I am sure they will be banned as soon as someone is killed because their car hits a slab of granate at 100kph
Well the headstones I regularly see are regular sized or simple crosses and are no danger to anyone, so its safe to say that any ban isn't imminent.
Perhaps they are meant to be a preventative measure as well? Say if you are going down a road, maybe a little too fast, you might see the headstone and slow down a bit so the same doesn't happen to you?
I've no idea, just pondering.
I think it is preventative whether its meant to be or not, its definitely more effective than an accident black spot sign.
I am sure they will be banned as soon as someone is killed because their car hits a slab of granate at 100kph
The headstone does not indicate anything about the true facts, a casual observer would be led to believe that a poor child was unfortunately killed through no fault of his own.
I wonder how many of the other headstones at roadsides around the country mislead in a similiar way?
true. I think the place for headstones is in cemetries. If everyone erected them everywhere someone died, there would not be much room for anything else, and I do not think the world would be a safer or prettier place.I understand the reasons for putting them up but it's getting out of hand. Some are over the top, there's one up near Woodies on the Naas Rd that is tacky, cheap and an eyesore. Further more you could be killed trying to read it, it's such a distraction.
I think this post sums up the reasons why people commemorate a loved one at the place where they died. There is a cross close to where I live where a little boy died a long time ago. Any time I walk by I pause and think of him. I notice that there are often flowers placed there at different times of year so his family or friends must visit there regularly.I totally agree with Dinny and others who say that people should be allowed grieve in their way. I too lost a brother tragically and even though this happened abroad I was drawn to the place where he collapsed and died; perhaps even more so than to the place his ashes lie. Its hard to explain, but it does offer some flicker of comfort in what is a terribly painful experience.
rabbit, we really shouldn't be calling these 'headstones', they are really memorials to the deceased. If they are too big then the council are not doing their job.
However, perhaps this will be the next big thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_bike
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