Atheist Group Forces Grieving Mother To Remove Roadside Cross

[thesummerqueen]

Or it could be they were driving down the road, saw a cross on the side of the road, said "Hey what's that?" and ran off the road because their head was turned trying to read the name on the little memorial.

That's my experience here in NC. You see people's heads stayed fixed on a target and they don't realize they're drifting out of the lane they were in until someone blasts them with the horn.

[Chad32]

I actually wrecked my first vehicle because I was distracted and drove off the road. It was wet, too, so I hydroplaned into a telephone pole.

[Minimalist]

Putting crosses on the side of the road where someone died is, I've heard, a practice that is common in Mexico. As more Mexicans immigrate to the US it's becoming more common here. In Texas I see them all the time.

Seems to me that they don't drive fast enough to kill themselves.

[Doubting Thomas]

Actually, in Mexico, they build little shrines alongside the road. I understand wanting to remember a dead loved one, but why do you have to do it in the exact spot they died? Why not build a shrine to them in your back yard?

[LastPoet]

This reminds me an old joke about a shepherd that was doing his business and withnessed a road accident. The police came to him and said:
-"you've seen the accident? What can you tell us about it?"
-"sure officer, you see that tree on the side of the road?"
-"Yes."
-"They haven't!"

[Yahweh]

This reminds me an old joke about a shepherd that was doing his business and withnessed a road accident. The police came to him and said:
-"you've seen the accident? What can you tell us about it?"
-"sure officer, you see that tree on the side of the road?"
-"Yes."
-"They haven't!"

[Wyrd of Gawd]