Be.... Visible

Jono

Jono

Jono

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Hallo,

This is a fair request and I promise I will not judge any person only as a teenager. If you will constantly remind yourself that some of my generation judges people by their race, their belief, or the colour of their skin. And that this is no more right than saying all teenagers are drunken dope addicts or glue sniffers.

OK, so now that I've got (or lost) your attention, please please please, if you're out on your bike or walking by a road or anything - please don't try to stick out like a sore ninja.

I've seen at least a dozen cyclists, wearing black or dark colours with no lights on their bike, riding in the dark (after 5pm). Sometimes along unlit or poorly-lit roads.

Same thing for pedestrians/dog walkers/joggers...

I'm not saying you have to look like a twonk, in a high-vis vest/jacket/bobble hat, but it would certainly help me to not run the risk of running you over when you leap out into the road or you suddenly "appear" by the side of or in the road.
At least if I know you're there I can have some chance of anticipating you doing something suicidal.

Be safe. Be seen.

Don't be that kid that got knocked down by a taxi last night because she was wearing all black.
 
I just saw a bloke on his bike approach a small roundabout at speed on his cycle, nearly got killed by a van coming from the other direction. tut tut think he was wearing high vis but his cycling was awful.
 
Couldn't agree more with the OP

I couldnt imagine how traumatic it must be to be the person responsible for knocking down someone because they where not visible

besides high vis could make a fashion come back stranger things have been known
 
Jono said:
Hallo,

This is a fair request and I promise I will not judge any person only as a teenager. If you will constantly remind yourself that some of my generation judges people by their race, their belief, or the colour of their skin. And that this is no more right than saying all teenagers are drunken dope addicts or glue sniffers.
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But you think it's strange, that there's a way off how you looked and, how you act, and how you think. Pretend they're not the same as you.

Ahem, sorry, now got that song stuck in my head.
 
Can’t agree with you more. Some of them are almost phantoms just looking for death to appear around the corner. For god’s sake be visible if you don’t want to become another statistic.
 
I had a conversation with a customer in work today who was coming to collect her new bike. She stated that she'd be removing all the reflectors off it and could she borrow a screwdriver, i politely declined and asked why she'd want to do that...she replied they were uncool.

I said, fair enough, i suppose if you're not commuting or riding much on the roads then they're not really needed. She said that even if she was commuting she wouldn't have reflectors...because they were uncool...i was baffled by this but left the conversation there.
 
Thing is, when i was at school they were giving away thousands of reflective stickers for clothes/bikes etc. Also Shreddies got in on the act and you could send off for a reflective crossband thing.

I do hope that high-vis stuff does come into fashion. As thepeganator said: "Is scary".
 
anticonscience said:
I've also noticed a huge increase in the amount of cyclists listening to IPod/generic MP3 players.
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I think this is dangerous as your ears are very useful for avoid things (like hearing a car approaching behind you or whatever!)

kieranv said:
I had a conversation with a customer in work today who was coming to collect her new bike. She stated that she'd be removing all the reflectors off it and could she borrow a screwdriver
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I don't have reflectors on my bikes, however this is not because they are uncool but I need space for lights and computers and the ones on the wheels break (well those on my mountain bikes do - my road bike never came with any on!)

I am well lit with a funky yellow Hi-Vis top and reflective bits on my rucksack and gloves so it's not like I'm invisible.
 
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Reminds me of that TV advert from like 20 years ago or something, where they told you to paint your bike in fluorescent paint...had a little song to it..worked though as the song stuck in my head. Went something like..

"At night, paint it bright
Take a brush to your bike
Get yourself seeeeeeeen!"

EDIT : holy crud...here it is, blimey, it was longer ago than I thought, was in the 70s, doesnt time fly !!

 
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