Reflective vests on bikes?
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Anonymous
| One of DS's best friends now wears a reflective safety vest when he bikes. Anyone else considering/doing this? |
Anonymous
Might be useful when it's dark. |
Anonymous
Sounds a wee bit helicoptery to me. |
Anonymous
| Makes sense. I see a lot of commuters wearing them. |
Anonymous
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If your kid bikes in the dark, yes. And lights.
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Anonymous
Yes, for biking on-road in the dark. |
Anonymous
| Not in the daytime unless riding in heavy traffic. (Which hopefully no kids are doing.) |
Anonymous
| Why not? Visibility is one of the biggest safety concerns for cyclists, regardless of age, especially in city traffic. |
Anonymous
Who says that visibility is a safety concern for cyclists in the daytime? |
Anonymous
| For serious commuting or riding at night, it is not a bad idea at all. I feel like it's a bit much for the daytime and would not expect someone to wear one. Being safe matters, but some precautions don't need to be taken with little added safety. |
Anonymous
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Who says OP's DS is only riding in daytime? If he has after school activities in the winter, he may be riding at dusk when drivers can have trouble seeing cyclists.
Visibility is important. From WABA's web site: "Reflectivity is important for all road users" "As vulnerable users of the road, cyclists must do what we can to be most visible." They have more if you want to check it out. OP, if your DS doesn't want to wear a vest, there are plenty of products that can make his bike and his gear (backpack?) more reflective including simple reflective tape. |
Anonymous
| get one and wear it at all times so he never forgets just like a helmet |
Anonymous
| Smart kid. Or probably smart parents. |
Anonymous
Considering it. |
Anonymous
| How about a light instead? Planet Bike makes very nice LED blinkys. As a cyclist my experience is that reflective stuff isn't really that good. |