Roadside Memorials World Wide Sites

SELECT WEB SITES RELATED TO ROADSIDE MEMORIALS

Australia

General

Australian Catalogue of Roadside Memorials by State and Territory

http://www.aussieroadmemorials.com

Australian Truck Drivers Memorial at Tarcutta (midway Sydney - Melbourne)

http://www.tarcuttamemorial.com/pages/introduction.htm

Article - The Roadside as Sacred Space

http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000252.cgi

Critical Essay - RIP By Roadside - A Comparison of NSW AUST & Texas US

http://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp

Critical Essay - Roadside Memorials - New Deathscapes Newcastle NSW

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/ages/1998/00000036/00000001/art00002

Critical Essay - Roadside Memorials - Some Australian Examples

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2386/is_1999_Annual/ai_55983656

Discussion on Proposed Time Limits for Roadside Memorials

http://www.caradvice.com.au/1003/roadside-tributes-only-for-6-weeks/

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials - By Ali McLennan

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/sass/media/showcase/journalism/DevotionDistraction.html

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials

http://www.abc.net.au/religion/stories/s1000839.htm

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials - White Lines & White Crosses

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/enc/stories/s1000854.htm

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials

http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s1676055.htm

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials

http://www.une.edu.au/news/archives/000417.html

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials

http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-September-2006/simpson.html

Discussion on the Phenomenon of Roadside Memorials

http://jafablog.typepad.com/man_of_lettuce/2005/03/roadside_memori.html

Sixty Minutes TV Story Transcript - Road Shrines

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=259406

Sydney Morning Herald Photo & Audio Slideshow - "Highway of Heartbreak"

http://www.smh.com.au/photography/

Video Montage of Roadside Memorials in Country and City NSW and VIC

http://www.deathonline.net/movies/index.cfm

State Regulations & Governance

NSW - City of Ballina - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.ballina.nsw.gov.au/content/uploads/Draft Memorials Policy

NSW - City of Cessnock - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.cessnock.nsw.gov.au/cessnock/uploadedfiles/Your_Council/Council_Policies

NSW - City of Port Stephens - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.portstephens.nsw.gov.au/council/1080/1221.html

NSW - Shire of Forbes - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.forbes.nsw.gov.au/council/1028/2400.html

QLD - Shire of Calliope - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.calliope.qld.gov.au/Council/CorpServices/publications/locallaws/admindirection

SA - Local Government Assoc. of South Australia - Temporary Memorials

http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=11615

SA - Road Safety Program and Standard Road Memorial Markers

http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/rss/content/documents/RSIA/13_chapters_34_to_36.pdf

TAS - Guidelines for roadside crash markers

http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/pdf/publications/TECHNICAL_ADVICE_SHEET_7.pdf

VIC - City of Bendigo - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Files/CP_RoadsideMemorials.pdf

VIC - Shire of Mitchell - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/Files/Policy_RoadsideMemorials.pdf

VIC - Shire of South Gippsland - Policy Document on Roadside Memorials

http://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/files/RoadsideMemorials.doc

WA - Council of Denmark - 21 Oct 03 Minutes on Roadside Memorials

http://www.denmark.wa.gov.au/about_us/council_minutes

WA - City of Mandura - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/council/legal/policy/documents/works_and_services.pdf

WA - City of Rockingham - Regulations on Roadside Memorials

http://rockingham.wa.gov.au/pdf/memorials/placing-roadside-memorials.pdf

WA - Department of Main Roads - Roadside Memorials Policy & Guidelines

http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/

Canada

General

Article - Marking Death on Canadian roads

http://temagami.carleton.ca/jmc/cnews/04112005/n6.shtml

Article - Manitoba Government & MADD Canada Place Roadside Memorials

http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=&item=2797

Article - Ontario Government & MADD Canada Place Roadside Memorials

http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2006/11/27/c8626.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html

