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Roadside Accident Memorials
| Message Board > Controversy and Quarantine > Roadside Accident Memorials |
| Gman User Info... | Okay, so I keep seeing more and more of these all over the place - on the roads to E Sooke, in Esquimalt, Gordon Head, etc. Now, I used to think this was a sad testament to our mislaid priorities for cars over people, but then I started paying attention to the news reports about these accidents. Most of these memorials seem to be for drivers and passengers who are in cars going way too fast. The driver (and passengers) are either teens showing off to each other or are drunk. Most of the accidents involve smashing into utility or lamp poles or just f*ing walls. If I had a kid who died like this, I'd be sad, but I'd also be a little ashamed at the idiocy that lead to the accident. In fact, these memorials are, in a certain way, a testament to the failure of these friends and families to teach these kids how to live their lives properly. Gman - Fri, 24 Oct 2003 3:10pm | ||
| created to kill User Info... | IRONY - driving past a roadside memorial ,and being blined by candles and reflective surfaces and all kinds of other distracting crap, and ending up with your own roadside memorial right next to it cuz you were too busy trying to figure out who it was. ... that would suck. - Fri, 24 Oct 2003 4:48pm | ||
| Dick Splint User Info... | Try driving down Baja - The Transpeninsular is awash with memorials. Craziest highway I have ever driven. - Fri, 24 Oct 2003 6:50pm | ||
| Korn Koiler User Info... | one day Im going to drive across america stopping at all the roadside memorials. I am then going to STEAL the cosses and attach them UPSIDE DOWN to my RV. As I get further through the continent my RV will slowly take on the look of, art.. satanized roadside memorial cross art I will call it. - Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:24am | ||
| Gman User Info... | Forget the Baja, come on down to Langford! Gman - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:48pm | ||
| RSBF User Info... | is it just me or are these accidents all with teenage or early twenties MALES who are speeding. i think the issue is self-esteem. i have never understood the young male 'need' to speed. whatever happened to rollercoasters? - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 1:59pm | ||
| METALNECK User Info... | Rollercoasters are way cool. - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 3:04pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | It's not the road side memorials, it's the fucking rubberneckers slowing down to gawk at it ! Satanize !...... To fucking funny ! - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 3:20pm | ||
| Fred the Dragon User Info... | Wow RSBF, what a fucking sexist thing to say. I know tons of females who feel this "need for speed" you speak of. Don't blame all males for being speed monkeys in their cars, and get back in the kitchen dammit. - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 3:50pm | ||
| Chryst_al_Mighty User Info... | Ya I speed = but I guess thats only becuase I have penis envy :( Dam back to the kitchen to make some sammiches I go... - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 5:24pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Ok, Fred, bust out the statistics..... Teenage guys are worse drivers (or at least riskier drivers) than teenage girls.... As documented by anyone who's bothered to count.... - Fri, 14 Nov 2003 9:34pm | ||
| Chryst_al_Mighty User Info... | just becuase I like a good debate: Female Teen Drivers: Girls between the ages of 16 and 19 years old are driving 70 percent more than 20 years ago. Meanwhile, boys in the same age group are driving 16 percent more. In the past, 16-year-old males were the highest risk drivers, but accident data from NHTSA show that 16-year-old girls are closing the gap between their accident rate and that of their male counterparts. According to the NHTSA, 16-year-old girls were involved in 175.19 motor vehicles crashes per 1,000 licensed drivers in 2000, an increase from 160.1 crashes in 1999. Meanwhile the crash rate for 16-year-old boys declined from 216.4 per 1,000 licensed drivers in 1990 to 210.3 in 2000. While the fatality rate for all teenage drivers (15- to 20-years old) fell 11 percent over the 10-year period between 1990 and 2000, the fatality rate for girls rose 4 percent over the same period. for more info: http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/teendrivers/ - Sat, 15 Nov 2003 5:12am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | Who needs a car anyways? I'm too cool (or is it lazy/unmotivated/broke) to have a license or a car for that matter. - Sat, 15 Nov 2003 7:34am | ||
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