resipsaloquitur to Fuck CarsEnglish · 1 day agoCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: ireland
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comresipsaloquitur to Fuck CarsEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square60linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: ireland
minus-squareguywithadeathwishlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours 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-up2·12 hours 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.