Hi-Viz Vest For Motorcyclists Could Become Compulsory In The UK

[The Stig]

Motorcyclists have been urged to join a protest this Saturday against the threat of compulsory high-visibility vests and other restrictive new rules from Brussels.

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) is staging a demonstration rally in Birmingham against proposed anti-tampering rules to stop riders modifying their bikes across Europe and plans for compulsory day-glow vests in France and Ireland.

A spokesman for the group said: “Mandatory high-vis vests, an end to riders being allowed to modify their bikes and a host of other horrors being foisted on riders by European politicians will be the subject of a major demonstration.

"MAG is joining other rider organisations across Europe to campaign against proposals that have already seen more than 100,000 riders demonstrate in cities across France."

MAG President Ian Mutch said there was a danger compulsory high-vis could "filter through" from France to other member states through EU harmonisation.

French riders are also facing proposals to outlaw filtering and ban bikes over seven years old from entering cities.

[snoopy]

You been eating doooom pills?????   


Be like Waterloo all over again ....    ... (and before anyone says thats a tank not a boat ... have you no noticed how them in The Palace of Westminster are destroying/destroyed  our navy)     

we got to stop these loonies in Brussels taking over     

[snoopy]

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Just found this 

[cheaperholidays]

What a load of made up rubbish...

[The Stig]

A lot of what the government says & does is a load of rubbish.
Unfortunately that doesn't stop them from implementing & making it law.

[sladey1985]

i always wear a hi-viz anyway so its all good for me but i love how they think they could make this happen there's a few bikers out there that will have something to say about this.....

[snoopy]

A lot of what the government says & does is a load of rubbish.
Unfortunately that doesn't stop them from implementing & making it law.

        

[blueracer]

Could of done with wearing a hi viz today on the way home from work nearly got taken out by a lorry on severn bridge use your fecking mirrors 

[snoopy]

Could of done with wearing a hi viz today on the way home from work nearly got taken out by a lorry on severn bridge use your fecking mirrors 

  

Umm sadly may not of made any difference .. didn't when some T***  knocked me off 

[lewy]

 

Could of done with wearing a hi viz today on the way home from work nearly got taken out by a lorry on severn bridge use your fecking mirrors 

  

Umm sadly may not of made any difference .. didn't when some T***  knocked me off 

The only 2 incidents i have been involved in ( one was a learner car driver who pulled out in front of 3x bikes all with headlights and hi viz jackets on , the other was somebody came out from a side street and failed to notice i had stopped at a pedestrian crossing and run into the back of me ) I had headlights on and was wearing a hi viz jacket , i also ride without a hiviz on and have not noticed anybody pulling out in front of me, except as below.
 I have had the odd times when somebody has pulled out in front of me on a roundabout  and in hindsight thought "would i have been seen if i had been wearing a hi-viz jacket" but then thought NO if they could not see a VAUXHALL FRONTERA 4x4 pulling a caravan then they would not have seen a hi viz jacket .
  I think that if you were to look at accidents the "smidsy" accident happens to other road users as well(cars vans lorries, some body even crashed into the back of a Chieftain tank in germany on at least one occasion)  , its just that the accident is not so serious in its effects,
 

[mykoniatis]

i never do things I do not believe in. currently i do not believe that a high-viz will solve our problems.

the fundamental issue lies elsewhere...

[blueracer]

i never do things I do not believe in. currently i do not believe that a high-viz will solve our problems.

the fundamental issue lies elsewhere...

I think you might have the right question but what is the right answer 

[lewy]

some of the comments fromother motorcyclist are relivant
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Following the news that compulsory hi-vis jackets for motorcyclists are among a raft of new traffic laws to be introduced in France, a Road Safety GB motorcycling expert has warned against similar measures being adopted in the UK.
 
Perhaps unsurprisingly, motorcycling organisations in the UK have also given the French initiative a cool reception.
 
A statement on the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) website says: “We have a right to choose how and when we travel and a duty to watch out for each other. We have a right to expect that others will treat us reasonably and a duty to treat others with care when we share the road.
 
“But that does not mean we should surrender our enjoyment of life or personal liberty simply to satisfy a set of theories about road safety, or because it suits political ambitions, or because those entrusted with a position of authority have since forgotten why they were first entrusted.”
 
Speaking on behalf of Road Safety GB, Dave Glanville, West Yorkshire’s specialist PTW RSO, said: “Compulsory hi-vis clothing for any road user group is not ideal and not something we would want to see in this country. What is needed is a common sense approach on an individual basis by road users themselves and a commitment from all road users to pay full and proper attention to the road environment.
 
“Good conspicuity is not just about what a rider wears or whether they have lights on the bike, but also about good road positioning, speed and direction – as well as considering the blind spots and vision limitations of other drivers and vehicles around them.
 
“Hi-vis clothing is unlikely to improve conspicuity on bright sunny days when visibility is good and it may even lull people into a false sense of security. However, we would always advise people to wear it in poor weather or low light conditions, when some drivers may struggle to see and identify a motorcycle and rider or indeed a cyclists or

[Wolfzx12r]

I did start a new post on this the other day, sorry I didn't see this one.

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