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Apache

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39,731 posts

313 months

Thursday 2nd December 2004
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Just discovered another group supposedly supporting bereaved road accident victims and relatives, anyone know anything about them?

MilnerR

8,273 posts

287 months

Thursday 2nd December 2004
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Don't know anything about them other than whats on their website. It appears to be more concerned with helping the victims of accidents; although the site as a whole seems to be very decisive in an "us and them" sort of way. i.e. victims of RTAs are protrayed in the same way as victims of serious crime as opposed to victoms of accidents. Very emmotive stuff, which is hardly surprising given subject.

Apache

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39,731 posts

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Thursday 2nd December 2004
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Thats what I thought, while I have every sympathy for those affected I think a 'memorial to the victims' is a little OTT

MilnerR

8,273 posts

287 months

Thursday 2nd December 2004
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Apache said:
Thats what I thought, while I have every sympathy for those affected I think a 'memorial to the victims' is a little OTT



They're trying to treat victims of road accidents like fallen soldiers in a war on road safety. It gets a little blatent when the memorial services are a week after the war memorial services and the symbol that is used is a red flower! You can't really blame them for wanting to remember their dead loved ones (it could happen to any of us) but it could be very easy to take issue with the cynical way in which it is done. i can't see how this website contributes anything terribly useful to road safety.