resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1227arrow-down1external-linkCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareguywithadeathwish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-squaremjr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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.