The headlight doesn’t stand out at all. (Why doesn’t the rider know to use yellow lighting at the front ?)
The rider in the background is wearing the setup I originally saw RoSPA sell to instructors: a black tabard with hi-viz yellow stripes (plus a fashionable RoSPA logo). Judging by the photo, IAM Roadsmart appears to be following this trend for ‘dazzle camouflage’. It does a magnificent job of breaking up a rider’s shape
Hot_Air wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:52 pm
The headlight doesn’t stand out at all. (Why doesn’t the rider know to use yellow lighting at the front ?)
The rider in the background is wearing the setup I originally saw RoSPA sell to instructors: a black tabard with hi-viz yellow stripes (plus a fashionable RoSPA logo). Judging by the photo, IAM Roadsmart appears to be following this trend for ‘dazzle camouflage’. It does a magnificent job of breaking up a rider’s shape
Dip beam therefore below the level of the camera...
And aux lights add nothing either against a backlit environment:
The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:01 pmAs well as screens and top boxes (and rucksacks) obscuring fore and aft, sleeveless tabards and those H belts are also pretty useless from a 3/4 forward perspective - just where a driver might be sitting before he 'looks but fails to see' - thanks to the angle of the rider's arms.
Has anyone told the DVSA ? As a government agency, shouldn't it be giving evidence-based advice?
I've lost count of how many 'new' editions I have on the shelf - at least half a dozen. I stopped buying them when I realised the biggest change with the picture on the cover.
The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:45 pm
Another update...
I've lost count of how many 'new' editions I have on the shelf - at least half a dozen. I stopped buying them when I realised the biggest change with the picture on the cover.
Wrong thread? Or do you mean [plug] your SOBS book?
The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:45 pm
Another update...
I've lost count of how many 'new' editions I have on the shelf - at least half a dozen. I stopped buying them when I realised the biggest change with the picture on the cover.
Wrong thread? Or do you mean [plug] your SOBS book?
Ha. No I meant 'Essential Skills'. Every year when I was a DAS trainer there seemed to be a new version so muggins bought it, to see what was different. Usually it was the cover, and the edition / date of publication.
SOBS here https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/kevin-w ... mmen4.html has only been through two versions - I pulled the first quite quickly as it was too wordy so it's really only one edition Till midnight 16 October, there's even 10% off | Use Code: LULUFAM10 at the checkout
Hot_Air wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:59 pm
Please take extra care in roadworks - camouflaged against those pesky traffic cones - drivers won’t have a chance of seeing you in this getup.
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Re: The hi-viz SMIDSY thread
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