Should Hi-Viz be made legal for on the roads?

[touchstone]

I presume the OP's title for this thread should have read
Should HI Viz be made "a legal requirement" to be worn on the roads
So far as I know, it IS legal for HiViz to be worn on the roads

(sorry, being pedantic!!)

and my answer is NO - whatever happened to personal choice and individual freedom for which this country is so famous?

I don't dispute the well worn advantages of Hi Viz - I would object most strongly to being forced to wear it by law - and don't you think the police have better things to do than drive up and down roads, looking for women on horses and checking their clothing (on the other hand, they might enjoy it lol!)

I think it would be another example of wasting Parliamentary time on making unenforceable laws, that the only people who would obey the law are the people who would wear it anyway

(see the further argument re horse passports)

Agree with this, and what would happen if for example, riders or walkers were caught out on a route by an obstruction or simply getting lost and had to walk on a road with no footpath and no hi-viz? Making it compulsory would be a retrograde step and helping to reinforce the nanny state in my opinion.
I agree that hi viz is a necessity on our roads nowadays, but it should be the individual concerned who takes responsibility.

Eta Bad driving and riding also have a huge part to play, there was a horse killed near us and another at the same incident seriously injured - both riders and horses were wearing hi viz and still got driven into.

 

[ladyt25]

I don't think it should be made a legal requirement no. Sure. It's common sense to wear it when riding/walking/cycling/jogging on roads but to make it a law would be going OTT and I would much rather money and police time was spent policing more important issues. I would also prefer them to impose more speed restrictions on country lanes to make them safer for everyone. I think that needs sorting as so many are just national speed limit roads when, in reality they are far too dangerous to be driven along at speeds more than say 40mph.