Go fucκ yourself with your high-vis jacket you horrid twit

Crock Rock

I told a story to a coworker of mine recently that I was nearly hit in the hard shoulder when a vehicle swerved into it.


First question "Did you have your high vis on?". ... instead of asking "Were you OK, Cormac?".


How do you deal with questions like this??

Should cars have high vis?? Arseholes.

jpb1974

I don't cycle - hi vis or not should not come into the equation

Crock Rock wrote: »

I told a story to a coworker of mine recently that I was nearly hit in the hard shoulder when a vehicle swerved into it.


First question "Did you have your high vis on?". ... instead of asking "Were you OK, Cormac?".


How do you deal with questions like this??

Maybe the fact that you told your co-worker "I was nearly hit" lead them to believe their was no physical injury, or was it your mental welfare you were hoping they might ask about?

Do whatever it takes to stay safe.

Jupiter Mulligan

I don't cycle - hi vis or not should not come into the equation

But why would anyone, on being informed by you that you HADN'T been hit by a vehicle, ask you if you were OK, Cormac?

If I told a colleague that it wasn't raining, I'd be a bit puzzled if he subsequently asked me if I was wet.

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

Jupiter Mulligan wrote: »

But why would anyone, on being informed by you that you HADN'T been hit by a vehicle, ask you if you were OK, Cormac?

If I told a colleague that it wasn't raining, I'd be a bit puzzled if he subsequently asked me if I was wet.

They came within inches of me and the wing mirror skimmed off my handlebar.
They swerved into the hard shoulder.


I take it you rarely cycle, if at all.

Crock Rock

Crock Rock wrote: »

Should cars have high vis?? Arseholes.

Should wind-up threads be nipped in the bud early.

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

McCrack wrote: »

They were unlucky

What are you trying to say? They were unlucky they missed me?

Daroxtar

Crock, go for a walk. This thread is doing you no good.

Sonny noggs

What type of road?

xabi

I don't cycle - hi vis or not should not come into the equation

Did you have a high viz on?

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

Sonny noggs wrote: »

What type of road?

An R road. Comnig off a roundabout.



A lot of vehicles don't come off the rounadabout properly. They swerve in / out of the lanes and a good amount of them will lazily drift into the hard shoulder.


It's the R132 outside Swords. 12 O'Clock up towards Turvey, 3 O'Clock towards Donabate and 6 O'Clock (backwards) towards Lissenhall, Swords etc.

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

xabi wrote: »

Did you have a high viz on?

No. It's a red herring IMO.


Brought up in court when the cyclist has none and ignored when they do have one.

Car99

Wear a high viz FFS its in your interest to be seen. What's the problem?

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

Car99 wrote: »

Wear a high viz FFS its in your interest to be seen. What's the problem?

Cars are seen perfectly without one. How is it any different for cyclists?

Loafing Oaf

Sonny noggs wrote: »

What type of road?

Are you allowed to use the c-word in thread titles?

Jupiter Mulligan

I don't cycle - hi vis or not should not come into the equation

Crock Rock wrote: »

They came within inches of me and the wing mirror skimmed off my handlebar.
They swerved into the hard shoulder.

So you weren't hit, but your work colleague should still have asked you where you were hurt?

(Incidentally, whether or not I cycle is wholly irrelevant to your infantile rant.)

funkyouup

I don't cycle - hi vis or not should not come into the equation

Crock Rock wrote: »

What are you trying to say? They were unlucky they missed me?

Have a little cry and get it all out.

Needles73

Crock Rock wrote: »

I told a story to a coworker of mine recently that I was nearly hit in the hard shoulder when a vehicle swerved into it.


First question "Did you have your high vis on?". ... instead of asking "Were you OK, Cormac?".


How do you deal with questions like this??

Should cars have high vis?? Arseholes.

Why the **** would he ask were you ok ? You told him you were nearly hit. Your colleague I assume had eyes and could see you were ok?

tigerboon

Your thread title sums it up correctly. You're moving forward at say 25kmh and the car at say 60kmh. 35kmh differential. There's absolutely no reason you cannot be seen regardless of clothing.
I drive a lot, unfortunately, and some of the absolutely s**t driving you see leaves you lost for words

Crock Rock

I cycle - the cylist should be partially responsible if no hi vis

Needles73 wrote: »

Why the **** would he ask were you ok ? You told him you were nearly hit. Your colleague I assume had eyes and could see you were ok?

He wasn't there at the time.


It was during a discussion in work th enext day.

Sonny noggs

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Are you allowed to use the c-word in thread titles?

No idea, try it and see what happens?

eeeee

MOD NOTE: We already have mega threads on high Viz and near misses, please make your way over to them if you wish to discuss either topic.

Thread closed.

Deub

Crock Rock wrote: »

Cars are seen perfectly without one. How is it any different for cyclists?

Maybe car are bigger and make more noise? Just an idea.
I guess it is same reason tractors don't wear it but some pedestrians do when walking on hard shoulders.