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.

"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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This is another example of it not being worth it to break the law.

DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT I THINK OF THIS ONE.IN ONE WAY IT'S SAD THAT THE WOMAN FELT THAT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO BURY HER MUM IN HER HOMETOWN,BUT DEAD PERSON IN YOUR CAR......DECOMPOSING....YOU WOULD NEED A BIG PINE TREE AIR FRESHNER FO THAT ONE I THINK

How in the world could you drive with a corpse in the back seat??? I'd keep waiting for it to reach out and touch me! *shudders*

As much as dead bodies intrest me I will put in the back of my car. I don't want my car smelling weird.

You made a spelling mistake : Woman drived dead BODY across country.

In the sub-title you say ONLY IN GERMANY what are you saying?

Yeah, I wondered that too. I think it could happen anywhere not just Germany. I would think it'd be more likely to happen in Russia since that's a poorer country and the woman was (according to her) trying to save money.

My Mom asked the funeral home if she could do this when my grandmother died - drive her mother's body from NJ to upstate NY. They told her it was against the law. It cost over $300 for them to transport the coffin that could have easily fit inside my mom's van.

My father got messed up in the head in Korea. He was a Golden Kinght paratrooper. He could not hold a job for long. My little brother died. I do not know if my mother got a special release or how it came to be, but I still clearly see the little white casket of my brother in the trunk of the car with the white cross and purple ribbons on top of it. My mother left my father and carried my brother, my sister, and myself in the car from one state to another to take us back to her home high up in the mountians where my little brother was buried.
I think it was worth the trip to her. I think she might have gone insane if she could not have carried him home.

So if she had used public transportation it would have been okay?

The only thing that would be bad would be the smell...........

I geuss so. They didn't say you couldn't.

I wonder if you'd have to buy a ticket for the body?

This is a picture of a sealed transport casket. They are different from the heavier ones used for internment. They are often on planes and trains.