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  • #2822
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121595619#Comment_121595619

    Ah... my guy was in his late 50s with an air of authority to match... definitely not his first rodeo!



  • #2823
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,193 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    RSA storm warning: Pedestrians should wear hi-viz!

    For other road users like pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, it is important to wear high visibility material and have lights on the front and back of the bike. "Take extra care when crossing the road or cycling in extremely windy conditions, as a sudden gust of wind could blow you into the path of an oncoming vehicle,”

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storm-isha-to-hit-with-severe-gusts-and-heavy-rain-as-status-orange-wind-warning-issued-for-whole-country/a1994291604.html




  • #2824
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,605 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I think I passed the same numpty tonight as I did a few weeks ago.

    Riding his bike along an 100km/h main road, with no lights, front or back. He was wearing a hi-vis vest (and not a really reflective one) and the only sign he was there was the reflection coming off his pedals reflectors.

    Would need to catch himself on before he becomes another statistic.



  • #2825
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,215 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33GpfTWdk8U

    reasonably in-depth GCN vid on the topic.



  • #2826
    SharkMX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭SharkMX


    As a cyclist, walker and motorist, I ALWAYS wear a hi-vis vest if out for a walk or a cycle. Id put one on if getting out of the car to change a tyre or anything like that too. There are no two ways about it. When im driving i see hi-vis wearers sooner and better than i see anyone else. Hell sometimes you even pass people and dont see then until they are mere meters away from the car. So knowing how a hi-vis helps me when driving, im quite sure that it makes me safer wearing one when walking and cycling , so im wearing one.

    Hearing people against wearing something that makes you nice a bright and easy to see reminds me of my grandad moaning when he was to wear a seat belt.

    Oh, and some hi-vis vests are not hi-vis at all. they are just yellow. Do yourself a favour and buy one that is actually hi-vis.



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  • #2827
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,624 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792006#Comment_121792006

    What hiviz markings do you have on your car?



  • #2828
    SharkMX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭SharkMX


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792029#Comment_121792029

    Big huge bright headlights, dipped lights, side lights, rear lights, reversing lights, brake lights on the back and up high on the spoiler, boot lights, indicators on mirrors and on the back.

    Its pretty incredibly hi-Viz to be fair.



  • #2829
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792047#Comment_121792047

    Sooooo... you have 'lights'? I'll stick with good lights on my bike too, for the same logic as yours, thanks.



  • #2830
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,215 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the video i posted does explain how hi-vis works - that it only fluoresces in daylight; and explains the difference between fluorescence and retroreflection.

    however, one of the people interviewed states that when they looked at people presenting at (nottingham?) hospital, the rate of those wearing/not wearing hi-vis was a reasonable match for the general rate - if that evidence is trustworthy, there was no obvioue benefit to wearing hi-vis there.



  • #2831
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,624 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792047#Comment_121792047

    So good lights means that you don't need hiviz, good to clarify that.



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  • #2832
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792047#Comment_121792047

    I have the same on my bike, hence why I don't put a jacket that is out of line with dipped beams. Much like your car, if you don't see my lights, you won't see my jacket.



  • #2833
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,370 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    So what you're saying that lights are sufficient and you don't actually need highvis?



  • #2834
    SharkMX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭SharkMX


    Who would ever have thought that making yourself as visible as possible while walking or cycling would make your journey that bit safer.

    Some incredibly stupid people in this thread to be honest. Darwin awards incoming for a few of them i imagine. I will bow out of the thread and leave it to the dopes.



  • #2835
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,370 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Because highvis has become a stick for victim blaming with very little evidence as to its effectiveness.



  • #2836
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,624 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792114#Comment_121792114

    Do you not want to make yourself safer while driving and while parked up?



  • #2837
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,215 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792114#Comment_121792114

    i think you'll find that on the forum here, the general article of faith is that lights are sacrosanct; lights are proactive and clothing is passive. you need light to fall on clothing at night for it to work, whereas lights don't need that. and as Cram mentioned. hi vis jackets aren't incredibly useful in urban areas as dipped lights won't angle high enough to catch them.

    also, there's a lot more nuance than you appear to appreciate. many of the people on this thread do thousands, or even tens of thousands, of km cycling a year on the road; it might be a bit silly to dismiss that understanding out of hand. and it's not just about the basic (apparently ambiguous effect) of visibility/conspicuity/lumens - it's about the cultural effects of the predominance of hi-vis in the discourse from people who don't know about cycling, thinking that helmets and hi vis are the be all and end all of cycling safety.



  • #2838
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,215 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i've mentioned here before that i was once 'nearly' knocked off my bike by a motorist (i spotted well in time that he was pulling out in front of me without even glancing towards me), and was able to brake just short of his window, which caught him off guard. he did offer a cursory apology, but quickly followed it up with an arch 'when i cycle i wear a helmet and hi-vis'.

    that's how ingrained the topic is with the general public; he clearly hadn't had time to appreciate the irony of shifting the blame back onto me when hi-vis wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference. but he was trying to place me at fault for his error, because of the clothes i was wearing; and that's what really irritates cyclists; they get blamed for other peoples' mistakes because of something which appears to be of ambiguous benefit anyway.



