Talk:Roadside memorial
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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.
[edit] 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."
