I do not understand the practice of marking the site where a person died in a car crash with a cross and other distracting elements. Most often the place where the accident happened is a treacherous piece of road that requires a driver's full attention. Yet objects are placed all about the roadside and are quite frankly a distraction to other drivers. I can understand the need to memorialize your loved one, however, I think there are better ways. What if in memory of the deceased you adopt a mile of the road. The adopt-a-road sign can say - Adopted by The _________ Family in Memory of ____________. Then you are not only remembering your loved one, at the same time you are helping to keep the roads clean and a little less distracting for others.
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This is a particular pet peeve of ours, too. Mike has made me promise that if he dies in an accident and some idiot erects a memorial to him that I will immediately remove it. And, in case we die together in a crash - Kathy has agreed to follow through on removing any roadside memorials.
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