[Cycling] GhostBike

[jasmin]

Ghost Bikes
"A Ghostbike is a junker bike that has been painted stark white and afixed to the site where a cyclist has been hit or killed by a car driver. Ghostbikes are intended to be memorials for the fallen and reminders to everyone to SHARE THE ROAD with one another. Ride safe and give cyclists a break. Reckless riding and driving kills."

More from Boing Boing

"A Ghost Bike is a white-painted bike that is placed at a location where a cyclist has been hit. According to an old post on

this photo depicts the first Ghost Bike, memorializing an accident on Holly Hills Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It was created by Patrick Van Der Tuin who saw a cyclist hit by a car. A few days later, he and his friends locked several bikes at locations where he knew cars had collided with cyclists. Since then, the meme has spread nationwide. GhostBike.org is a clearinghouse of Ghost Bike installations and photos of the sites."

 

[gumby]

while it is a nice memorial to remember someone by , but i can't see them lasting for too long well over in aus anyway , councils and the road authorities are already cracking it at road side memorial for car accidents , putting up bike like that would be taken away within days

 

[MTBiker]

it's a nice thought , a good little memorial