Follow on from High Viz thread- The best i heard!

[McNally]

After tacking up my horse one late afternoon in winter to get in a very quick hack, He was donned up in reflective boots and sheet and i had a tabard on.
Friend appears from her stable looking great new black jacket and lovely navy fleece on her horse, and commented......

"oh he (my horse) looks so good in luminous yellow, I wish i could use High Viz on my horse but you just cant with chestnuts, It clashes"

Me :-O yea, umm, so will blood red and chestnut be the "in" colour scheme this winter then!!!

Was last winter but still amuses/annoys me!

 

[Chestnut mare]

U have got to be kidding!! My chestnut mare wears hi-viz and she looks ok lol! Even if it didn't safety first eh!!

 

[McNally]

Really? Gosh what ever must you look like ;-P - Mines Bay and apparently thats just fine *phew*

 

[laura_lor]

Wow, talk about priorities!

 

[Arizahn]

Thank goodness mine is grey! But to be safe I bought pink hi-vis

 

[SaharaS]

Thank goodness mine is grey! But to be safe I bought pink hi-vis

I am a very bad mother...no wonder one of my boy's has been miserable lately...I make him wear PINK...oh...and he's a chestnut tut tut;-D

 

[Arizahn]

I am a very bad mother...no wonder one of my boy's has been miserable lately...I make him wear PINK...oh...and he's a chestnut tut tut;-D

You naughty person, you

 

[SaharaS]

You naughty person, you

He looks like this > serves him right for having longer legs than me!
even my dog dons his neons despite being huge & pure white..he LOVES his flashing lead and brings me his hi-viz sheet HIMSELF before we go anywhere if its a dimly lit day or nearing dusk....he's just very tho!!

 

[kerilli]

After tacking up my horse one late afternoon in winter to get in a very quick hack, He was donned up in reflective boots and sheet and i had a tabard on.
Friend appears from her stable looking great new black jacket and lovely navy fleece on her horse, and commented......

"oh he (my horse) looks so good in luminous yellow, I wish i could use High Viz on my horse but you just cant with chestnuts, It clashes"

Some people are, lamentably, just too thick to keep horses safely imho. ffs.

 

[Arizahn]

He looks like this > serves him right for having longer legs than me!
even my dog dons his neons despite being huge & pure white..he LOVES his flashing lead and brings me his hi-viz sheet HIMSELF before we go anywhere if its a dimly lit day or nearing dusk....he's just very tho!!

I would love to get my dogs flashing collars but I have photosensitive epilepsy so have to make do with non flashy stuff

 

[madsetter]

Quick someone call the fashion police! Mine is chestnut and wears yellow. Found that the yellow neoprene tail guard stops the cars from sitting on her hocks! People really make me mad I heard it the other day when a mother was saying to her daughter that people that wear Hi Viz look like they are special! Yes we are special as we actually care that are horses can be seen!

 

[jalapeno]

Maybe you should show her green and orange hi-viz! surely they can't be wrong!!

 

[kerilli]

People really make me mad I heard it the other day when a mother was saying to her daughter that people that wear Hi Viz look like they are special! Yes we are special as we actually care that are horses can be seen!

when i was a working pupil i was told by the boss's girlfriend that bright colours (just scarlet hat silk and bright jacket, not hi-viz either back then) looked 'unprofessional'. honestly. 'special'?! fgs.

 

[Irishbabygirl]

A friend of mine said that wearing hi-vis makes you look like a novice! What a joke!

 

[Vixen Van Debz]

Red lights just don't suit my pink car: must remove the brakes so it stops clashing...

*bangs head repeatedly off table*

 

[mulledwhine]

Fluorescent is sooo 1980's

 

[caitlineloise]

A friend of mine said that wearing hi-vis makes you look like a novice! What a joke!

Good lord.

 

[Irishbabygirl]

I know, I was shocked! I don't leave the yard without mine!

 

[SaharaS]

I would love to get my dogs flashing collars but I have photosensitive epilepsy so have to make do with non flashy stuff

Sorry to hear that, that must be a nightmare around Christmas:-( I do actually keep his flashy colar on 'constant' as it gives me a headache and to be honest, I have nearly hit cyclists before with flashy lights as if you blink at the wrong moment with some of them just at the wrong second you don't see them...some of the busy lights are not so good I think...

another thing to do is get a massively reflective yellow neon & checkered silk...tho I am not advising anyone to have the words police ..or to impresonate a mounted officer...they DO have a far bigger impact as people instantly slow down faster ('oh **** was I speeding' kicks in!) tho there would be nothign stopping you having PLEASE where police would be....and slow down in tiny print under hehehe...

 

[laura_lor]

People really make me mad I heard it the other day when a mother was saying to her daughter that people that wear Hi Viz look like they are special!

Wow, what an example to set her child! I wonder what this mother would say to her daughter if she were to be out on her bike on a dark evening? The importance of Hi Viz was always taught at my school, I remember being given those band things that you can slap on your wrists every year.

Special indeed...she sounds like a clueless idiot to me!

 

[ebonyallen]

So what is this fashion over safety ! words fail me

 

[jalapeno]

another thing to do is get a massively reflective yellow neon & checkered silk...tho I am not advising anyone to have the words police ..or to impresonate a mounted officer...they DO have a far bigger impact as people instantly slow down faster ('oh **** was I speeding' kicks in!) tho there would be nothign stopping you having PLEASE where police would be....and slow down in tiny print under hehehe...

http://www.farmway.co.uk/equine-2/f...medium=ppc&utm_term=8911&utm_campaign=froogle

 

[SaharaS]

http://www.farmway.co.uk/equine-2/f...medium=ppc&utm_term=8911&utm_campaign=froogle

EXCELLENT!!!!x

 

[kerilli]

EXCELLENT!!!!x

that's the one i have. it works. i'm sure i see a difference in how much 99% of cars coming from behind me slow down. an excellent design.

 

[Toast]

Wow, how the hell am i gonna cope when i start hacking my appy?! Cant possibly put luminous yellow on a leopard spot.. im gonna have to give this some serious thought!

 

[SaharaS]

Wow, how the hell am i gonna cope when i start hacking my appy?! Cant possibly put luminous yellow on a leopard spot.. im gonna have to give this some serious thought!

pink with purple for sure!...or...I'm sure you've seen the glitter hoof oil...you could always just spray her spots or unspotty bits fluorescent? Now if that doesn't work...NOTHING will!