Talk:Roadside memorial

Legal implications?

Is the proliferation due to advice from attorneys of the bereaved to set up these shrines in order to influence juries for wrongful death suits that often result from such accidents?

I googled a bit for this, but couldn't find any source materials to suggest this. If you have seen any, please post them. TH 06:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Wow! That's amazingly cynical! anyhow -- yeah, cite your source.

Snappy remark

As a kid in the 50s I once pointed out a roadside memorial to my mother and asked her what it was. Without pausing for a moment she explained, "That's something hillbillies do, when one of 'em gets run over." Tex (talk) 18:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Accident Markers

I don't know if this will really belong in this subject, but South Australia have accident markers as well as the memorials the family/friends put up. They are a black painted wooden pole with a white cross on it if a death occured, and red (with no other insignia) if a major injury was sustained at the location, they are erected by the government as a warning to drive safely. They sometimes end up becoming memorial markers as well, with family/friends placing flowers on the marker.

Info about them can be found here: http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/40179/1586129-v2-Traffic_Management_-_AS1742_19_-_Roadside_Crash_Markers_-_Operational_Instruction_19_5.PDF 219.90.192.25 (talk) 06:36, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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