  • #2839
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792114#Comment_121792114

    MOD VOICE: I know you have left but attack the post, not the poster in future



  • #2840
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792047#Comment_121792047

    Same here.. I've good light s on my Bike and my car. My bike is black. Last night i cycled home and i was wearing black shoe covers, black bib tights and a black jacket. One motorist did flash their headlights at me as they approached, so i tilted my 1500 lumen front light down towards the road a bit more.



  • #2841
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,840 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792899#Comment_121792899

    One motorist did flash their headlights at me as they approached

    As they surely didn't see you without hi-viz, I doubt it was you that they were flashing their lights at!



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  • #2842
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121792974#Comment_121792974

    No.. they were blinded by the brightness on my Light! oh wait you were joking right?

    Post edited by 07Lapierre on


  • #2843
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,193 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    RPU inspector says on national radio. A road suitable for walking - did he really say that?

    "Motorcyclists, get that high-visibility gear on you to improve the chances of a driver seeing you when you’re on your motorbike.

    Pedestrians, when you’re out walking is the road suitable for where you’re out walking and are you wearing hi-vis?

    Cyclists, the same, helmets and high-visibility gear and think about where you choose to cycle your bicycle," Inspector Sutton said.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0401/1441079-easter-roads/


  • #2844
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968897#Comment_121968897


    Outside of motorways every road is suitable for walking and cycling, what makes them unsuitable is people driving too fast.

    I run on mainly rural roads, they aren't very busy but the times they do become dangerous you have people doing 80km+ on single track road with grass in the centre! (even around blind bends)

    They also pass me at excessive speed and maybe 1 foot clearence. I drive one section of the route almost daily and I always pass any walkers doing less then 30km and plenty of space (I'll drive into the grass verge)

    I suppose its easier for Gardai to victim blame then actually do their job.



  • #2845
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    My daughter used to work for an insurance company that gave better premiums if you had a self reporting GPS box fitted. Really simple, not expensive, could be retroactively fitted to all cars. Driving without one incurs a heavy fine and seizure of the vehicle. Simples. She would have people ringing in claiming they weren't speeding, or that they were wrong about the limit in a certain area but it always ended up that the customer was wrong. It gave leeway for poor GPS but in regards accident investigations, automative penalty points, identifying dangerous drivers who aren't driving to conditions. it seems like an open goal.

    Is the issue that it is too easy? It could also be linked to the garda app with a sensor, so if its not active or installed as they approach, it is an immediate seizure and fine.



  • #2846
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969452#Comment_121969452

    Not sure about seizing cars, but certainly could hike premiems

    400e fully comp with GPS, 800e without.

    If device is deactivated then insurance should be voided so Gardai can do them for no insurance, insurance company should be able to tell that remotely.

    Anytime I've done my insurance I've never once had a GPS unit as a suggested option to reduce my yearly costs, was it targetted at younger drivers only by any chance?



  • #2847
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969886#Comment_121969886

    Not sure, possibly, it was with 123.ie. Your premium was hiked automatically if you broke certain conditions, and if you paid in a lump sum, you had to leave a deposit. Like you suggested, repeated breaches voided your insurance IIRC (I could be wrong). I do think it should be run by Revenue and Gardai rather than private companies though and simply make it mandatory. Part of your next NCT is that it has to be installed and register as functioning. Heavy fines can be put on the long finger, siezing a car has an immediate and unavoidable affect (although that could be for severe breaches eg, greater than 50% of the speed limit), the fine being an auxillary punishment to stop cheap disposal cars becoming the norm. It would certainly help with accident investigations as well.



  • #2848
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,840 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Thames Valley Police offered these words of wisdom to the public…

    https://twitter.com/tvprp/status/1800080705503793302

    Understandably, people are not amused by the victim-blaming by the police here and the replies make that clear, e.g.

    https://twitter.com/eggs_horse/status/1800155030978510967


  • #2849
    nomdeboardie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭nomdeboardie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969142#Comment_121969142

    I remember being in fear of my life as a car whizzed past on the road running past the Lough Brays, then being miffed that my companion walking in front of me wasn't angry too 😅



  • #2850
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,193 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    “And to tell me that the Road Safety Authority doesn’t have a road safety engineer on staff. I am gobsmacked,” Marc Ó Cathasaigh said. He also questioned what the cost benefit analysis of a RSA campaign to distribute 394,350 hi-vis materials to school children, and whether this money should be better spend on targeting drivers and preventing road deaths, rather than focusing on the victims.

    Ciaran Cannon raised the prospect of changing remit of the organisation, questioning why it was never critical of the number of cars on the road. 😉

    https://www.thejournal.ie/road-safety-public-accounts-6420316-Jun2024/


    394,350 hi-vis yokes - the whole country illuminated visible from space



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  • #2851
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    only visible from space if the spacemen/martians are looking!



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