12-09-2016, 08:34 AM
well I can tell you from personal experience and from my background in Highway Traffic Safety you are definitly more visible in Hi Viz flo yellow green than you are in any other color including orange. It is standard issue and federally required that all street department people, firemen and policemen wear Hi Viz when in situations where they must stand and interact with traffic.
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) recent issuance of a final rule (Worker Visibility, 23 CFR Part 634)4 demonstrates the need for all workers who are exposed either to public traffic or to construction vehicles and equipment to wear high-visibility apparel5. Section 634.3 of the Worker Visibility Rule states:
All workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway who are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) or to construction equipment within the work area shall wear high-visibility safety apparel.
Furthermore all military personnell riding motorycles on a base are required to wear Hi Viz.
From personal experience I can tell you motorcyclists wearing Hi Viz are much easier to see, are seen sooner, and seen from a further distance than a motorcyclist not wearing Hi Viz.
A single round headlight on an approaching motorcycle is very difficult to see. Studies have shown this over and over.
As far as some people not seeing a motorcylist wwearing Hi Viz, my brother is a retired fireman. 25 years on the force. He will tell you many people will pull out in front of a bright red 25 ton fire truck running lights and sirens, and claim they never saw or heard the fire truck. Some people are just oblivious.
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) recent issuance of a final rule (Worker Visibility, 23 CFR Part 634)4 demonstrates the need for all workers who are exposed either to public traffic or to construction vehicles and equipment to wear high-visibility apparel5. Section 634.3 of the Worker Visibility Rule states:
All workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway who are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) or to construction equipment within the work area shall wear high-visibility safety apparel.
Furthermore all military personnell riding motorycles on a base are required to wear Hi Viz.
From personal experience I can tell you motorcyclists wearing Hi Viz are much easier to see, are seen sooner, and seen from a further distance than a motorcyclist not wearing Hi Viz.
A single round headlight on an approaching motorcycle is very difficult to see. Studies have shown this over and over.
As far as some people not seeing a motorcylist wwearing Hi Viz, my brother is a retired fireman. 25 years on the force. He will tell you many people will pull out in front of a bright red 25 ton fire truck running lights and sirens, and claim they never saw or heard the fire truck. Some people are just oblivious.