Tangled Metal wrote:If that's a problem you're a real sight weeny. Also, where backpacking weight is an issue, cycling weight isn't as much of an issue IMHO.
It's not weight, it's faff. It's another thing to buy for no good reason beyond ticking a box, another thing to remember to pack, another thing getting in the way of the stuff I actually want to access in a bag, and so on. At the end of the day I'm a perfectly visible human being, and if some dipstick's going to drive into me in the queue for the ferry it's because they're not looking, not because I'm not wearing a yellow tabard.
Airports can manage just fine with passengers walking across an apron to an aircraft without getting run over by baggage trucks and so on… no need to bring a vest and a helmet for your flight. But walking's what normal people do, so it's safe. Cycling is for terrifying weirdos
Tangled Metal wrote:Helmet is personal preference though. I suspect that if you had lights and a hiviz vest on while walking up the ramp helmet issues would not present itself.
Well, as I've said above, I've travelled on the ferries many times with only lights, and issues haven't presented themselves anyway. So, given that the status quo isn't actually bothering me, it's all a bit of a storm in a teacup even from my anti hi-vis/helmet viewpoint