Reflective riding clothing becoming law?

Well when you put it like that... I will gladly re-enact.

This time in full fluorescent yellow with reflective piping, number to call for poor riding printed on the back and sequential direction lighting.

I'll even finish plaiting the cob.
 
tallyho! said:
Well when you put it like that... I will gladly re-enact.

This time in full fluorescent yellow with reflective piping, number to call for poor riding printed on the back and sequential direction lighting.

I'll even finish plaiting the cob.
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Delightful. I think, perhaps, the artistic medium should be dragged into the 21st century too. Multi-angle 3-D videography should do it - perhaps with added "physical interaction parameters" for good measure. We could brand it "ChunderVision" perhaps...
 
JFTD said:
Delightful. I think, perhaps, the artistic medium should be dragged into the 21st century too. Multi-angle 3-D videography should do it - perhaps with added "physical interaction parameters" for good measure. We could brand it "ChunderVision" perhaps...
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Wow it sounds very slick... I'm wondering if we use vivid colours and animate it, we could sell it to ceebeebies as a great new show! There's always brightly coloured chundering monsters all the time on that channel!!
 
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Nothing going through Parliament at the moment, so we can breath a sigh of relief and pray that drivers that dont hit bridges, parked cars and sides of buildings that god forbid don't have a fluorescent strip attached during the day, and flashing yellow lights at night.
 
tallyho! said:
Wow it sounds very slick... I'm wondering if we use vivid colours and animate it, we could sell it to ceebeebies as a great new show! There's always brightly coloured chundering monsters all the time on that channel!!
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Excellent idea. We could make spin off stuffed toys - squeeze the tweed and watch her spew! - and "feel the textures" tie in board books!
 
Agree, try to reduce the risks all you can.

Queenbee said:
Sadly, there are some you never will be able to educate, you could include in the driving test an entire section on how to drive safely on rural roads and it would not help in the least. Bottom line, don't trust anyone else with your life, or the life of your horse. Kit up and stay safe.
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orionstar said:
Nothing going through Parliament at the moment, so we can breath a sigh of relief and pray that drivers that dont hit bridges, parked cars and sides of buildings that god forbid don't have a fluorescent strip attached during the day, and flashing yellow lights at night.
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Quite. Reminds me of one of the townies whining about street lighting being switched off to save money... 'but how are we supposed to drive at night?'
Well, er, you could try driving at an appropriate speed for the conditions and watching where you're going. :/
 
I think it would be fantastic. And for runners and cyclists as well, if they want to go on the roads. I've never understood why you wouldn't wear hi vis, it just seems like madness. We perhaps go a little all-out, but I would never forgive myself if something happened and I hadn't been completely visible.

If someone runs you over because you are cycling down a dark country lane wearing black and no lights, it's not just your life that is impacted upon. I'm always shocked that we get joggers and cyclists (on a national speed limit road) that don't wear lights or hi vis. They are LITERALLY invisible.
 
JFTD said:
Well yes, obviously, but that's a personal issue - not a public risk issue. People are welcome to take whatever risks they like with their own lives as far as I'm concerned - but risking other people's isn't really on.
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I disagree, your original post said "The most important thing is that the horse wears hi vis - not the rider" stating that it isn't as important for the rider to wear hi viz as the horse which I feel is irresponsible and giving out the wrong message.
It's not just about public risk though is it, wearing hi viz helps police and ambulance crews find casualties in a quicker response time, this helps saves lives not to mention the cost of a police helicopter flying around looking for someone laying in a ditch in dark non hi viz clothing.

Anyone who is involved in high risk sports, which riding is obviously, owe it not only themselves, their loved ones and their horses but to the general public and the emergency services to take responsibility in making themselves as hi viz and as safe as possible, horse and rider alike.
 
cremedemonthe said:
I disagree, your original post said "The most important thing is that the horse wears hi vis - not the rider" stating that it isn't as important for the rider to wear hi viz as the horse which I feel is irresponsible and giving out the wrong message.
It's not just about public risk though is it, wearing hi viz helps police and ambulance crews find casualties in a quicker response time, this helps saves lives not to mention the cost of a police helicopter flying around looking for someone laying in a ditch in dark non hi viz clothing.

Anyone who is involved in high risk sports, which riding is obviously, owe it not only themselves, their loved ones and their horses but to the general public and the emergency services to take responsibility in making themselves as hi viz and as safe as possible, horse and rider alike.
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I'd have to agree. And so... with my bumblebee outfit and pony that is more stripy than a quick response unit... off I trundle.

If traffic down the road gets any busier I may even invest in some flashy lights :D
 
cremedemonthe said:
I disagree, your original post said "The most important thing is that the horse wears hi vis - not the rider" stating that it isn't as important for the rider to wear hi viz as the horse which I feel is irresponsible and giving out the wrong message.
It's not just about public risk though is it, wearing hi viz helps police and ambulance crews find casualties in a quicker response time, this helps saves lives not to mention the cost of a police helicopter flying around looking for someone laying in a ditch in dark non hi viz clothing.

Anyone who is involved in high risk sports, which riding is obviously, owe it not only themselves, their loved ones and their horses but to the general public and the emergency services to take responsibility in making themselves as hi viz and as safe as possible, horse and rider alike.
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I still think that it is more important to attempt to prevent a potential major accident involving multiple casualties - potentially many, on a major road - than it is for the rider to protect their own bacon and a save a little public money.

That's just me though. I'm obviously a bit silly like that :rolleyes3:
 
JFTD said:
I still think that it is more important to attempt to prevent a potential major accident involving multiple casualties - potentially many, on a major road - than it is for the rider to protect their own bacon and a save a little public money.

That's just me though. I'm obviously a bit silly like that :rolleyes3:
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Well of course it is and that is better achieved by including BOTH HORSE AND RIDER wearing hi viz not just the horse. Prevention is always better than a cure.
I really can't see your logic behind stating that it's more important that the horse wears hi viz and not both horse and rider?
The rider will always be higher than the horse and therefore one would hope,be seen first by motorists, so it makes sense to me, to have the rider kitted out in hi viz, which will help prevent accidents in the first place
 
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cremedemonthe said:
Well of course it is and that is better achieved by including BOTH HORSE AND RIDER wearing hi viz not just the horse. Prevention is always better than a cure.
I really can't see your logic behind stating that it's more important that the horse wears hi viz and not both horse and rider?
The rider will always be higher than the horse and therefore one would hope,be seen first by motorists, so it makes sense to me, to have the rider kitted out in hi viz, which will help prevent accidents in the first place
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As I say, obviously both is ideal, my original point (which I didn't think was hard to grasp) is that the idea of making it law for the rider only to wear hi vis is flawed. It is, for exactly the reason I state above, in my opinion, more important that the horse wears hi vis, thus improving the chance of avoiding a major loose horse-caused crash. If the rider chooses to as well, then all the better.
 
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