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It's been said before on here, about the advantages of carrying a Hi-Viz jacket in the car in the event of a breakdown, accident or whenever you find yourself out of the car on a dark road....
Have a look at the website below, which offers hi-viz jackets at a very reasonable price, IMO.
www.icu-ucme.com/about.htm
Having attended at an accident this week, where a passenger, having alighted from a vehicle involved in one collision was then struck by another passing vehicle...the importance of always carrying such a jacket cannot be over stressed.
Street
Have a look at the website below, which offers hi-viz jackets at a very reasonable price, IMO.
www.icu-ucme.com/about.htm
Having attended at an accident this week, where a passenger, having alighted from a vehicle involved in one collision was then struck by another passing vehicle...the importance of always carrying such a jacket cannot be over stressed.
Street
V6GTO said:
I can confirm medicineman's comments. I live in Spain and I have to carry 2 hi-vis jackets, a triange, a complete set of bulbs and even somthing to stop myself from freezing to death if I break down in the mountains. I should have bought a pick-up, not a Noble! Martin.
It must be a real pain having to carry a 'hot blonde' in the car to keep you warm in the mountains.
Yep got a florescent bib. I also keep an old pullover and an old wax jacket...Oh and a first aid kit. Then there is the red triangle, fire extinguisher, a length of rope and a torch.
Nearly forgot a pair of wellies, a hat and a pair of gloves. Tool kit, a road atlas and some local OS maps. You never know!
Nearly forgot a pair of wellies, a hat and a pair of gloves. Tool kit, a road atlas and some local OS maps. You never know!
C C said:
Yep got a florescent bib. I also keep an old pullover and an old wax jacket...Oh and a first aid kit. Then there is the red triangle, fire extinguisher, a length of rope and a torch.
Nearly forgot a pair of wellies, a hat and a pair of gloves. Tool kit, a road atlas and some local OS maps. You never know!
You forgot something....
The kitchen sink!!..........
andygo said:
I can confirm medicineman's comments. I live in Spain and I have to carry 2 hi-vis jackets, a triange, a complete set of bulbs and even somthing to stop myself from freezing to death if I break down in the mountains. I should have bought a pick-up, not a Noble! Martin.
It must be a real pain having to carry a 'hot blonde' in the car to keep you warm in the mountains.
Andy..
Some might not have got that joke...so I'll illustrate it better;
Street
FunkyNige said:
Was it someone on PH that said they got pulled over with a hi-vis in the boot and the policeman said he could get done for inpersonating a ploiceman?
No...that'll be bollox mate....
I often take the piss out of members of the public who's thrill it is to throw hi-viz jackets on the parcel shelf of their Volvo or Omega, and enjoy the reaction of passing traffic....
However, there's no real offence in it, just a wannabe traffic cop syndrome....
Street
Streetcop said:
Was it someone on PH that said they got pulled over with a hi-vis in the boot and the policeman said he could get done for inpersonating a ploiceman?
No...that'll be bollox mate....
I often take the piss out of members of the public who's thrill it is to throw hi-viz jackets on the parcel shelf of their Volvo or Omega, and enjoy the reaction of passing traffic....
However, there's no real offence in it, just a wannabe traffic cop syndrome....
Street
Curses! Another TripleS master plan bites the dust. No matter, I was minus the Volvo and Omega anyhow.
I still fancy some nice lighting effects though, but I expect you're going to tell me those would be illegal as well. Is there no way I can grab an unfair advantage?
On the other hand, with the satnav unit stuck on the base of the windscreen, plus another inside mirror and a few dummy aerials I might manage to put the wind up ca092003.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Streetcop said:
On the other hand, with the satnav unit stuck on the base of the windscreen, plus another inside mirror and a few dummy aerials I might manage to put the wind up ca092003.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Street
Well I'm sure you wouldn't want me to be miserable and crotchety all the time.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
I can vouch for the usefulness of hi-vis clothing in the car - a recent example:
I was travelling up the M1 from London on Sunday 10 October, about 8pm, as we had a DR facility test at Sungard in Coventry on the Monday at 9am.
Approaching J9 in lane 3 (overtaking various vehicles) I see a number of cars brake lights come on ahead in all three lanes; I also see a number of vehicles move from lane 3 to lane 2 for a short time, and then back into lane 3. Assuming there is either an incident or debris in lane 3, I put my hazards on and slow down on approach.
A vehicle was stationary in lane 3, nose into the central reservation, but no apparent damage. The four occupants of the vehicle were milling about behind the vehicle - no apparent injuries but being a qualified first aider and having been in the Red Cross ambulance service for three years I thought I had better take a look in case of any injuries, there being no other emergency services in attendance.
I pull up beyond the casualty vehicle, hazards on, get out and put on my hi-vis coat. The occupants of the vehicle are Asian in origin - two adults and two teens - the adults have no English and the teens have no clue what to do. I tell them to get over the barrier into the central reservation and to phone 999 from their mobile while I place my warning triangle about 50 yards behind the cas vehicle.
Turns out they've driven up and over a spare wheel that's landed on the carriageway and now can't move the car. None of them have any hi-vis on, no warning triangle, just wandering about in lane 3 of the M1 with no protection.
They don;t know where they are so hand me the phone - I tell Plod that we're about half a mile north of J9...Plod controller girlie says it would have been better to use the emergency phones, I say screw that, love, they're on the hard shoulder and I'm in lane 3 - and she says fair enough, hold tight and a unit's on the way.
I still have my Maglite with the lightcone attachment from my Red Cross days so I stand behind the triangle waving traffic from lane 3 into lane 2 with this until Plod arrives and sorts stuff out. All turned out alright but could have been a complete nightmare.
Moral: Carry a hi-vis, even if it's only a waistcoat, cos it may save your life and others around you.
I was travelling up the M1 from London on Sunday 10 October, about 8pm, as we had a DR facility test at Sungard in Coventry on the Monday at 9am.
Approaching J9 in lane 3 (overtaking various vehicles) I see a number of cars brake lights come on ahead in all three lanes; I also see a number of vehicles move from lane 3 to lane 2 for a short time, and then back into lane 3. Assuming there is either an incident or debris in lane 3, I put my hazards on and slow down on approach.
A vehicle was stationary in lane 3, nose into the central reservation, but no apparent damage. The four occupants of the vehicle were milling about behind the vehicle - no apparent injuries but being a qualified first aider and having been in the Red Cross ambulance service for three years I thought I had better take a look in case of any injuries, there being no other emergency services in attendance.
I pull up beyond the casualty vehicle, hazards on, get out and put on my hi-vis coat. The occupants of the vehicle are Asian in origin - two adults and two teens - the adults have no English and the teens have no clue what to do. I tell them to get over the barrier into the central reservation and to phone 999 from their mobile while I place my warning triangle about 50 yards behind the cas vehicle.
Turns out they've driven up and over a spare wheel that's landed on the carriageway and now can't move the car. None of them have any hi-vis on, no warning triangle, just wandering about in lane 3 of the M1 with no protection.
They don;t know where they are so hand me the phone - I tell Plod that we're about half a mile north of J9...Plod controller girlie says it would have been better to use the emergency phones, I say screw that, love, they're on the hard shoulder and I'm in lane 3 - and she says fair enough, hold tight and a unit's on the way.
I still have my Maglite with the lightcone attachment from my Red Cross days so I stand behind the triangle waving traffic from lane 3 into lane 2 with this until Plod arrives and sorts stuff out. All turned out alright but could have been a complete nightmare.
Moral: Carry a hi-vis, even if it's only a waistcoat, cos it may save your life and others around you.
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