Does anyone wear safety vests biking?

[Anonymous]

I don't bike but am a pedestrian, so I have reflective tassels/reflectors on all my purses and winter jacket zippers. My 5 yo has one on his winter jacket. I also have a reflective headband for jogging in winter evenings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a good habit to wear something reflective and to activate the blinking light at all times because they help even when the light dims even a little--for example, on a cloudy day or at dusk, even when there is plenty of light to see.

I would also encourage you, when out driving with your DC, to point out bikes that are/are not more visible...

The blinking light helps because movement attracts the human eye. A blinking light doesn't make a bicyclist more visible, it makes drivers more likely to notice the bicyclist. (Assuming the driver is looking in that direction, not in a different direction, or at their phone.)

If you can't see a person on a bike in the daytime, including when it's cloudy, then your vision isn't good enough for driving.

The high visibility color helps attract attention during the day and the reflective strips help drivers see at night.

Do you have any evidence to support that? I (an adult) have been on my bike on street corners, bedecked in lurid colors, at two o'clock in the afternoon on a sunny day, and drivers have still somehow managed to not see me. There are lots of things you can do, as a bicyclist, to reduce your chances of a driver hitting you, which are all more effective than a "safety" vest.

I agree that the reflective materials are good at night, and I do wear a vest with reflective materials and blinking lights when I ride at night.

Not all studies agree but quite a few find that hi-viz is significant: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/amp/news/latest-news/what-is-the-evidence-that-wearing-hi-vis-clothing-makes-you-a-safer-cyclist-358674

Did you read the article you linked to?

[Anonymous]

No. But mind just did a bike camp in dc that includes rising safety etc.