funeral home to save gas.

They're not corpsemobiles but just ordinary unmarked white vans.

What I really wanted to say is that I love the tagline, Jake.

Eric said on 04/30/06 @ 06:15 AM:
When I worked for Deschutes County 9-1-1 in the mid-90s, I got a call from the Madras Hospital. It seems that an elderly gentleman had gone fishing with his grandson at Paulina Peak. He had the big one & died. Not knowing what to do, the grandson left him in the boat & towed it all the way back to Madras, where he took him to the hospital. I still think it's funny that this guy rode the whole way back in a towed boat & nobody noticed...

yoleen said on 05/02/06 @ 09:54 AM:
I bet grandpa was pleased about the ride, too. Way to go!

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