High vis jackets on show
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Had a good one today. bloke driving a silver 3 series bmw estate e46, at 40 mph then up to a steady 50 on clear straight A roads, with a hi viz on the back of the drivers seat. What a t
t, and there was a queue of cars, no one overtaking..
Why do they do it?
t, and there was a queue of cars, no one overtaking..Why do they do it?
Edited by The Spruce goose on Monday 5th March 20:18
The Spruce goose said:
had a good one today. bloke driving a silver 3 series bmw estate e46, at 40 mph then up to a steady 50 on a roads clear straight roads, with a hi viz on the back of the drivers seat. What a tt, and there was a queue of cars no one overtaking..
Why do they do it?
Here is the answert, and there was a queue of cars no one overtaking..Why do they do it?
Work men, probably. Or any member of the design team - architect, QS, structural engineer, etc.
I hate them, but I'm a nancy that hops between puddles, refuses to wear rigger boots with a suit, and generally hate being on site.
I genuinely can't understand why people assume it's showing off, or making up for a tiny willy, or wanting to be police. Assuming that says more about them than the people wearing high viz jackets, to be honest. If you wear one every day chances are sticking it on the parcel shelf is a bit of a non event. Especially if you're only doing it to keep your jacket separate from the other three you carry in case the people you're meeting have forgot their own but still need in for a valuation or whatever.
I hate them, but I'm a nancy that hops between puddles, refuses to wear rigger boots with a suit, and generally hate being on site.
I genuinely can't understand why people assume it's showing off, or making up for a tiny willy, or wanting to be police. Assuming that says more about them than the people wearing high viz jackets, to be honest. If you wear one every day chances are sticking it on the parcel shelf is a bit of a non event. Especially if you're only doing it to keep your jacket separate from the other three you carry in case the people you're meeting have forgot their own but still need in for a valuation or whatever.
Edited by iphonedyou on Monday 5th March 20:27
iphonedyou said:
Work men, probably. Or any member of the design team - architect, QS, structural engineer, etc.
I hate them, but I'm a nancy that hops between puddles, refuses to wear rigger boots with a suit, and generally hate being on site.
I genuinely can't understand why people assume it's showing off, or making up for a tiny willy, or wanting to be police. Assuming that says more about them than the people wearing high viz jackets, to be honest. If you wear one every day chances are sticking it on the parcel shelf is a bit of a non event. Especially if you're only doing it to keep your jacket separate from the other three you carry in case the people you're meeting have forgot their own but still need in for a valuation or whatever.
Putting something on the parcel shelf requires effort above and beyond bunging it in the footwell.....I hate them, but I'm a nancy that hops between puddles, refuses to wear rigger boots with a suit, and generally hate being on site.
I genuinely can't understand why people assume it's showing off, or making up for a tiny willy, or wanting to be police. Assuming that says more about them than the people wearing high viz jackets, to be honest. If you wear one every day chances are sticking it on the parcel shelf is a bit of a non event. Especially if you're only doing it to keep your jacket separate from the other three you carry in case the people you're meeting have forgot their own but still need in for a valuation or whatever.
Edited by iphonedyou on Monday 5th March 20:27
These are very popular around my way with horse-riders.
There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
astroarcadia said:
These are very popular around my way with horse-riders.
There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
What a grand idea. As motorists approach they will slow down, thinking it may be a police horse. Seeing it's just a sad case, they'll then drop a cog and roar off past, scaring the horses. Mind you, mounted police are fairly easy to spot, given the batons they carry!There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
Mind you, I fairly expect my Impreza to be terrifying some horses this summer; the flat four chorus is the scourge of the countryside, the boxer burble the bane of the horse rider.
astroarcadia said:
These are very popular around my way with horse-riders.
There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
My sister has these & 2 horses. Got stopped in the village the other day by a lady asking "are you a police women then", no she says, pointing out it says POLITE, not police, oh that's a coincidence says the old lady, my husband is a retired chief officer (of some description) and he's always remarking how nice it is that the village has it's own mounted police horsewoman and how he always says hello. My sister remarks that it's odd she's never seen this police horse/lady. Next day she's out on the stouter horse and some old bloke that always says hello waved again - then the penny dropped.There is a whole range of this stuff!
http://www.equisafety.com/polite
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Or driving in them ...... does seem a bit of a knob thing.
I wear my hiviz jacket all the time, it the cheapest waterproof jacket you can buy and as a mechanic i'm not laying on the ground and getting greasy in a decent jacket.I'm also in and out of the scrap yard and brakers all the time and they are mandatory in there, i spose it w
kish cos i carry a hard hat with me all the time as well ?
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