Cyclists, one question: why wear all BLACK?!

[Anonymous]

There are so many other (more visible) colors to choose from. Bright yellows, bright greens, bright pinks. Why choose the least visible color for an activity that carries so much risk? I know, it’s none of my business and you do you and so on. But I’m really curious.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they think it looks cool. Would be warmer in cold weather in the sun.

[Anonymous]

My favorites are the cyclists who ride with bright strobe lights or high beams, thinking that it means it easier to see them.

MAMILs, you're just blinding people and making it way more difficult to judge how far away you are.

[Anonymous]

They think they are black panthers.

[Anonymous]

Agree. And add the commuters walking in the street wearing long black puffy coats and black caps in the dark in the winter. You are in the street and you are invisible. Why?

[Anonymous]

Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

The car has headlights and brake lights and a metal exterior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

No. Because I’m IN my car. My car has lights on all the time. And it’s a bright color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree. And add the commuters walking in the street wearing long black puffy coats and black caps in the dark in the winter. You are in the street and you are invisible. Why?

Yup. I think that some of those pedestrians that walk around like that don’t drive. I don’t think that they realize how dangerous it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

No. Because I’m IN my car. My car has lights on all the time. And it’s a bright color.

People should be able to walk from place to place, or roll from place to place, without the obligation being on them to change clothes for that purpose. As long as they are following traffic rules and the motorist is following traffic rules, their should be no problem.

The breaking of traffic rules is the problem. Not what people are wearing.

[Anonymous]

Ninjas don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

No. Because I’m IN my car. My car has lights on all the time. And it’s a bright color.

People should be able to walk from place to place, or roll from place to place, without the obligation being on them to change clothes for that purpose. As long as they are following traffic rules and the motorist is following traffic rules, their should be no problem.

The breaking of traffic rules is the problem. Not what people are wearing.

None of that helps you if you’re run over lying dead in the road. Some sense of self-preservation might come in handy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

No. Because I’m IN my car. My car has lights on all the time. And it’s a bright color.

People should be able to walk from place to place, or roll from place to place, without the obligation being on them to change clothes for that purpose. As long as they are following traffic rules and the motorist is following traffic rules, their should be no problem.

The breaking of traffic rules is the problem. Not what people are wearing.

“Here lies the body of William Jay, Who died maintaining his right of way— He was right, dead right, as he walked along, But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.”

Wear what you like. It’s your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you wear special clothes to get from place to place in your car?

No. Because I’m IN my car. My car has lights on all the time. And it’s a bright color.

People should be able to walk from place to place, or roll from place to place, without the obligation being on them to change clothes for that purpose. As long as they are following traffic rules and the motorist is following traffic rules, their should be no problem.

The breaking of traffic rules is the problem. Not what people are wearing.

“Here lies the body of William Jay, Who died maintaining his right of way— He was right, dead right, as he walked along, But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.”

Wear what you like. It’s your life.

But here is the thing. There is a not a whole lot of evidence of "people wearing all black" being killed while walking or biking on a road at any higher rate than somebody who took the time out of their life to change into a reflective flashing vest..
There is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence of drivers being annoyed that they actually had to pay attention and couldn't actually roll through a right turn or a stop sign because hey had to break at the last minute for one of these people.

Seems to me we need more drivers acting cautiously and paying attention, not more people in neon clothes.

[Anonymous]

I’m a cyclist and I think it’s stupid to wear all black. People are not perfect, and I hate coming up to walkers or cyclists that are in black at night. They are almost invisible. Dumb.