Sir, The road authorities should follow the lead taken by the Nevis Partnership (report, Aug 18) in clearing up Britain’s highest mountain. Roadside memorials to accident victims are proliferating: on a section of the M40 northbound the grass bank now has a large box structure with a tall ornate cross for floral tributes. That memorials such as this can be erected and retained raises many questions, while encouraging more such memorials.
Grief and mourning for a road death is understandable but more appropriately expressed at a graveside, not on the side of motorways where parking is dangerous and illegal. As at Ben Nevis, the longer that this is tolerated the more a perceived entitlement will be established.
BRIAN HOBLEY
Kenilworth, Warks