my nomination

burt said:

my nomination for idiot of the day: cycling along a road
over the Downs in Bristol this pm, bright daylight and I'm
wearing bright yellow. Car at side turning on the right
ahead of me, waiting, it appears, until I've gone past b4
he pulls out. Except that he waited until I was almost
opposite the turning and then pulls out, and because of
the car approaching from his right, he has to pull way
over to the left, right into my path. The passenger's
window was down, and I think his passenger, probably his
girl friend, learned a few new words, none of which are
suitable for this group.

What can you do? broad daylight, bright yellow clothing
and they still can't see you. I'm tending to the goolie-
removal solution, if only because they can't then breed
any more morons.

Happens all the time. Probably did see you but thought 'its
only a cyclist'

burt said:

What can you do? broad daylight, bright yellow clothing
and they still can't see you.

Ah well you see that is your mistake. You were disguised as
a sunbeam. How sneaky of you. Of course you can't expect
them to see you under those conditions. You need to dress up
as an uninsured unlit cyclist wearing black clothes and
jumping red lights while riding the wrong way along a
pavement at night in a stupidly low gear, we all know they
are easily spotted.

James

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my nomination for idiot of the day: cycling along a road
over the Downs in Bristol this pm, bright daylight and I'm
wearing bright yellow. Car at side turning on the right
ahead of me, waiting, it appears, until I've gone past b4
he pulls out. Except that he waited until I was almost
opposite the turning and then pulls out.....

This is very common - why is it that any vehicle waiting at
a turning on the right will not pull out either before or
after you - they will always wait till you are exactly level
before pulling out!!

If there is no following traffic I always move centre lane
well in advance which helps prevent this behaviour.

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burt said:

What can you do? broad daylight, bright yellow clothing
and they still

can't

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see you.

Ah well you see that is your mistake. You were disguised
as a sunbeam. How sneaky of you. Of course you can't
expect them to see you under those conditions. You need to
dress up as an uninsured unlit cyclist wearing black
clothes and jumping red lights while riding the wrong way
along a pavement at night in a stupidly low gear, we all
know they are easily spotted.

You forgot to add "with the saddle height adjusted to just 1
metre above ground level".

Sky Fly said:

You forgot to add "with the saddle height adjusted to just
1 metre above ground level".

I thought about it, but it seemed like a lot of words for
one stereotype.

James

James Annan said:

burt said:

What can you do? broad daylight, bright yellow clothing
and they still can't see you.

Ah well you see that is your mistake. You were disguised as
a sunbeam. How sneaky of you.

I realise you're joking but there is an element of truth in
that statement.

Wearing bright clothes in bright light makes you less
visible not more.

A similar phenomenon happens to motorcycles riding with
headlights on in brilliant sunlight. The combination of the
headlight and the sunlight causes the bike to disappear when
viewed from the front.

Studies have shown that in bright light, riders with white
helmets (as recommended by Roadcraft) are less visible
than riders with dark helmets as the helmet disappears
against the sky.

You need contrasting colours to the surroundings. In dark or
dull conditions that means bright clothes. On brilliant
sunny days you want darker clothes. This way you'll always
standout against the background.
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You need contrasting colours to the surroundings. In dark
or dull conditions that means bright clothes. On brilliant
sunny days you want darker clothes. This way you'll always
standout against the background.

While this sounds like an impossible conundrum, my cheapo
Aldi jacket has yellow sleeves and a black body, it seems to
fit the bill - I'm told that from behind the yellow sleeves
are quite visible - counter-intuitive I know , but....

Mike - Leicester

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my nomination for idiot of the day: cycling along a road
over the Downs

in

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Bristol this pm, bright daylight and I'm wearing bright
yellow. Car at

side

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turning on the right ahead of me, waiting, it appears,
until I've gone

past

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b4 he pulls out. Except that he waited until I was almost
opposite the turning and then pulls out, and because of
the car approaching from his right, he has to pull way
over to the left, right into my path. The passenger's
window was down, and I think his passenger, probably his
girl friend, learned a few new words, none of which are
suitable for this

group.

Experience has shown that if you can make a female passenger
aware of their driver's mistake, the driver will get an
earful for the next few miles. Although you wont be there to
see it, just the idea leaves a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
Conversations at the next set of lights (Only really works
in cities) which begin: "Can you see me?" often lead to an
apology and / or a brief period of awareness.

Re-educate them, one-by-one. Use force if necessary.

Jon

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:48:52 +0900, James Annan
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Wearing bright clothes in bright light makes you less
visible not more.

All well and good, but I was also wearing black cycling
tights and had a black pannier on the offside, and the bike
is dark green.