Hi Viz. Do you believe It Helps?

[fireblake]

Yellow is legal.  Amber is not

[mr self destruct]

[size=1em]My motorcycle has some hi-vis tape put - white on the front, red on the back. I often wear hi-vis in the open road. My "winter" bicycle is taped in hi-vis tape. So nothing against hi-vis.[/size]

However, as far as effectiveness goes, out of town it's a lot more effective. In the city... it seems to help a lot less. IMO, the list is like this:

1. Lights - adding two fog lights at the sides, to make the front look as wide as possible.


2. Good lane positioning according to situation (to increase visibility) and weaving at intersections (what is a man when he stops drinking and driving?!   ).
3. Speed and braking - always assume you're still invisible. Always!
4. Hi - vis.
5. Crash pads and helmet, if all else fails.

I wrote a blog article on hi-vis decals limitations for bicycles. People often expect a bit too much of it.

[size=1em]http://www.bike.bikegremlin.com/2015/09/...le-lights/[/size]

Interesting article. I was considering fitting some extra lights and this has convinced me now.

[darrsi]

Saw a car the other day that had yellow lights and my eyes were instantly drawn to the change of colour, so I put some yellow self adhesive film over my lights last night when I got home.

Two people at work have commented on them already, and that was in daylight today with the bike parked up and lights not even on, so I'm hopeful they'll stand out at night as well.
Just a shame I won't get to admire them myself.  :\

I'll take a photo later to show you.

One side went on a lot smoother than the other, so I may do it again as I have enough to do a few and I'm a fussy bastard.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172030444802?_...EBIDX%3AIT




Photos are a little deceiving regarding brightness as the lights flared them out a bit, but you get the idea.

[hotmetal]

My mate had green headlight protectors on his FZR600R. Even the copper had to admit he saw him coming from miles away (unfortunately). Copper said he could see matey's point that it was safer for him to stand out from the crowd but if everyone had whatever colour headlights matched their vehicle where would we be? I think he would've got away with it if it hadn't been for the text on his number plate saying "Aren't you a nice copper?"

[darrsi]

The photos have degraded even more after putting them on here to be honest, you can hardly see any colour other than on the wall.
Took a bit of getting used to seeing a different beam in front of me on the road and on the rear of cars.
I s'pose you could describe it as stale piss yellow.  :lol