🚀 go-pugleaf

On 16 Apr 2004, "Bruce J. Belschner" <b2spam@compuserve.com>
pondered an unfair universe and came up with
news:c5olq1$i2v$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com:

> Brian Winter wrote:
> I am a firm believer in the argument for bright colors.  When
> I commute or ride long Hwy. distance I wear my Hi-Viz Yellow
> AeroStich suit. IMHO the color causes the brain to pause,
> forcing the owner of the brain to think. [or puke]
>
> Let some idiot hit me and say they did not see me....

I was stuck at the scene of an accident a few years ago. An accident
where a car turned left into a big yellow urban bus. You don't get any
more visible than a big yellow bus.

Since I was stuck and split to the front of the line, I could hear the
conversation between the driver and the cop taking his statement. He
said, "I just didn't see him..."

The reason people get into accidents with other vehicles is because
they aren't paying attention, and your visibility is only slightly
relevant. You're better off with "active visibility" like vastly
brighter than normal halogen driving lights (as anyone who's ridden in
front of me about how noticeable and hard to ignore those lights are on
my bike, even in the brightest daylight), and converting your rear turn
signal lamps to running lights.

As for people noticing you because you look like a cop, I hear traffic
reports on the radio all the time about cops being involved in
accidents, so I wouldn't bet on it.

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StephG   AH108 BS30 YPF8