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Re: Hi-vis law in France and Ireland passed, who's next??
« Reply #50 on: 24 January 2012, 02:46:48 pm »
IIRC hi-vis is bright yellow for the daytime and the reflective panels are for low light/night, so the bright yellow wont disappear in the sunlight.
 
Anyway, on the railways they use orange rather than yellow, I wonder what the reason for that is?

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Re: Hi-vis law in France and Ireland passed, who's next??
« Reply #51 on: 24 January 2012, 02:53:53 pm »
The orange is as easy to spot as the yellow,due to the background darker colours, but the orange does not show the dirt in the same way yellow jackets do
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Re: Hi-vis law in France and Ireland passed, who's next??
« Reply #52 on: 24 January 2012, 04:42:56 pm »
Sunny Intervals Quote :-  Take the same photograph with correctly adjusted car headlights, no camera flash, and the person in Hi Viz standing at the 3 breaking distances in the highway code.


The pic was taken with a small digital camera  ;)  anyone spot the guy in the background on the right sat down with his glowing Hi Viz ? l hope so otherwise l'd be worried about your observation skills  :lol
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Re: Hi-vis law in France and Ireland passed, who's next??
« Reply #53 on: 24 January 2012, 05:30:09 pm »
Even in bright day light, Hi-Vis jackets catch my attention quickly.

But you still have to be *looking*. As I mentioned above, on the A29 within the space of five minutes *two* drivers nearly pulled out on me because they didn't look properly.