floral tributes are fine, but I've seen them become a permanent fixture....and become dangerous. if that sounds odd then read on. I grew up in Derbyshire and went to Uni in Manchester, often driving along the A6 between the two. If you've used it then you'll know that it's a wonderful road with great views and a wonderful drivers/riders experience, but it needs respect. The motorcyclists love the run from Matlock Bath across to Buxton along it, unfortunately I've witnessed some of the accidents which are never pretty. There's one stretch where a few years ago there was a particularly bad one, ending in a fatality. ever since then someone has been putting flowers up there. the problem is that on that particular 15m stretch of road the driver really needs to focus 100% attention on the road - camber is against you, it floods and often has mud across the tarmac. one day I saw a car had had an accident and hit the wall at exactly the same spot. when I'd had time later on to think about it the only explanation I could come up with was that the driver had been distracted by the flowers and crashed, luckily that incident only dented his no claims bonus, and not his skull. wow, reading that back it seems really morbid. the point I am trying to make is that tributes can be appropriate as part of the natural grieving process, but the process involves letting go of a loved one, not losing more. for this reason as a motorist I try to always ignore floral tributes, and avoid rubber necking on the motorway.
