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Woman fined for dead mom road trip
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.
He said the woman, who was not identified, was charged with violating burial laws and disturbing a dead person's peace. She would face a modest fine, Schomisch said.
The woman had already driven 450 km (280 miles) after picking up the body from a mortuary in the northern city of Bremerhaven. She wanted to bury her mother, who died of natural causes aged 90, in her hometown Daun.
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You can get fined for disturbing a dead person's peace?
I never knew that.
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Um..some things you just cant money on...that includes a proper burial for your mother.
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You can get fined for disturbing a dead person's peace?
I never knew that.
^ me either...
I hope she didn't have enough money for the transportation cost rather than her not wanting to spend money on her mom....
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Wouldn't it be kinda freaky driving a dead person around u____u
Ehh either way she ended up paying
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It's Germany they have laws for just about everything
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That's completely BS. I would fight that fine if I were her. Too many stupid and unnecessary laws.
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Um..some things you just cant money on...that includes a proper burial for your mother.
You know, maybe she doesn't have enough money for that that's why she's doing it personally.
Anyway, I feel bad for her....she just wanted her mom to be buried where she wanted...
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That's the stupidest thing I heard so far. The woman's her mother, its not any of their business. _
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You can get fined for disturbing a dead person's peace?
I never knew that.
Me too ._. I wouldn't even have the guts to drive a dead person in a car....
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I think that she should've just used the money and flew her mother's body to where she was to be buried but I guess we don't know the whole story so she must've had her reasons for driving. Only desperate people will be crazy enough drive with a coffinless corpse in their car. Pretty stupid how she was fined, they must have a lot of time on their hands if they're free enough to think of insignificant laws such as this one.
