Sparky65 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 An interesting piece: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14720101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiisecondcreep Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I heart Half Man Half Biscuit I'm all for hi-vis, but is it the best way to be visible?I read recently that if you and your bike are one solid colour then you are more visible to other road users.I dont know the answer, my bike is black and red and my car is bright yellow. I have little experience on the bike ( ) but in the car, despite being bright yellow, I have an average of 2-3 drivers pull out on me a day. Frighteningly close. At least on the bike I have the accelaration and agility to get out the way, but not necessarily the confidence! Anyway, I will use high vis on the bike if only at night and in poor visibility and as far as I feel it benefits me. However, I feel that given the standard of driving in the uk I no longer feel that hi vis will provide me with any additional visability or protection. I may be be alone in feeling this, and I hope that I am, but it seems to be the way that things are going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techno Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I hate HI vis and I have to say I think it is totally overused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'm not convinced that when people say drivers don't "see" motorbikes, they actually mean "see" at all. "Acknowledge" or "recognise", perhaps.The other day I was wearing a long sleeved hi-viz jacket and silver helmet, and was riding a lime green bike - so, about as visible as I think it's possible for a motorcyclist to be. I was on a roundabout on a major motorway junction, approaching my exit, in a lane clearly marked for that direction, when the driver of a black VW looked me straight in the eye as she pulled out onto the roundabout into my path.Good job one of us was awake. Rider and bike OK. Horn apparently not audible to anyone not actually sitting on the bike at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akey Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Well what a nothing story from the great british press as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susieque Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Tells us nothing (apart from who invented it!) that someone with half a brain could've worked out for themselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttled Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I would hate hi viz to be made lawful. I want to see evidence it has reduced accidents first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hi Viz can't overcome the cloak of invisibility that descends when you mount the bike. I have to wear it at work and it does help spotting pedestrians and stationary hazards. However the movement of the motorcycle is incomprehensible to some road users and they misjudge and misread speed and direction. It's not the eyes that don't see you , it's the brain that can't perceive you. Get some noisey pipes. The noise seems to make them get out the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techno Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I would hate hi viz to be made lawful. I want to see evidence it has reduced accidents first. I wouldnt want it made law regardless of evidence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philgale Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Im with techno, said it so many times....its not the fact people cant see you on a bike its the fact people dont look, so no matter how much hi-viz you wear if somebody isnt looking they wont see you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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