BERLIN (Reuters) - 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.
**Is this an admission by the German police that there is life after death? If there is no life how can one be disturbed?**
"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, ** this is the best line ever ** which in this case didn't really matter.
But it was covered up with clothing. It is a misdemeanor." ** Now the American public truly needs some clarification here...what's a misdemeanor? 1) Carrying the dead woman in the car? 2) Having her in the backseat (with no seatbelt) or 3) having her covered with clothes?
He said the woman, who was not identified, was charged with violating burial laws ** maybe her expiration date was coming?** 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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