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02/14/2009 09:32:48 AM · #1 |
I see them all over the place. Most, in this area, are memorials to people who have died in car accidents. Some of them are quite elaborate, and have remained for years.
I bet they vary in design and purpose in different parts of the world. |
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02/14/2009 10:04:04 AM · #2 |
| They are all over the place down here. As I understand the concept and the meaning for the family, (please don't get me wrong) it has actually become an eyesore as when I say they are everywhere, they are everywhere! Over time they become quite ratty looking and more like trash than a memorial. In a large city with such a huge population, if everyone made a memorial for someone killed in an automobile accident, we'd have more memorials than telephone poles. Maybe that's why they don't look so appealing down here. We still have above ground telephone wire and above ground power lines (and traffic signs, and political signs, and garage sale signs and road side trash and road construction signs/cones/pillars) everywhere and the memorials get lost in the visual waste. As the OP said, I'm sure there are all types of memorials in many areas, but down here they are just "one more thing" to distract you while you are driving. My heart goes out to all that place roadside memorials for loved ones as it might help them heal. Personally, it is just one more thing begging to be looked at while I'm watching the road and I find them distracting. (Slips away as everyone reading the thread will think I'm hard and mean!!!) |
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02/14/2009 11:00:19 AM · #3 |
i don't think you're hard and mean, bergiekat, but of course, I tend to agree with you. :P
We have oodles of them aroundhere. The three saddest, though, are the state trooper memorials within like 2 miles of eachother. All were killed in the line of duty (one hit by a tractor trailer, one rear ended by a tractor trailer, and the third shot to death in a routine traffic stop).
The state keeps them up to some degree with the assistance of a local group of somekind. They don't tend to get run down and ratty. |
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02/14/2009 11:38:48 AM · #4 |
Oh gosh I don't think you are hard and mean either, I agree with you!
I know we all grieve in different ways but I never understood the reason for these roadside memorials. If someone dies at home or in a hospital or on a downtown street they don't place memorials there for them, so why on the side of the road where a car crash occurred? |
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02/14/2009 11:57:14 AM · #5 |
And for the other side.....I want my teen aged kids to see each and every one of those memorials, dally as a constant reminder of what some mistakes cost.
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02/14/2009 12:29:55 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by alans_world:
And for the other side.....I want my teen aged kids to see each and every one of those memorials, dally as a constant reminder of what some mistakes cost. |
And sometimes a car accident is just an accident.....no speeding or alcohol involved. |
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02/14/2009 12:44:08 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Originally posted by alans_world:
And for the other side.....I want my teen aged kids to see each and every one of those memorials, dally as a constant reminder of what some mistakes cost. |
And sometimes a car accident is just an accident.....no speeding or alcohol involved. |
How many accidents happen when there is a distraction on the side of the road - car broken down, changing a flat, etc...with either people rubber-necking or actually hitting the car that's on the shoulder?
Not a good idea to run this challenge IMO. It would be irresponsible to put other people at risk - I'd hate to see either a DPC'r or someone else injured because of this challenge. |
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