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Post by dangermouse on Sept 21, 2012 17:36:48 GMT 10
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Post by rodaco on Sept 21, 2012 20:25:45 GMT 10
I already signed a couple of weeks ago. An update I got two days ago said they only had about 3000 signatures which is only a fraction of the bikes registered in Victoria. This needs a lot more support.
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Post by scrap on Sept 21, 2012 20:57:44 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2012 7:59:17 GMT 10
You can bet if it come in Victoria the rest of the country will follow just like Speed trap cameras
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Post by troglett on Sept 22, 2012 12:34:16 GMT 10
Having just done a course in traffic management as part of my job this is an interesting topic .
The issue with high vis is really that there are now so many people wearing it every day that the general public road user has actually become "high vis blind" ...they just don't notice it anymore .
Look out there and you'll see everyone from road workers to couriers to trolley boys all wearing high vis ...a lot of them for no real reason other than their work OH&S person is trying to limit the companies' liability if an accident occurs , not because they actually need to be seen to do their job safely.
I'm sure that anyone trying to fight the compulsory wearing of high vis could look and find a whole bunch of supporting evidence out there regarding how many people have been hit by a vehicle while wearing high vis.
The mining industry was behind the "every vehicle must have a reversing buzzer" situation and they are now moving towards a little unit which sits on your hard hat that beeps in your ears when a vehicle is reversing near you as they found that workers began to ignore reversing buzzers due to the fact that there were so many vehicles beeping all the time and stopped looking to see if they were about to be run over.
To me it always feels like the tendency to have a knee jerk reaction over rides the need for real eveidence to substantiate any argument in these issues .
Personally , I'll throw on my high vis vest on a day when the visibility is crap , just because I believe that anything that gives me a better chance of being seen is a good thing in those circumstances ... but I'll never wear one when I don't need to .
The issue at stake here is choice and people's right to it .
Cheers
Trog
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2012 12:52:35 GMT 10
Well said Trog. And as a side note, my jacket has a lot of pretty white reflective stuff that was glowing in the dark enough for me to avoid hitting my shin on the coffee table the other night, all off the light thrown by a book light ... you want me to cover that up with an orange thing that most people have learnt to ignore  Anyway we dont need convincing do we .... |
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Post by nobby on Sept 22, 2012 19:31:01 GMT 10
Wonder what the safetycrats will think of next, maybe helmets with rotating lights on top.
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Post by Greyshadow on Sept 23, 2012 9:38:11 GMT 10
Hi Scrap, Yes I have seen that tragic video before, that poor policeman,he had his flashing lights on as well, obvioulsy the guy driving just wasn't watching the road in front of him at all. In hindsight the policeman perhaps was over confident by his postioning thougt a stationary motorcyle, hi vis and flashing police lights would keep him safe, perhaps the guy in the car was texting or fell asleep. Greyshadow  |
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