Ghost Bikes

My sincere condolences go to any one who has lost a loved one who was riding their bike.

I find the ghost bike thing to be in bad taste. Even the term ghost bike I find inappropriate. If memorials were left everywhere for folk that die there would me no room to move. What about runners, car drivers, motorcyclists that are killed through no fault of their own? Its trite in my opinion.

Well, this is a debate that's been going on a while with considered, sincere and passionate views on all sides.
Ghost bikes are not put up without the consent/involvement of the family so if they felt it was bad taste they wouldn't go along with it I guess.
As for other 'accident' victims I suppose it is up to their families and other advocates to organise; perhaps if, as you suggest, every avoidable road death was memorialised and there was "no room to move" then the truly sickening scale of the problem would be visible and, who knows, maybe this would help to bring about the changes that are needed?