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Reflective material to sew onto jackets - Dublin?

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  • 07-01-2019 10:07am
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    grazer
    Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭


    Anyone recommend a reflective material I can sew strips onto kids' school jackets? Preferably grey / silver. Any shop in Dublin I could get it?

    Dark mornings, crazy traffic and seeing an ambulance at the crossroads beside our school this morning, picking up a schoolboy boy who came off his bike, has spurred me into action. My kids are walking, crossing heavy traffic roads, and their uniforms are dark. The school hasn't responded to my suggestion that school jackets include reflective strips, so I better do it myself. I've thrown reflective arm bands at the kids but I suspect they go into their pockets, not on their arms.


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    rubadub
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    The RSA are giving out free high viz vests. I think some garda stations have them to hand out too. There have been lots of tweets from the gardai about handing them out.

    You can get them sent to you on the RSA website for free, they have various other things like bags and armbands

    https://www.rsaorders.ie/orders-online/ scroll down to "High Visibility Goods"

    I have a bib and it would be very easy to cut the sticthes out and resew the reflective bit onto something else.

    There is a lot of debate as to the effectiveness of high viz


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    New Home
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    Any of the €2 shops would have both the hi-viz jackets and the arm straps/belts. Otherwise the likes of Hickeys (or a large department store, say Arnotts) would have the material itself. You can also try the outdoors and sports goods shops, or the bike places.


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    grazer
    Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭grazer


    rubadub wrote: »
    The RSA are giving out free high viz vests. I think some garda stations have them to hand out too. There have been lots of tweets from the gardai about handing them out.

    You can get them sent to you on the RSA website for free, they have various other things like bags and armbands

    https://www.rsaorders.ie/orders-online/ scroll down to "High Visibility Goods"

    I have a bib and it would be very easy to cut the sticthes out and resew the reflective bit onto something else.

    There is a lot of debate as to the effectiveness of high viz

    Anything is better than nothing in my opinion. As a driver and cyclist in Dublin, hi viz helps.

    Thanks for the link - I've placed an order - much appreciated.


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