Ghost Bike Memorial

While walking in downtown Eugene I discovered this "Ghost Bike".

The concept is new to me.

It is a cyclist's "Descanso" (see Melissa's Descanso November 2, 2011).

I am moved by these memorials to a life lost.

I believe these memorials are worthwhile efforts to make the tragic loss of a life serve to assist one's mindfulness of sharing the road.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A ghost bike or ghostcycle is a bicycle set up as a roadside memorial in a place where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured (usually by a motor vehicle)[1][2] Apart from being a memorial, it is usually intended as a reminder to passing motorists to share the road. Ghost bikes are usually junk bicycles painted white, sometimes with a placard attached, and locked to a suitable object close to the scene of the accident.

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