Roadside Memorials...

[htial]

After reading THIS (Roadside memorial sparks distraction debate) and other sites and papers about this today I've come to the conclusion that I'm totally against roadside memorials... ...I find them distracting and just another thing that will cause a traffic incident... ...Like people rubber-necking at a crash or someone being pulled over...

So I've popped up a poll... ...and I'd like to know what others think...

[axe s]

i say yes...

if you get distracted by a cross or some flowers you need to learn to pay more attention to the road...

It's like seeing an attractive female walking on the side of the road, it's ur choice to look, if u crash you can't blame her...

[jezza boii]

Exactly right.

[Basti]

i say yes...

if you get distracted by a cross or some flowers you need to learn to pay more attention to the road...

It's like seeing an attractive female walking on the side of the road, it's ur choice to look, if u crash you can't blame her...

agreed. also, the road has a lot of traffic, so their response is to REDUCE the speed limit? wtf? by that logic, the monash fwy should be reduced to 80...

[krzysiu]

agreed. also, the road has a lot of traffic, so their response is to REDUCE the speed limit? wtf? by that logic, the monash fwy should be reduced to 80...

Dont give them ideas lol, its already been 80 because of those stupid road works

[Birds]

It's all well and good to say don't get distracted by it, but people do and will. Some people can't help themselves. That's a bit like saying hoons should be more responsible drivers...it's true that they should, but it's not going to solve the problem.

I say no to them. Not that I've had them cause me harm, but I can see how they might others via the distraction. The way I see it, people place memorials because it has become the thing to do when someone dies in a car accident - you don't go putting flowers in your living room if Grandpa passes away there, or onsite at a workplace if someone dies in a work related incident (sorry, late at night = starved for examples here). Save the memorials for the burial site.

That said, there are plenty of other distractions when driving which have potential to cause accidents. We don't try to stop alot of these because we don't have the ability to do so. In the case of roadside memorials, it's as simple as a law. Try blocking out the sun though...

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i think its just the cops trying to find something to blame instead of getting off there ass's and pushing Vic roads to do something about it.

so we will blame the flowers. Next thing we'll see is billboard advertising taking down. flower vans on mothers days taking out of action, donuts vans gone, flashing neon lights late at night on Kebab vans gone.

your on the road driving a car, if you wanna look, i guess thats the major consequence you take.

you don't see them hanging out Maccer's tell people to back off cause there on there third triple cheese and it cause's cholesterol problems.

[blackrex]

The issue with the one mentioned in the above article was that it blocked the line of sight out of the corner, as well as covering up the road signs, in these circumstances then it is proper to remove them. There have been others like that removed in my area, for exactly the same reason.

[KURAUN]

The issue with the one mentioned in the above article was that it blocked the line of sight out of the corner, as well as covering up the road signs, in these circumstances then it is proper to remove them. There have been others like that removed in my area, for exactly the same reason.

agreed

all the others that i have seen have been in places where visual sight hasnt been imparing any road signs or such

or in a place thats off the road, not exactly where the acident happened but in a safe secure location near it

[DAS KAMU]

yes but flowers and a plaque

nothing religious

[33gtst]

They have done it again, already. The intersections center sign in median is full of things again.

There are numerous places in safer spots near this intersection, that I think would be a better choice to remember those lost.

Aside from that I'm all for it.

Doesn't one country have card board type cutouts on the side of the road to remember those lost due to motor vehicle accidents in the actual spots? full life sized and kids sized cutouts? Thats one way to let everyone know how dangerous a particular intersection is.

These would also last a lifetime unlike road side memorials which over years get fewer and fewer.

[Priestley]

Some flowers and a few notes would be fine, but actually covering road signs is a little too much. If you want to leave flowers for a person and remember them you will have their grave for that.

[justin911]

probably shoulnt be driving if you get so distracted easily.

[_Ryan_]

they have graves.... doing it once i understand, but that one on the fwy outbound after the westgate heading to geelong, it has just been going on for too long!

[W0rp3D]

i say yes...

if you get distracted by a cross or some flowers you need to learn to pay more attention to the road...

Paying attention is why you slow down, for example the memorial on the side of the westgate freeway just before millers road, i went past there the evening after it happened, there had to be atleast 30 people there with some pulling up on the line the line between the "emergency" lane and the traffic lane, with out any waring they would open there doors in front of traffic, this in its self cause's traffic to slow, also when you see people running around on the side of the road do you just say f**k it and keep doing 100k's? if you do that is dangerous in its self, what happens if some one runs out in front of you and you kill them, you get done for driving with out due care.

And if people walking around on the foot path that could do unexpected things dosnt matter why is there 60,70 and 80k limits on dead straight roads, after all your paying attention and know what there going to do.

At the end of the day there is likely to be people there, especially for a certain period after it has happened, with increased amount of people right next the road there is an increased risk of people wandering onto the road with out looking, just like in shopping areas where the speed limit is 40 or 50k's.

[funkymonkey]

niggas just need to learn not to die so much on the road.

bam, no memorial sites.

I'm a problem solver.

[blackrex]

As WOrp3D said about the pedestrians, it also looked like anyone who wanted to cross the road at that intersection would have had to make a detour away from the relative safety of the traffic island due to the amount of material left in place there.

[SKYL1N]

yes, how is it more distracting then

WANT LONGER LASTING SEX written is size 400 font.

[W0rp3D]

yes, how is it more distracting then

WANT LONGER LASTING SEX written is size 400 font.

coz thats more work and i always ignore any thing that involves more work

[funkymonkey]

yes, how is it more distracting then

WANT LONGER LASTING SEX written is size 400 font.

you gotta have a need for longer lasting sex for that sign to be a distration.

just sayin.