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you're missing the point and come across as just being disagreeable. I'm therefore just going to close this - as it;'s not a debate or an argument DRIVERS - please pay extra care as there are cyclists who are very low visibility and without lights or suitable clothing CYCLISTS - Put lights on your bike - front and back - and reflective strips at the very least. Consider other road users and pedestrians. EVERYONE - Be safe -
By Earl Aelfheah · Posted
There is no law about what people must wear when cycling. The highway code also suggests that pedestrians might want to wear bright clothes in order to make themselves more visible, but I don't think many people actually follow that advice. I think people should wear what ever they feel comfortable in. You shouldn't have to wear 'special clothes' in order to use a bicycle, or to take a walk. Seeing as you pose a far higher risk to others when you're travelling by car, there is arguably a far greater moral duty on you to consider how colourful your car is, than how brightly you dress as a pedestrian or cyclist. There are laws about lights. I agree that people should have lights on at night. There are invisible cyclists? 🤣 You have no sympathy for someone travelling perfectly legally by bicycle, with good lights and reflectors, and who is hit by a driver paying insufficient attention, if they're not wearing bright clothing? And does the same view extend to pedestrians? From the highway code: -
Cyclists who chose not to follow advice, guidance or rules specific to visability in poor light conditions choose the risks they run and I see no reason for sympathy when their luck runs out. However, I do feel sympathy both for pedestrians hit by invisible cyclists, and obviously those with visual or hearing impairment which adds to their risk on the pavements or road, and to drivers who may hit these invisible cyclists and suffer guilt or trauma having done so. And anyone who wishes to suggest that a cyclist so hit is not to blame because it's always the drivers fault can go hang. Why do you think the rules and guidance exist in the first place?
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