Article - Roadside Monuments for Traffic Deaths

http://roadrules.ca/?cat=37

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canadian Chapter - Road Memorial Prorgam

http://www.madd.ca/english/services/index.html

MADD - First Ontario Road Death Marker

http://www.madd.ca/english/news/pr/p20070913.htm

University of Victoria BC - Professor Leadbeater - Paper titled "Dying For A Ride Home"

http://communications.uvic.ca/edge/leadbeater.html

State Regulations & Governance

Alberta - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.infratrans.gov.ab.ca/INFTRA_Content/docType233/Production/

British Columbia - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/Circulars/All/T_Circ/2003/t02-03.pdf

France

Photographic Journal and blog discussion

http://bornes-de-memoire.over-blog.com/

Photographic Journal

http://bornes-de-memoire.over-blog.com/8-index.html

International

Innovators Combating Substance Abuse - International Portfolio of Roadside Memorials to Highway Accidents

http://innovatorsawards.org/7077/318841

An online photo-journal and data-base of roadside memorial markers, crosses, and memorial displays from around the world

http://www.friendsalongtheroad.org/markers.htm

Wikipedia Roadside Memorials

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial

Ireland

Ireland National Site Providing a Catalogue of Roadside Memorials

http://www.irishroadside.com

A Second Ireland Site - Very similar to the first.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~arantsli/index.htm

Mexico

A Photo Journal of Mexican Roadside Memorials

http://www.surf-mexico.com/shrines/

Puerto Rico

Photgraphic Journal of Roadside Memorials across Peurto Rico

http://www.rootsweb.com/~prsanjua/high.htm

United Kingdom

General

Anti-Roadside Memorials Site

http://endroadsidememorials.com/

Article on Roadside Memorials by Dr Una MacConville University of Bath

http://www.bath.ac.uk/cdas/research/roadside.html

Article Roadside Memorials to the dead

http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/articles/archive/ddd7roads080905.html

Article - Time limit imposed on Roadside Memorials

http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/Time-limit-imposed-for-roadside.3196304.jp

Discussion - Blog Site - Roadside Memorials

http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/article/2007/08/cta_shrines.shtml

Information for families wishing to erect roadside memorials

http://www.brake.org.uk/index.php?p=693

Photographic journal of roadside memorials in the UK

http://www.igreens.org.uk/roadside_memorials.htm

Photographic journal of roadside memorials in the UK - Gerri Excell

http://www.freewebs.com/gerriexcell/memorials.htm

Road Peace UK National Charity for Road Crash Victims

http://www.roadpeace.org/pr/roadsign.html

County Regulations & Governance

Denbighshire County Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials & Floral Tributes

http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/CE/Generalcon.nsf/0fe70aef12d2674a80256763004d8527/
3d306f34cdf15fd8802570a10043f4e7?OpenDocument

East Ayrshire - Policy on Roadside Memorials & Floral Tributes

http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/crpadmmin/agendas/

East Sussex - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/pressoffice/pressreleases/2006/09/1075.htm

Hampshire County - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/roads/highways-policy/shrines.htm

Manchester City Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials & Floral Tributes

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/report18_1_.pdf

Portsmouth City Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials & Floral Tributes

http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/exec20070319r7.pdf

Surry County Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/

Thurrock Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/cleanstreets/content.php?page=roadside_memorials

West Lothian Council - Policy on Roadside Memorials

http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/sitecontent/news/latest/Memorials

Wiltshire County Council - Roadside Memorials & Floral Tributes Policy

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/roadside-memorials-and-floral-tributes

