Article: Will Ghost Bikes Haunt A Killer?

Unusual application of a ghost bike-- to try to guilt/shame/haunt a hit and run driver into turning themself in.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/news_columnists/phil_gianficaro/wi...

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 15, 2011 at 6:16am

I'm sure the POS who hit this guy and slunk away without even stopping to see if aid could be rendered, or if the victim was even still alive, probably has already worked out a narrative in their own mind that makes their actions somehow OK and themselves less culpable. Perhaps the H&R driver has fabricated a series of events where they become the victim and the bicyclist, instead, the bad guy.

That's how human minds work. Humans are good at rationalizing their own behavior -even the most abhorrent. I doubt the ghost bike will have any effect but we can only hope.

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Permalink Reply by Davo on July 15, 2011 at 10:04am

Hopefully they will use the reward money for the guys family or a charitable biking cause.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 23, 2011 at 11:22pm

Another unusual impetus for GB installation-- 21 years after death of 6-year-old, in the hope of bringing new clues.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Gray on November 24, 2011 at 6:59am

The paln reminds me of Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" only here the killer is to be driven mad by the Ghost Bike; the heart if you will. I hope that it works, who knows. At the very least this Ghost Bike should cause people to think and be a little more carefull.