hi-viz gone mad....
- Thread starter gaz
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Wow, that's amazing. How exactly does high-viz manage this conjuring trick?
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
£9.99 for a standard reflective waistcoat? I can get four for that price from Charlies Stores.
All weathers are dull.They only ever talk about the British.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
No one is trying to persuade you or anyone else not to wear it, if you/they want to.
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
Love it! So next time some wombat in a BMW "doesn't see" me, I can make a claim against Halfords. Yippee - that's a gravy train that'll fund a long and pleasurable retirement!
Seriously though - we can argue amongst ourselves til Kingdom Come about the need/desirability/whatever of hi viz. And it's pretty much irrelevant?
Personally, what counts is that no f*ckw!t, nor his/her insurance company, gets the chance to weasel out of their responsibilities, should I be knocked off my bike, by claiming they'd have seen me if I'd had hi viz.
Scientific effectivenesss - open to question.
Effectiveness against scheming barstewards - definitely.
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Hi-viz, the clue's in the name 
Alan Frame
Gnu
- Location
- Lost In Space
Whatever the pros and cos, I feel that the insurance companies will use lack of fluorescent gear against any cyclist involved in an rtc with a motorist.
I prefer to deprive them of that opportunity.
I prefer to deprive them of that opportunity.
Boris Bajic
Guest
I've heard this, but the last time I was knocked off it was classic SMIDSY.
I was in jeans and a sweatshirt, no helmet.
The insurer of the driver rang me and settled there and then.
I've never met anyone who had their claim adjusted or queried because of perceived partial invisibility or somesuch similar.
I like the idea of being visible partly because I feel safer when I'm more easily seen and partly because in Star Trek the Romulans never seemed to win despite their cloaking device. It's the H--Viz Enterprise and her brightly dressed crew who generally prevail, although I may be mixing fiction with fact here.
It may be that the stories of insurers questioning liability on a matter of visibility have some basis in fact, but they have only ever reached my ears as rumour.
I was in jeans and a sweatshirt, no helmet.
The insurer of the driver rang me and settled there and then.
I've never met anyone who had their claim adjusted or queried because of perceived partial invisibility or somesuch similar.
I like the idea of being visible partly because I feel safer when I'm more easily seen and partly because in Star Trek the Romulans never seemed to win despite their cloaking device. It's the H--Viz Enterprise and her brightly dressed crew who generally prevail, although I may be mixing fiction with fact here.
It may be that the stories of insurers questioning liability on a matter of visibility have some basis in fact, but they have only ever reached my ears as rumour.
OP
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gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Have you ever heard of this happening?
I've had involvement with several insurance companies for several collisions, never had an issue with not wearing hi-viz.
Miquel In De Rain
No Longer Posting
I'm a bit late to this party, but when I cycle (usually around dusk on the way home) hi-vis sticks out like a sore thumb. So thumbs up to it's use.
It shouldn't be used instead of lights, but if you just have an ok pair (of lights) then it helps dramatically. It's particularly helpful to see when people are signalling left or right...(I haven't seen anyone with lights on their arms yet!)
It shouldn't be used instead of lights, but if you just have an ok pair (of lights) then it helps dramatically. It's particularly helpful to see when people are signalling left or right...(I haven't seen anyone with lights on their arms yet!)
