A new state program will allow family and friends of victims of drunk drivers to purchase a metal memorial sign that will remain at the crash sight for a year. The signs will be 42 inches high and will have a blue background with white lettering. The signs will say "Please don't drink and drive" and "In memory of....". The sign will also include the vicitm's name and the date of the crash. The signs cost a total of $300 which include the cost of making and putting the signs up. After a year the sign will be offered to the one's who applied for the signs. The program is only for victim's of drunck drivers and it must have occured on a state highway. The signs will be places as close as possinle to the crash site. The first sign will be unvailed next week in Mesquite where a 16 year old girl was killed by a drunk driver. The victim's mother, Julie Blasingame is the one who ask legislature to pass the bill which was approved in May.
These metal signs will be a reminder to everyone who passes one what the impact alchol has on driving. The country has become numb to the wooden crosses that normally line the roads. The quantity and quality of the signs will allow everyone to put a name with the event. This will make more of an impact and hopefully save lifes. If one makes to bad decision to drive after drinking hopefully they will see the sign and pull the vehicle over. These sign is only another way to put out the message that drunk driving not only affect the driver but numerous innocent people.
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I AM LOOKING FOR A SIGN CAUSE NOV 17TH,2008 MY BROTHER IN LAW WAS IN THE CAR WITH A PERON WHO WAS UNDER THE INFULENCE AND SMACKED INTO A GARDRAIL AND THE TRUCK FLIPPED ONTO THE PASSANGER SIDE WHICH WAS ONTO OF MY BROTHER IN LAW AND THIS MAN GO OUT OF THE TRUCK AND LEFT HIM THERE DIDNT STOP TO TRY TO GET HELP FOR HIM BUT TO LEAVE HIM THERE NOT KNOWING IF HE WAS DEAD OR ALIVE AND THE COPS FOUND HIM ABOUT HALF HOUR TO 45MINS LATER!!!
MY BROTHER IN LAW SEAMUS P. MCNICHOLS LEAVES HIS DAUGHTER MY 4YR. OLD NEICE WITH NO FATHER FIGURE JUST MEMORIES OF HER BEST TIMES WITH HIM!! THIS MAN WOULD GIVE THE WORLD FOR HER BUT NOW HE WONT GET THE CHANCE AND NEITHER WILL SHE.. SO I ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT WILL EVER BE ABLE TO STOP THE DRINKING AND DRIVING!! PLEASE THIS 4YR OLD GIRL LOST HER FATHER WHO WAS ONLY 25YRS YOUNG!! AND NOW WE CAN DO NOTHING BUT TELL HER THAT HE LOVES HER AND ALWAYS WILL AND HE IS WATCHING OVER HER EVER SECOND OF HER LIFE CAUSE HE NEVER LIKED TO MISS ANYTHING...
THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON NEW FALLS RD IN BENSALEM PA ON NOV.17TH 2008 AND IT HAS HURTY SO MANY PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE!!
R.I.P. SEAMUS P. MCNICHOLS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED
LOVE ALWAYS YOUR BABY GIRL BRENNA RAE AND ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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