Black????really????

[limewave]

DH was very frustrated after the last race he did because EVERYONE was wearing black with white/red accents. It made it impossible to mark people. It's the new trend I guess.

I've noticed that as cycling has gotten more popular over the last 10 years that certain safety precautions have gone out the window.

Before I did my first group ride, I was drilled about how to properly ride in a group: keeping a cadence (not yo-yoing), learning hand signals, how to draft, how to rotate w/o surging--it was a big deal. The jerseys/kits were wild colors, very visible.

Now, people wear iPods with headphones on group rides Jersey's are more fashionable, but not visible-friendly. The last few group rides I've done I've feared for my life b/c most everyone in the group didn't know basic safety precautions.

[PamNY]

I noticed that hi-viz bikers were hard to see when driving in Shenandoah on an autumn day. Not sure what would work in that situation, though.

NYC is full of black-clad, unlighted bikers. I could easily have hit one last night as I passed a runner, and I am careful. I literally couldn't see him with headlights from highway traffic in my eyes.

Hi-viz definitely works in the city. Pll, I agree with you that drivers are more courteous. In addition, I've had various people -- cops, passers-by, etc. -- randomly compliment me on my blazing glory.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I've gotten onto elevators at various workplaces, where there were car-driving employees in same elevator, who expressed their appreciation for hi-viz apparel by cyclists.
Doesn't that say enough? Oak's comment on hi-viz wear as a OSHA requirement (by highway workers, construction workers on the road, etc.) says alot here.

Yep. I've had several occasions where drivers have made comments to me about how great it was that they could see my hi-vis clothes a half mile away as they approached down the road. That's good enough for me.

[jessmarimba]

The whole road got slowed down on the way home b/c of a cyclist in black on the shoulder. It was completely dark, they had just a single reflector in the back and a faintly blinking front light. The biggest problem is that a bike path runs right beside this road, and yet they were on a 4-6 lane rush-hour filled main road instead. Scary!!