Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 3 Nov 2013, 3:01pm
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Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 3 Nov 2013, 4:35pm
I don't know how effective those things are but I can imagine the unintended consequences if you came across an unsympathetic police officer
Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 3 Nov 2013, 9:39pm
Adam S wrote:I don't know how effective those things are but I can imagine the unintended consequences if you came across an unsympathetic police officer
There's a chap near me wears one regularly and I know from other cyclists he has fallen foul of unsympathetic officers who have given him a hard time.
I do cycle regularly with a chap who wears black leggings and a yellow jacket - nothing unusual for a London cyclist - but because he is also wearing a silver (could be white) helmet he really does look like the law at casual glance. It often catches me out even though I know he's my mate and we're out for a spin together but when I see a flash of black/yellow/white in my peripheral vision I often think it is plod.
Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 4 Nov 2013, 9:33am
There's a red cyclist?
Don't forget the approximately 8% of male drivers who (like me) are red-green colour-blind to some degree.
Don't forget the approximately 8% of male drivers who (like me) are red-green colour-blind to some degree.
Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 4 Nov 2013, 10:10am
Mick F wrote:We were driving on the Old A30 yesterday here:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=victor ... 12,90,,0,0
Dead straight.
In the far distance we saw a cyclist in bright orange. He stood out clearly against the leaden sky and the black tarmac. We were quite impressed.
Orange is even more visible that yellow and doesn't blend so easily with the yellows and greens of the countryside.
Re: Visibility of bright single colour jerseys
Posted: 4 Nov 2013, 12:46pm
My wife wears one of those when riding her horse on the roads. She says it definately make people slow down, even though our local police force has disbanded its Mounted section, I think it's people's first reaction that it might be a police officer. I have a very bright Polaris RBS jacket, that has a similar effect on people.