HiViz: Facebook campaign to make it 'compulsory' by insurance companies

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The idea is: (This is not my idea, please note...)

Hi all,

I have just sent up a FB page to raise awareness for the importance of Reflective Wear whilst hacking.

I'm trying to get a many members as I can so that I can approach insurance companies about making it compulsory!

Help!!


I, Crockshard;), quote a post from the page discussion group...





Julie THINK VERY CAREFULLY ......PLEASE!


We have enough legislation in our lives, let it remain an individual choice.
If there were to be legislation or conditions on your insurance, where would it end? Would we have to wear reflective clothing on road drives and on the marathon, (in the case of carriage drivers) in case we went on a road or crossed a road to get to a track? Would the beautiful horse drawn hearse or wedding carriage look as good covered in high vis? Where do you draw the line?
Would you have to tog up to walk down your drive and cross the road to the bridleways or forest? You might say no BUT should an accident occur whilst crossing a road your insurance would be invalid.
Your suggestion has far reaching implications that need very careful consideration as once implemented it's extremely difficult to go back and it could adversely affect a large number of people in ways that one hasn’t even perceived.
In addition IF for some reason you have not got reflective gear on and a claim is made against you, you run the risk of losing your property and possessions when you are sued and your insurance has been invalidated. The bill will lie firmly at your feet.
It is a dangerous game you are playing, you are giving insurance companies yet more loopholes to avoid paying out to equestrians when an accident is very often not their fault but that of a careless driver.
I strongly urge you to EDUCATE not LEGISLATE.

Any thoughts, people?
 
"I am a rider and I always wear a reflective jacket/ vest at the very least.

I am sick to death of seeing riders out without any reflective wear.

Most of us wear dark clothing around horses and if its dim light you can't see them and if its bright you cant especially in the shade of the hedges/ trees.

I want to start a campaign make it a requirement by insurance companies to wear them on the roads at all times.

For this I really need as many people as I can to join this page so I can present my case to them. "
 
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/getyourhorseseen/signatures

well, there is an online petition, which so far has 20 signatures! And the FB page has 447 people who like it... Should we be worried? I say this as someone who wears hiviz 99% of the time...

How about a campaign to make it compulsory to have personal liability cover to set foot (or hoof) on the public highway? Now that I would support! (Unless it's already the case and I'm being a wally:rolleyes::rolleyes:)
 
i think it is a very good idea but has many flaws. it angers me when people dont where hi viz when riding, is it really that hard to even wear a small reflective strip around your body? i wear hi viz what ever the weather, i have it flashing and all sorts, i ride around a national speedlimit road and its very bendy, the first thing they pick up when they come flying around the corner is the big yellow person sat on top, i had a near miss today where some fool was going way to fast around the road (its national speedlimit but people arnt stupid enough to do that!) and came round the corner and saw me and swerved around me, luckily the oncoming car was going slow, i think my he spotted my hiviz straight away. i do honestly believe it gives you that extra few seconds.
 
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