It’s a special time of year, but it’s also a hectic time as people aim to take full advantage of the holiday period.

Tragically for many people, it has become a time of year remembered for all the wrong reasons when they or their loved ones are involved in a fatal or serious road crash.

Last year The Border Mail reported on an idea from Wangaratta police highway patron sergeant Michael Connors, who introduced a series of roadside white crosses at Easter, honouring those who had lost their lives on the Hume Freeway south of Wodonga.

This year Mr Connors will reintroduce the crosses, 12 of them marking 14 lives lost in the past year.

The message to motorists is a simple one — take care to ensure you are not among those affected by what Sergeant Connors says is the “horrific aftermath” of these crashes.

Marjorie Hutchieson died in a crash on the freeway last July. The 87-year-old grandmother was headed home with her husband, sister and a grandson.

This weekend her husband Bob wants us to remember his wife ... and take care.