If hi-vis jacket/vests are made compulsory, will you comply?

[scumdog]

NEVER!

My helmet is black.
My Jacket is ONLY black.
I wear black pants or jeans.
I wear black boots.

and I NEVER use my horn.

So what the fuck is hi-viz going to do for me?
Why not some bubble wrap while your at it.

You forgot to add:
My headlight is always OFF.

[MadDuck]

....if they come with tassles and a HD logo then most probably

[steve_t]

Maybe we could get headight modulators legalised. I saw a group of riders on the weekend and the bike with the modulator really stood out

[avgas]

You forgot to add:
My headlight is always OFF.

haha no the headlight is on, on my bike.
Its one of the few electrics that work on my bike.

Good think the brakes work on it now.......

[avgas]

....if they come with tassles and a HD logo then most probably

tassles are made out of hide.

the term you are looking for is "Streamers"

[DEVVIL]

....if they come with tassles and a HD logo then most probably

That can be arranged but you have to wear it......

[pritch]

There must have been a overseas study done somewhere.

There was one done in the USA some years ago and that indicated that the drivers only registered things they percieved as threats: cops and Hell's Angels etc.

Some of them can't even manage that, the president of the local 1%ers was T boned by a woman driver so...

[R-Soul]

tassles are made out of hide.

the term you are looking for is "Streamers"

Does making it out of hide make it less ghey?

[rphenix]

A fluro vest wont even save you on a building site, you have to wear one along with steel cap boots and a hard hat, but if you slip and fall 4-5 stories out a a hole were a window is ment to be, chances are you will die.
In most cases, it is up to you save your own arse by being vigilant.
A FLURO VEST WILL NOT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
Its that simple.
For anyone to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.

+1 Enter more text here.

[monkeymcbean]

I dont have to provide you with anything other than my own personal opinion and the way I view things. If you wish to read my own personal views and disagree with them then thats up to you. Its a online forum.

And I did, because when you quote things like "For anyone to suggest otherwise is ludicrous" sounds pretty strong and sounds like you are a expert on the subject, so I was just curious if you had anything to back your statement up. No biggie really.

[R-Soul]

I would be more amendable to reflective strips - at least they make sense at night. In teh day, when the cardoesn't see a 200kg bike with a headlight, I am not sure that it will make a difference. Having said that, I wear it anyway. If it helps once, it was worth it.

[avgas]

Does making it out of hide make it less ghey?

Actually I was thinking bright colors. Metallics etc

I don't know if honda still do the ghey color scheme.

[mattian]

I wear a vest when visibility is going to be poor, ie dark cloudy days, dusk or dawn especially if I am going to riding in heavy traffic conditions. I do NOT believe it should be made law, simply for the fact that if you saturate the roads with people wearing high-vis then drivers will simply become numb the sight of it and it won't make any difference.
Personally I don't think they will make it law. If anything, they will make wearing proctective clothing law before they make high vis vests.
I see so many scooter riders in shorts, t-shirts and barely legal helmets. Will making them wear vests make any difference when they come off?

Also. In the event that I do get taken out by a blind cager, while wearing a high vis vest, the SMIDSY argument just won't add up in front of the judge.

[Coldrider]

Movement also attracts the human eye.

[Smifffy]

Have to wear hi vis going thru the gate at work, so I when I go in on the scoot, I throw one over the top of my gears.

Once on I tend to forget I'm even wearing it, even did a large cruise with it on, after stopping in at work just briefly.

I believe that hi viz vests have their uses, but it really does seem these days that they are considered an easy fixit to many safety problems without actually addressing the safety problem itself.

If I worried about other people thinking I look like a dork, then I'd never leave the house.