To be fair a motorbike (with lights on ) in a stream of cars ( with lights on ) Is perfectly visable - there's no "gap" in the stream - a motorbike with lights off in a stream of traffic (with lights on ) may look like a gap in the traffic ....
When I had a small motorbike , I always drove with my lights on , wearing a black jacket crouched over a small black and red motorbike wasn't great in poor visability ...
“It's great to see the kids going to school now, and the cyclists, I think it's become the norm now to wear high-vis jackets."
says Evelyn Cusack, Met Eireann
Cllr Brady of Cavan said that it should be mandatory to wear hi-viz clothing "when you leave the house and are walking on foot":
Funnily enough, speaking of Met Éireann, Joanna Donnelly (at least at one stage) decided not to do the norm (if it is indeed the norm).
walking on foot is the best way of walking, to be fair.
Lots are for mandatory hi viz for pedestrians, until it's pointed out it means motorists exiting their car to go their house/ shop/ chipper/ pub too.
I've mentioned previously a big difference to how I'm treated on the road when I nip to the shop in my "normal" clothes than when I'm in heading out for a spin, even on the same stretch of road. Jeans = good, lycra = bad (maybe I need the Carrera bibs afterall...)
Yeah, that's my assumption; that dressing like a "cyclist" (whether that's road gear, or "safety" gear) brings up the punishment passes and the prank passes, as opposed to dressing like a "normal person". I don't know if there is much research on it, apart from Ian Walker's study, which didn't really show any statistically significant difference between the various ways of dressing he tested.
That Cllr Brady of Cavan must be a different Cllr Brady of Cavan from this Cllr Brady of Cavan:
and a different Cllr Brady of Cavan from this Cllr Brady of Cavan:
More from Cllr Brady
'It should be a criminal offence to not wear high visibility clothing on public roads'. Cllr Brady said the wearing of hi-viz should be mandatory for all pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
“It’s common sense but some people don’t have that”, said Cllr Aiden Fitzpatrick (FF), with Cllr TP OReilly (FG) saying it’s unfair on motorists to expect them to be able to see a pedestrian or cyclist on a dark road.
The motion, calling on the Department of Transport to make the wearing of high-viz clothes mandatory received unanimous support from councillors
did the good councillor actually say she wants it to be a criminal offence, or is that a journalist who does not know the difference?
She wants it, said so in Cavan county chamber - the first line of newspaper article.
It should be a criminal offence to not wear high visibility clothing on public roads according to a Cootehill Councillor. Cllr Carmel Brady (FG) said she came close to hitting a woman on the Redhills to Cootehill road recently.
The problem with shite like this is they think it's easier to make people carry/wear hiviz than lights.
Pedestrians should be made have front and rear lights after dark and off footpaths.
i'm confused, there are quotation marks around the quote in your first copy and paste of that, but in the article, there are no such quotation marks; so that may not be a direct quote. where did the text with the quotation marks come from?
was out the other day and spotted a cyclist a decent way off in the distance, and how i spotted him was his screaming orange overshoes - and it reinforced my belief that it's true what they say about biomechanical motion, as he was wearing a brightly coloured helmet too; but the shoes popped in a way that the helmet couldn't match. am going to see if i can find a similar pair now.
I think one thing that has not yet been mentioned in favour of high-viz is that you won't look like a rabbit!
maybe that cyclist will go on to beat laurent fignon now.
Bloody hell , he must have been pretty close as well ,since some of the pellets went as deep as they did - poor bugger - at the very least you'd hope the hunter gets charged and loses his licence ..
Actually , a lot of deer hunters in the states ( and probably elsewhere ) wear day-glow camo pattern , deer don't see in colour , and they're less likely to get accidentally shot -
Yeah, think this is fairly common get-up:
Mind you, he got shot in the face by Dick Cheney while dressed like that.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3442910/Texas-lawyer-shot-face-Dick-Cheney-receive-apology-former-Vice-President-10-YEARS-pellets-stuck-body.html
do i recall that the pellets that they couldn't take out of lemond caused him problems later?
I've had deer hunters take aim at me twice (that I know of) with pretty large caliber rifles using local woods, once while running and once while on bike.
I generally avoid woods early morning in September/October when deer hunting activity peaks.
The Mickey Mouse manner in which Coillte manage their land is a bad joke at this stage
The lads I know, and the deer hunters I've come across, are normally in full camo. I also have a few trails I avoid during the season - I wouldn't necessarily trust them, but also they can be arsey as technically cycling banned and they're quick enough to make have an argument about it (they have shooting rights, key's to the barriers etc.). Easier just to avoid those sectors.
I cycle through forests a good bit in France, and often hear guns firing close by, from people hunting boars. Scares me a bit, after reading about cyclists getting mistaken for boar, and being shot.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55177630
Lemond was actually out hunting when he was accidentally shot - I think it was only when he rushed his comeback in 88 it was really a problem (for his cycling at least) - he won 2 tours after it.
Those pesky deer not wearing high vi's again....
a woman my wife knows was in hospital today, thankfully just as a precaution, when the marked garda car she was driving was - whilst stationary - t-boned by a delivery driver. the car is an almost certain write off.
Not good enough to wear hi-vis now, you have to wear a fluorescent jacket
Inspector James White of Thurles Garda station: “We would appeal to all pedestrians to make sure they wear fluorescent jackets at all times, and in addition, if you’re bringing your child out on their bicycle, please ensure they’re wearing a helmet and fluorescent jacket at all times.” https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/local-news/713272/gardai-urge-people-to-be-wary-at-night-time.html
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