Be careful riding in the dark!

[Dan B]

Asking for what exactly? Asking to be run off the road by a stationary skip

 

[mattobrien]

Asking for what exactly? Asking to be run off the road by a stationary skip

Careful now. There is no hi viz in the picture in your avatar, there is a chance you might be 'asking for it'

 

[Dan B]

Careful now. There is no hi viz in the picture in your avatar, there is a chance you might be 'asking for it'

There's no skip either, I should be safe.

 

[Dan B]

You would do well to consider how we see things. The circumstances under which a bright object can stand out and the ones where it doesn't, the finite nature of our processing ability, that sort of thing.

This picture was taken on the day I was stopped by a policeman on Portland Place and told I should be wearing a hi-viz. Early afternoon, blazing sunshine. Words failed me, perhaps fortunately

http://bunnyskate.blogspot.co.uk/2007/02/haring-about.html

 

[Dan B]

Is that a bear just out of shot behind your left shoulder?

I don't recall. They can't get you unless you step on the cracks, though

 

[Dan B]

Did it save your life?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Any Cyclist going out dressed as a Ninja in the day or night are asking for it, its just common sense to make your self visible to other road

So if the cyclist was wearing hi-viz, the skip would have seen him?

 

[ianrauk]

I keep riding into black ninja cars........just can't see the blighter's

 

[Wobblers]

A Ninja blend's into the environment making them self invisible to others. So any colour that makes it hard for others to see you is just a plain dumb.

I had no idea that Black was a Highly Visible colour in the day time, maybe someone should mention this to the thousands of road workers who wear silly yellow and orange clothing.

Your eyes work on contrast - which is why a dark object stands out perfectly well against a light background. Road surfaces appear pale grey in the sun, so someone wearing black will be perfectly visible. On the other hand, hi-viz appears the same dirty orange as the road under the streetlights. If you think that it makes you more visible after dark, you're deluding yourself. I usually spot hi-viz cyclists at night by the shadows they cast under the streetlights, because what they're wearing blends wonderfully well into the background.

You do, I trust, manage to spot and avoid all those black cars, don't you?

 

[byegad]

Contender for a Darwin award?

Darwin award contender certainly.

 

[Dan B]

I usually spot hi-viz cyclists at night by the shadows they cast under the streetlights

In fairness, a lot of what's sold as "hi-viz" is actually "hi-viz with reflective bits", and if you're shining a light on them then the reflective bits stand out quite well.

So, of course, do the reflective bits on most other cycling-specific outer clothing, such as my otherwise-black cycling jacket.

 

[Dan B]

Have you considered reflective tattoos?

I have reflected at length on tattoos, but can't decide what design to get

 

[glasgowcyclist]

"authentic celtic band"

?

GC

 

[Shut Up Legs]

But... but... you're all missing the most important thing! There's no word in any English dialect with the spelling "vizible", so we should start hassling people to use the correct spelling "hi-vis", not "hi-viz". There. I've got that off my chest.

 

[Tim Hall]

But... but... you're all missing the most important thing! There's no word in any English dialect with the spelling "vizible", so we should start hassling people to use the correct spelling "hi-vis", not "hi-viz". There. I've got that off my chest.

FWIW, the last site induction I went to referred to "Hi-Vi". I, for one, welcome our rhyming reflective overlords.