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Why aren’t all cars hi viz?
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Actually paint everything hi viz and no more crashes will ever occur.
Fuck you have solved all road safety issues, claim yourself a medal.
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But surely if drivers have a responsibility to not crash into cyclists, you also have a responsibility to be as visible as possible? Yes, if you look closely enough at that image all the cyclists are visible, and I totally sympathise with the frustrations you have about shitty drivers and poor cycling roads. But I just don't understand why you'd consciously reduce how visible you are to drivers.
Wearing black with no lights is a bit of a dick move, but it's also illegal at night. In the daytime, if a driver cannot see a normally-attired cyclist, what chance do they have of seeing a normally attired toddler who's rushed out between parked cars.
There seems to be a trend at the moment for painting cars matt dark grey; literally tarmac coloured. Why on earth should there be any onus on vulnerable road users to dress up in hi-viz? That said, reflectives are absolutely a good thing, especially on shoes/pedals for nighttime and I personally like to wear tops in a bold (mid-blue/red/green) colour for daytime riding, nothing that I wouldn't be happy wearing into a pub though.
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But surely if drivers have a responsibility to not crash into cyclists, you also have a responsibility to be as visible as possible? Yes, if you look closely enough at that image all the cyclists are visible, and I totally sympathise with the frustrations you have about shitty drivers and poor cycling roads. But I just don't understand why you'd consciously reduce how visible you are to drivers. Shit drivers are always going to exist, and I don't see that magically disappearing before self driving cars become the norm or we get a network of beautiful bicycle motorways across the nation