resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldBanned to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: ireland@lemmy.world
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-linkCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldBanned to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square67linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: ireland@lemmy.world
minus-squareguywithadeathwish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 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-up2·6 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.