why you shouldn't wear a 'polite' vest *actual data shocker*

[Trabi601]

RizzoTheRat said:

Yeah, see loads of the buggers around here in their POLITIE jackets

I always think European bike cops look much cooler than ours.

[techguyone]

LOL 'cage' I haven't heard that word since I stopped getting Back Street Heroes mag in the 80's.

Next it'll be 'rice burners...'

[RizzoTheRat]

Trabi601 said:

I always think European bike cops look much cooler than ours.

Agreed. Also get a lot of them on bicycles round here too. Saw a guy cycling along the other day with 10 bicycle coppers behind him, I think I'd have stopped and pretended to have a rummage in my bag or something if it had been me

Gunk said:

That word drives me nuts, it's an Americanism off the Internet forums, I've never heard anyone in this country actually use that term. It's a fking car!

Interesting, I've heard/seen it a fair bit, but never from an American.

[AH33]

You shouldn't wear one because someone will realise you're not a copper, just some dork in a stupid vest, and overtake you at 120 with a 1 inch gap, just to prove a point.

[PIGINAWIG]

techguyone said:

LOL 'cage' I haven't heard that word since I stopped getting Back Street Heroes mag in the 80's.

Next it'll be 'rice burners...'

Almost as shameful as 'lol'

[Biker 1]

First up: apologies for any offence caused using the American(??) slang term 'cage' in lieu of the correct term 'car' - seemed like a good idea at the time..... Not sure the use thereof 'invalidates my opinion' though.

Anyway, this appears to be a bit of a divisive issue. A straw poll would suggest the majority are anti 'polite' vests; I for one can't stand the things. Hi viz is great for builders, stadium stewards, emergency services etc. However, I recently went to the Science Museum in London, & simply couldn't see the point of a group of school children wandering around in hi viz vests....

[RizzoTheRat]

Biker 1 said:

Anyway, this appears to be a bit of a divisive issue. A straw poll would suggest the majority are anti 'polite' vests; I for one can't stand the things. Hi viz is great for builders, stadium stewards, emergency services etc. However, I recently went to the Science Museum in London, & simply couldn't see the point of a group of school children wandering around in hi viz vests....

A mate who works in the construction industry reckons these days because everyone's wearing high vis you tune it out and tend to notice the person not wearing it

Living in Aldershot I tend to see people dressed like this quite often, which I always find amusing

[Biker 1]

RizzoTheRat said:

Living in Aldershot I tend to see people dressed like this quite often, which I always find amusing

How do they carry out ambushes against the Taliban/IS etc with this sort of uniform?

[snorky782]

RizzoTheRat said:

A mate who works in the construction industry reckons these days because everyone's wearing high vis you tune it out and tend to notice the person not wearing it

Living in Aldershot I tend to see people dressed like this quite often, which I always find amusing

What's funny about a load of hi viz vests floating about in mid air?

[Fleegle]

RizzoTheRat said:

A mate who works in the construction industry reckons these days because everyone's wearing high vis you tune it out and tend to notice the person not wearing it

They were initially introduced for traffic management on building sites. Its utter madness that even carpet fitters are expected to wear them these days

[mitzy]

PIGINAWIG said:

techguyone said:

LOL 'cage' I haven't heard that word since I stopped getting Back Street Heroes mag in the 80's.

Next it'll be 'rice burners...'

Almost as shameful as 'lol'

....What's Rice Burners ?

[snorky782]

mitzy said:

PIGINAWIG said:

techguyone said:

LOL 'cage' I haven't heard that word since I stopped getting Back Street Heroes mag in the 80's.

Next it'll be 'rice burners...'

Almost as shameful as 'lol'

....What's Rice Burners ?

I had to google it too. It's a derogatory name for any vehicle from Japan, although mainly aimed at bikes.

[black-k1]

snorky782 said:

mitzy said:

PIGINAWIG said:

techguyone said:

LOL 'cage' I haven't heard that word since I stopped getting Back Street Heroes mag in the 80's.

Next it'll be 'rice burners...'

Almost as shameful as 'lol'

....What's Rice Burners ?

I had to google it too. It's a derogatory name for any vehicle from Japan, although mainly aimed at bikes.

... mainly used by riders of geriatric British ste that pissed oil everywhere, rattled bits off both bike and rider on a regular basis and had the performance of a Japanese bike of less than half the capacity.

[Biker 1]

black-k1 said:

... mainly used by riders of geriatric British ste that pissed oil everywhere, rattled bits off both bike and rider on a regular basis and had the performance of a Japanese bike of less than half the capacity.

Is there such thing as a rice burning cage?

[techguyone]

I've mainly heard the term used by Americans on Harleys etc as a derogatory term, rather than Brits on Triumphs or whatever.
I suspect that as Jap bikes have become more mainstream in the states it's died off into obscurity (I first heard it in the early 80's)

[Pothole]

Biker 1 said:

black-k1 said:

... mainly used by riders of geriatric British ste that pissed oil everywhere, rattled bits off both bike and rider on a regular basis and had the performance of a Japanese bike of less than half the capacity.

Is there such thing as a rice burning cage?

Depends how good a cook you are...

[Dibble]

Here's a couple of shots of one of my high viz overjackets... Despite having a white bike, I'm NEVER tempted to wear it when I'm riding





I'm well and truly in the "Polite vest wearers are tts; avoid" camp.

[WJNB]

cat with a hat said:

I like that, shame its like £500 :9

Don't understand what it's 'like'. Like what?

[WJNB]

Choosing a very early hour when there are lots of staff & 'jobsworths' about, adopting 'I own the place' body language AND wearing a High Vis vest that says something about safe roads has got me into a number of VERY expensive motoring events for nothing.

[Triaguar]

I have finally got to the bottom of who actually wears these silly things and it is you Southerners. Just been in that London for a few days and sat outside Edward Lear on Holloway Road in Islington for just one hour and seven of the things went past.

It all now makes perfect sense.