Steve wrote:
Big Tone wrote:
I'll wear a Hi Viz jacket if the only colour of car you can buy in future is in bright fluorescent Yellow or Orange.
I wouldn't laugh too hard that that, I can see that one coming too...
Me too Stave. More elf-n-safety
Steve wrote:
For your parallel to work properly, the colour of the motorbike would also have to be so affected.
True, and I
did see that coming.
But all modern motorbikes, (including my 6+ year old jalopy), has the lights on continuously. There is no light switch except for main and dip. I have a bank of four lights at the front, two on dip plus two side lights, so if that isn’t enough or better than a Hi Viz then I don’t know what is.
This is why I say the legislation, if it comes-in over here, is not addressing the
real problem. It is instead saying that stupid drivers or drivers with poor vision can’t see me well enough therefore I need to wear something to make me stand out as an addition to my four lights
That’s just ridiculous IMO!
Steve wrote:
As valid as your points may be, they don't answer my question: why the resistance? Is it a fashion thing, and/or the cost of buying new togs, or something else?
I think fashion is possibly a part of it, certainly more so than a Hi Viz jacket which really aren’t that expensive. Just to clarify, I do wear one on my bicycle and sometimes on my motorbike in the dark winter days but that is more because if some numpty does knock me off I can say “well what more could I have done?” which may make my claim easier. I personally don’t believe that the Hi Viz is going to make the difference to a SMIDSY because if they can’t see over 110 watts of light then I strongly suspect the reason is with the driver, not me being ‘invisible’.
There are some bikers I see who think a black motorbike and gear looks cool. I’m one of them in fact although mine happens to be a ‘loud’ bright orange colour and yet I have still had drivers pull in front of me, and while wearing a Hi Viz jacket!
They just aren't looking properly; the problem is with the driver
I can't remember what thread I was reading here long ago but I'm sure someone said words to the effect that, for instance, if everyone has their lights on and it becomes the norm then drivers get used to it to the detriment of anyone without lights. And so you end up with all vehicles looking like police cars and motorbikes to subsitute for poor observation. Is that
really what we all want?
Where do we draw the line on this type of thing? It’s like making all pedestrians wear stab proof jackets to try and prevent stabbings instead of coming down on the perpetrator. I can't believe, in 2011, we still don't have a compulsory eye test for all motorists
I'm going to put my googles and cricket box on now and go to bed. Well, you can't be too careful