Hi-viz tabard - slogan ideas needed!

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So, as we're not meant to be wearing our "polite" tabards (which I've found to work very well - but ho hum)

I was thinking of having my plain hi-viz printed with my own slogan - so, who has any good ideas that will make drivers slow down, take note and not get me into trouble!!
 
Does my arse look big on this...
Single...
Tesco home delivery...
Slow the ******* down or I'll shoot yah..
 
Well it says something along the lines of not endorsed by the police and as I've got an old plain one hanging around thought I could put it to good use as I never hack out unless I look like a Christmas tree!
 
I like the 'we don't dent we die' one too.
Or on the back have 'caution, low cut top' or 'warning- escaping cleavage'.
 
I was thinking of doing this a few weeks ago. Id put "Thank you for Slowing Down"
So many people think horse riders are stuck up arrogant toffs, that we need to be as courteous as possible. I know when Im riding a horse that is being a douche bag, I wish there was someway of saying thankyou for being patiant...-
 
GeeUp&Go said:
I was thinking of doing this a few weeks ago. Id put "Thank you for Slowing Down"
So many people think horse riders are stuck up arrogant toffs, that we need to be as courteous as possible. I know when Im riding a horse that is being a douche bag, I wish there was someway of saying thankyou for being patiant...-
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I like this one.
 
GeeUp&Go said:
I was thinking of doing this a few weeks ago. Id put "Thank you for Slowing Down"
So many people think horse riders are stuck up arrogant toffs, that we need to be as courteous as possible. I know when Im riding a horse that is being a douche bag, I wish there was someway of saying thankyou for being patiant...-
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How about a wave even if they are being a pratt you can normally give a quick wave.
 
I like the "Thank you for slowing down" suggestion, tho' personally I'd abbreviate that to "Thanks for passing slowly". OR perhaps "Thanks for passing wide & slow" (a bit too wordy perhaps?). On one of my tabards it says "Please pass wide and slow" and TBH I don't think this can be bettered?

The main thing I think is to firstly keep it courteous, and secondly to remember that the motorist has approximately 3 seconds to read and digest any message given. Not long!

I'm not sure it makes good road-sense to have anything too cheeky or "funny" either TBH. We need to give out the right message here (i.e. safety paramount and also an element of courtesy) , and I'm not sure this is the right approach.

Someone I was speaking to recently (can't remember who - age again!) said that he'd rather wait 3 minutes for a horse rider to pass than have to wait 30 mins for am ambulance to come............ which is so very true. So if someone could abbreviate that????
 
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I have 'Thank-you for slowing down' printed on mine - it only cost £6.99 from ebay with personalised words :) It means I don't feel obliged to wave at every car that passes me from behind as well as in front :D
 
In a recent discussion with a BHS Road Safety person, she said not to have ANYTHING which might in any way admit any sort of liability in the event of an accident, eg. 'Caution ...' etc. Even 'Please Pass Wide & Slow' admits you are a potential hazard, apparently ...
 
Also as previously mentioned, you want to avoid antagonising the 'good' drivers, and the bad ones will probably just do what they want regardless of any advice/info they are given ...
 
RunToEarth said:
I would imagine that if someone slowed down and passed you in a sensible manner, reading that would just really annoy them, and they may not slow down next time.
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Quite.

I think witty ones have the potential to annoy or distract drivers and potentially look really bad in the event of an accident. At the very least they make a joke out of a serious issue.

Personally my hi-viz doesn't have any text. I don't think drivers often read them and I worry about what they say being used against me. If I was going to wear one with wording it would be something simple and to the point "Please Pass Wide and Slow", "caution", "Slow", "Caution Horse and Rider" etc. I also like the ones that just show the roadsign warning triangle - it gets the message accross without any words.

I do like "Thank you for passing slowly" or similar, I think the way it assumes that the motorist has been courteous rather than assuming that they won't be is a clever trick.
 
aeg123 said:
In a recent discussion with a BHS Road Safety person, she said not to have ANYTHING which might in any way admit any sort of liability in the event of an accident, eg. 'Caution ...' etc. Even 'Please Pass Wide & Slow' admits you are a potential hazard, apparently ...
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I agree that you shouldn't "admit liability" in any way but I don't think "Please Pass Wide and Slow" is a problem or "caution horse and rider" all you are doing is reminding the driver of the highway code.

I do think riders should avoid things like "young horse" or similar.
 
smile you are on camera.
but maybe instead of the word smile put a smiley face and maybe a pic of a camera, it makes them think that if they do something wrong they will be filmed but if you do pics then it's not as 'harsh' as the wording.
 
Goldenstar said:
Save your money wear your polite one.
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Maybe black out the POLITE bit, though. Got this email via Horsewatch:

'Over recent months a number of complaints have been received by police forces nationally regarding horse riders wearing clothing that closely resembles police uniform. The complaints focussed on members of the public having been mistaken for being police officers due to the design of the high visibility clothing that they, or their mounts, were wearing. As a result legal guidance was sought which has concluded that any item of clothing that has been manufactured to match the characteristics of police uniform is at risk of contravening legislation, namely Section 90 Police Act 1996. The ultimate decision about the legitimacy of any individual product is yet to be defined conclusively by any court, but the legal standard as enacted is an objective measure of whether the clothing worn by an individual, and/or their horse, would give the impression that that rider is a police officer when they are not. As such, any wording displayed on clothing which is similar in appearance to 'POLICE' (ie in a shape, format or font used on police uniform), even if spelt differently, would leave the wearer at risk of breaching the law, particularly if the other characteristics (eg yellow material, chequered banding) are present. It is apparent that this issue has been subject to considerable debate through equine forums and there is therefore a need to clarify the position from the police's perspective so that riders can appreciate the risks associated with wearing such products and/or designs. This is also an opportunity to confirm that whilst the police would support any work to make the roads safer, no particular high visibility product that closely resembles police uniform or manufacturer of such clothing is endorsed or recommended, nor have they ever been so.'
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