Poor bugger in the road didn't look good

[Pete.]

Seen a poor lad in the road this morning on the corner of Lambeth Rd and Kennington road. Cops were just wheeling his silver moped away, he was laying in the road wrapped in a blanket (not his head though) with two paramedics bending over him. Not moving at all, poor sod. Hope he was ok.

[chalky143]

eeeeeek, hpe he was okies :S
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[zenith10]

poor lad hope hes ok. seems to be a lot of bikers ivolved in a lot of accidents recently

[LustyLew]

Simple reason for this.

Winter's coming. Roads are starting to get damp in the morning. Light is getting poorer in the mornings/evenings.

I think November statistically has the highest rate of accidents due to the change in weather/lighting conditions. People forget that it's harder to drive in the dark, so make more mistakes and miss things they'd normally see in good light.

Time to dig out the high-viz gear me thinks!
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[Ork12]

Hope he's ok

[TOM M]

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[lllN30lll]

2 paramedics Bending him over????

oh ahh
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[Jack_Cheese]

Fuck hi-vis, i think ill stick with my black lid, black gloves, black boots, black pants and black bike.
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[Jack_Cheese]

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[Vaxius]

Hi-Vis! I think this calls for some Vax photoshop wizardry...

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[Vaxius]

Hope the fellow is ok though Good luck to the lad.
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[sagiliam]

[Paivi]

[Ferret]

[Gazdaman]

I agree with Ferret.

Hi-vis may look gay if you're a power ranger/straightline hero. If you actually intend on arriving regularly at your destination, it's a damn good idea.

Gaz

[Jack_Cheese]

[Gazdaman]

That's such bollocks.

With the sun behind you, anything will look dark. Reflective jacket wrapped in xmas lights for example!

Again, if I'm riding with a reflective jacket on, I'm most likely not wearing it in the day, but if I am, I very much doubt anyone's going to mistake me for a hedge!!

Bare in mind I'm also riding a large, blue, very loud motorbike, and MOVING. Hedges don't do that.

Also, it's REFLECTIVE, hedges aren't.

Kthx.

Gaz

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[Jack_Cheese]

[lumphammer]

On the subject of hi-viz, does anyone have any comments on the use of an h-belt made from the really reflective lensy-type material compared with a jacket with the not-so-reflective grey-coloured material.

[GearboxGeezer]

Well you could say the same thing about leathers and stuff.... And that is true in some cases.

Way I see it is, When im driving a car, I see a motorcycle with a yellow jacket, it dosnt really show up that well in my mirrors anyway.

But it could be a lifesaver if you end up in the road and it didnt get ripped off.

What ever floats your boat I guess, I personally like looking like a poweranger