resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comexternal-linkmessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: ireland@lemmy.world
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: ireland@lemmy.world
minus-squareguywithadeathwish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoI recall there being a phenomenon where drivers brains actually filter out hi-vis jackets as “unimportant data” because we see them so much.
minus-squaremjrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoYeah, the “urban camouflage” theory. Or they expect us to be slow or static like a roadworker or emergency worker and so botch the overtake.
I recall there being a phenomenon where drivers brains actually filter out hi-vis jackets as “unimportant data” because we see them so much.
Yeah, the “urban camouflage” theory. Or they expect us to be slow or static like a roadworker or emergency worker and so botch the overtake.