Only in Dublin… @DubCityCouncil workers stopping this low-vis cyclist and giving her the high-vis off their back! pic.twitter.com/x0gOG50zg1
— Martyn Rosney (@martynrosney) November 26, 2015
Mmf.
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Only in Dublin… @DubCityCouncil workers stopping this low-vis cyclist and giving her the high-vis off their back! pic.twitter.com/x0gOG50zg1
— Martyn Rosney (@martynrosney) November 26, 2015
Mmf.
Really don’t understand stupid people who cycle in the dark wearing dark clothes on.
No need for the “on”. No need.
Hangs head in shame.
Turn the lights out as you leave. And you must carry the great weight of shame…. the bins need putting out.
What difference does it make if they have their lights on like she has?
Those lights are often hard to see, especially in dusk or rain.
Lights, purposely built to omit a bright light, are hard to see but a bit of clothing that omits not light isn’t? Absolute rubbish.
It’s always a good idea to improve your visibility when cycling at night. Lights help, so do high viz.
Vote Rep #1 is not intelligent. Arguing against added visibility.
You see motor cyclists with them too, sure they’re just wearing them for the fashion statement yeah?
Dzzzzzope.
Clothing doesn’t emit light, it reflects it. Dark clothing is harder to see than bright yellow clothing as it doesn’t reflect the same amount of light.
Would like to offer the girl a complete set of mybrightbike lights.
All she has to do is email me at look@mybrightbike.com with her name address and what colour she prefers and will post a set out to her.
One of the most noticeable lights for bikes.
Have you ever been out of doors in a city after 5pm in the winter? Even with lights cyclists are really hard to see. If I were a commuter on a bike I’d be wearing everything I can to ensure I don’t get squished by a van or having a pedestrian walk straight into my way on the road (I’ve seen this many times- pedestrians seem to only see cars when they start jaywalking- its frightening).
If visibility is low, slow down. Don’t assume everyone is wearing high-vis silly tops, including pedestrians and cyclists. Cars hit people, not the other way around.
Agree. There are also people who drive cars without lights or with one missing.
There’s no enforcement of vehicle lighting laws in this country whatsoever, outside the NCT. Well, there is – everybody’s individual version of them.
Could be a nice little (little?) earner for the gardaí, fining everyone who has either a light blown or runs around with fog lamps on when it’s not snowy or foggy, which seems like most people sometimes.
she has lights on, hi viz vest not required squire.
Them’s reflectors
I thought, I found a way to enter
It’s just a reflektor.
So why don’t you use it?
Try not to bruise it
Buy time don’t lose it :)
Their finest hour….
https://youtu.be/mINh8ZOWSLw
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Choon!
Are they? They seem awfully bright if so.
*dubious*
*angry*
*sips limoncello*
If they are just reflectors, then she is an idiot.
… so she just needs to also become a keyboard warrior, then she has what it takes to join your club, right?
what club is that exactly? I firstly said that just lights were all that was necessary. If you feel that disagreeing with someone cycling in the dark without lights makes someone a keyboard warrior, then fine.
Calling someone you don’t know an idiot from behind your anonymity makes you look pretty bad in my view. That is what keyboard warriors do, and what you called her kind of suits this brave group equally.
I call anyone who cycles without lights in the dark through a city an idiot because its a dangerously idiotic thing to do. If she were standing in front of me, I would tell her to her face but she is not so I do here instead. Do you believe that cycling through the city in the dark without any lights is a dangerously idiotic thing to do or are you cool with it?
Very sweet of them.
Fair play – a Hi-vis along might not be required by law, but it’s appreciated by drivers!
Interesting how this statement is a recognition that the issue here is the danger that drivers pose to cyclists and pedestrian due to their their limited ability to see. But nobody is saying that drivers should slow down until they are no longer a threat to others.
And drive everywhere at 12kph?
Unfortunately a lot of cyclists don’t think they have a need to wear bright clothes, use lights, or cycle properly. They get no training at all.
Drivers at least get training but many forget it along the way.
What about the pedestrians? Are they more visible? Less likely to walk in front of a car?
Should speed not be questioned when it is a threat to your biped targets?
FFS, if you can’t see well enough and your ability to control your cage to avoid running over somebody is compromised, then even 12 kph is too fast. You sound like you think that your fecking time is more important than the life of people who are not in cars!
My time is more important to me. That’s why I spend more time cycling than I do driving.
Drivers don’t get trained for night driving… unless things have changed….
Funny thing is that a lot of what you learn for day time driving also applies to night time driving.
8:49 AM? this was taken this morning. Hardly pitch black out.
They’re from ISIS, it’s actually a hi-vis Burka they’ve given her.
I use lights, multiple reflectors and a full hi-vis jacket when cycling.
But sometimes, I think motorists choose to not see me cycling. That’s how it seems anyway. You know, turning left when I’m on their left, pulling into the traffic right in front of me, little things like that. Strange eh?
Cue joke about “helmet”.
Fair point to be fair
See has two red reflectors, one of which has a red light (bottom one). She also has white reflective bands on her tyres.
It’s a Bear dutch bicycle if I’m not mistaken.
Why doesn’t the black car have some reflective panelling?
Worst argument ever. For starters the cars brain (or any part) isn’t made soft squishy living matter. Dzzzzzope.
Yeh, but cars kill a couple of hundred ppl a year. So usually the danger advertises itself, like amber flashing lights on a jcb.
Maybe cars could use that voice from bus eireann luggage doors, instead of lights?
Black cars are 47 % more likely to be in an accident. So let’s start with them.
“Warning: Black car operating, stand clear”
Bit like the chungwan that came flying off the footpath into my bonnet the other night. Not a light, a helmet and dressed in dark clothes. My fault appearantly. Thankfully 2 locals spotted it and bollokd her out of it before I did
And was your car painted in hi-viz colours with reflective stripes? No? How was she expected to see it? And were you wearing a helmet? Broken skulls kill far more motorists than cyclists, as they hit the windscreen and smssshhhwatermelon. And did you have the radio on? How can you expect to hear the other traffic when you’re concentrating on listening to Documentary on One?