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Associated Press - November 8, 2009 9:15 AM ET
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire woman whose father was killed by a drunken driver does not think flowers or illegal makeshift memorials on roadsides are enough.
With lawmakers' help, Wendy MacLearn has proposed a new law that will allow the state highway department to post legal signs near the site where people have been killed by drunken drivers - both as a memorial and to call attention to the dangers of driving drunk
Bedford Republican Jayne Spaulding is sponsoring the bill which she says will provide an alternative to the makeshift memorials that don't tell the public a drunk driver was at fault.
Under the bill, families could apply for signs to be placed near the accident sites at their expense. The signs would be taken down after two years.
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