For all those who would rather not be blinded by the light

[OakLeaf]

Wait, are you saying you'd like it if runners were supposed to keep their backs to traffic?!

(on blind hills and in blind corners I do that, since it's easy for a runner to [1] hear approaching cars and bicycles, [2] turn her head to see them and [3] cross the road - we talked about it a bit in the running subforum - but as a general rule it's pretty unsafe...)

But on the other stuff, I'm totally with ya, and it's not just runners, it's all pedestrians. Probably people who are walking for transportation, much more so than runners, actually. Myself, I'm a total dork about hi-viz wear no matter what my sport. I'll probably need a hi-viz wetsuit if I ever start to do tris.



ETA: I said that as a joke, but the more I think about it... why the heck are wetsuits black, when watersports are the most dangerous of all sports just because an injury or temporary problem that would be totally minor on land, can turn into drowning so quickly? Why should swimwear make it so difficult for rescuers to find a person?