Mercedes Driver kills local cyclist

[missymaya]

How about doing both, a bike lane and a memorial? I think it weird that is the response you received. I see several motorist or pedestrian death roadside memorials with stuffed animals, balloons, crosses, huge signs, etc that's a lot of stuff on the side of the road that eventually gets strewn about the area but a bike painted white with a sign being seen as trash? Not saying that a motorist's death or a pedestrian's death isn't equal in pain and loss to a cyclist's or that their lives are not equal to that of a cyclist's, I just think that's weird. Hmm..
Or, have you thought of a share the road sign? I think something needs to be done considering the amount of accidents in that area and the horrible death of this woman.

[KnottedYet]

Perhaps the person who wrote to you is unaware of the Ghost Bike protocol, and thought you were leaving it up forever instead of just for a week. Maybe they thought you were going to abandon it, rather than take care of it and clean up afterwards.

Would it help these folks on Freecycle if you explain the entire concept and how you will be responsible for it in your ad? They might just have no clue about the Ghost Bikes.

Once you get the bike up, it would be very cool if the local paper (is that the one with all the articles you linked?) came out to take a picture of the Ghost Bike near the start of the memorial week. I would imagine that other local folks would like to pay their respects before the week is out, too.

It sounds like it was a brutal accident, and that's traumatizing for everyone.