Volvo life paint - thoughts?

http://www.volvolifepaint.com/

any thoughts on this?

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Marketing and victim blaming.

would prob ruin what ever you spray on too

What about this with vulvo printed on it with flashing lights on? Will drivers start to see cyclists then? Wouldn't necessarily stop you getting hit by someone fucking about on their phone though... http://ep.yimg.com/ay/wackyplanetshop/inflatable-body-suit-costume-7.gif

What about this with vulvo printed on it with flashing lights on? Will drivers start to see cyclists then? Wouldn't necessarily stop you getting hit by someone fucking about on their phone though...

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It's asking the victims of violence to modify their behaviour.

So is suggesting that you don't stagger drunkenly down a dark alley whilst counting out £20 notes.
Doesn't mean it's a bad suggestion.

It would be a fantastic idea if bike, bag and clothing manufacturers used something like this on their products.

It only lasts a week and washes off, so what, you just buy can after can and constantly spray yourself down with it?

Needs more merge...

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/265200/

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/265070/

Cycling without spraying paint over yourself isn't like waving cash around in an alley when you're pissed.There is evidence that drunk people waving cash around will get mugged, there's no evidence this spray makes a scrap of difference.

https://www.change.org/p/volvo-european-commission-volvo-should-retrofit-all-their-cars-and-trucks-with-their-life-paint?just_created=true#petition-letter

Volvo produces products that kill. They share the responsibility for 1.2 million traffic deaths - and millions more injuries - each year globally. 35,000 in both the EU and the US each year.

They have recently developed something they call "Life Paint", a spray-on liquid that increases visibility at night. The first thing an automobile manufacturer who takes responsibility seriously would do is immediately make it available to all of their customers around the world and implore them to apply it to their vehicles.

Instead, Volvo is running the classic smokescreen campaign. Trying to place responsibility on pedestrians and cyclists. Wagging their fingers and desperately trying to make them responsible for the carnage caused by Volvo and other Big Auto brands. Passing the buck.

Given the fact that black cars are most likely to be involved in crashes, followed by grey and silver cars - based on a Monash University study - applying Life Paint to vehicles would save lives.

We also urge Volvo to take their efforts to the next level. Applying health warnings on all their vehicles, warning of the dangers of driving to health through collision, emissions, noise pollution, etc. Virtually all health warnings on cigarette packs actually apply to automobiles. In addition, Volvo should begin production and promotion of motoring helmets for all car occupants, based on the evidence that Reduced Societal Harm would be decreased considerably if head protection was worn inside of cars, even those equipped with airbags and seatbelts.