And anyway, what a strange way to make life decisions! :P
Any other examples of things we do (or things we wear!!!) purely because if someone kills me, I want my family to get a few thousand more in compo ?
Do you wear lights and hi viz when crossing the road? You argument applies equally to such situations.
No it doesn't.
When I am a pedestrian, I spend most of the time on the pavement, and when I have to cross the road, I look carefully tyo be sure there is nothing coming which could hit me during the fe seconds it takes.
And if I have to walk on a road with no pavements, I make sure to walk on the side where I will be facing the traffic, so I can see hat it is doing, and take avoiding action if necessary.
When I'm on my bike, I am spending almost the entire ride on the same part of the road as motorised traffic, most of which will be approaching me from behind.
A very different situation.
8 pedestrians a week are killed in collissions with motor vehicles.
Are you sure they shouldn't be dressed in hi-viz?
Not reading the whole thread but I think I get the gist....
Basically, don't leave the house. If you do then wear a thick (2-3ft ought to do it) layer of bubble wrap and also don't take any notice of what is going on around you because awareness isn't going to help.
Am I right?
Thank you so much for responding to things I haven't written.
I'm not making those decisions I'm just putting forward the counter argument that encouraging hiviz is creating a culture of motorists abdicating their responsibilities. When motorists get away with the things they do the culture is already there. Perhaps that means cyclists m might have to make and carry out decisions they really don't want to account for the car culture we're in. Wearing hiviz might be a component of this.