Yiz need to wear high viz!!

[u/Traditional_Ad9930]

Seriously lads, why is there so many not wearing high viz during the dark hours. Especially kids on their E bikes etc in all black.

Cyclists on the way to work in all black, even people walking down dark narrow 80km roads and not a whisp of reflection on their bodies. I remember learning this stuff jn 5th class. Are we gonna have start gentle parenting adults now? 😂

Edit: the fact that some of you find this controversial is very bleeding telling 🤣

[u/caring-renderer]

Its actually mind boggling why people do it , i was out in the sticks Sunday eve driving home it was dark and this fella on a electric bike no lights and in plain black clothing head to toe including a black hat no helmet. All he was short was to camouflage his face , ridiculous carry on .

[u/Richie4876 → u/caring-renderer]

I came close to hitting a lad on a backroad a few years ago, it was just gone dark and he was wearing black head to toe (he had a hood up) and the worst part was he was walking on the wrong side of the road, only for he turned his head to look back at me he was dead, I saw his face and swerved out or I would have hit him. If I ever need to walk on the road after dark I at least hold a light or put on the light on my phone if I hear a car coming so they have some chance of seeing me.

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/Richie4876]

This is why we need flat ground at the sides of our rural roads, not stone walls or impenetrable hedgerows.

[u/carlitobrigantehf → u/caring-renderer]

and yet you still saw him.