United States of America

General

A National Registry of Memorials including Roadside Memorials

http://www.NationalMemorialRegistry.com

A National Roadside Memorial & Marker Registry

http://highwaymemories.org/index2.htm

A National Roadside Memorial & Marker Registry

http://theroadsidememorial.com/memindex.htm

A National Roadside Memorial & Marker Registry - Very Good State By State Breakdown

http://www.memorialhiway.com/

Spirit Friends Website

http://www.roadsidedeath.net

Spirit Friends Memorial Crosses

http://www.shop.roadsidedeath.com/

A National Catalogue of Roadside Memorial Sites of the Spanish Descansos "Place of Rest"

http://www.descansos.org/

A National Registry of Roadside Memorials

http://www.roadmorials.com/

Anti- Roadside Memorials Site - Removes Memorials from roadside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOrafHikC3o

Anti-Roadside Memorials Site

http://www.atheistactivist.org/Roadside.html

Anti-Roadside Memorials Site

http://endroadsidememorials.com/

Article - Debating the Roadside Memorial

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/news/road.php

Article - "A Cultural Study of Roadside Car Crash Memorials" by Bob Bednar

http://www.southwestern.edu/~bednarb/roadsidememorials/homework.html

Article on Roadside Memorials in Utah

http://catherwood.typepad.com/

Article - "As Roadside Memorials Multiply, a Second Look"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/national/06shrine.html

Article - USA Today Story on Roadside Memorials

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-11-roadside-memorials_x.htm

Article - Roadside Memorials

http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/comments/in_a_drive_by_world/

Article - The Arizona Republic "Roadside memorials soothe pain, stir debate" by Jim Walsh

http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/1102ev-memorials1103.html

Article - "Safety Concerns Fail to Curb Roadside Memorials" By Erin Madigan

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=15276

Article - "Roadside Memorials Bring Grief Closer to Home" By Jeffrey Zaslow

http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/movingon/20050902-movingon.html

Article - Sand Diego Union Tribune "Sympathy Versus Safety" By J Harry Jones

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070401/news_1n1crosses.html

Bob Fuller's Spoof Roadside Memorial Advertisement

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=2318

Book Review - "Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture"

http://jsr.fsu.edu/Volume7/McNearney.htm

Order "Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture" By Holly J Everett

http://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Crosses-Contemporary-Memorial-Culture/dp/1574411500

Christian Crosses and Other Roadside Memorials

http://www.religioustolerance.org/cros_hwy1.htm

Critical Essay on Roadside Memorials in Tennessee - By Lauren Elizabeth Nickas, University of Notre Dame

http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=R024a

Dedicated Memorial Webpage - Tim, Peter & Paul

http://www.geocities.com/cckyds/memorial.html

Discussion - Blog on US Roadside Memorials

http://pruned.blogspot.com/2006/02/roadsidememorialamericacom.html

Discussion - Blog on Roadside Memorials worldwide

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007HBE

Discussion - Blog on US Roadside Memorials

http://thegoodreverend.blogspot.com/2006/12/roadside-memorial.html

Discussion - Blog on US Roadside Memorials

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/02/roadside-memorials.html

Documentary - "Resting Places" Narrated by Liam Neeson

http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/whatever/kc.htm

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials

http://www.webshots.com/search?query=Roadside+Memorials

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials of America

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/utah/582/

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials

http://www.49abcnews.com/photos/galleries/2006/nov/06/roadside_memorials/564/

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials

http://roadsidecrosses.net/

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials - Channel 49 News

http://www.ktka.com/photos/galleries/2006/nov/06/roadside_memorials/

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials

http://www.earneyworks.com/roadsidememorials.html

Photographic journal of Roadside Memorials

http://flickr.com/photos/shampoo_cam/sets/72157600049483215/

Photographic journal of 16 American roadside memorial markers

http://homepage.mac.com/chks/RM.html

Photographic journal of American roadside memorial markers - (slow to load even on broadband)

http://roadside-memorials.net

Photographic journal of American roadside memorial markers for Pedestrians killed in NY

http://www.streetmemorials.org/

Roadside Memorials on the American Highway

http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/descansos/index.htm

Petition - To Allow Roadside Memorials in Rhode Island State

http://www.petitiononline.com/riprmm/petition.html