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.”
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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.
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.
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…
I bet grandpa was pleased about the ride, too. Way to go!