Hi Vis by defult

[NTECUK]

ok were all grown ups and can make up our minds if we want to wear hi vis/reflective clothing.

But not according to one insurance company http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#axzz2JpPPD5Gl

Sick.

If I were with Churchill, I'd instantly cancel my insurance and write to them telling them this was why.

Someone should also tell their lawyers that just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

I hope this really blows up on Churchill and is devastating PR.*

* on the proviso that in the court case it was found she wasn't messing around in the middle of the road wearing black just the wrong side of the blind bend. I'm sure this would have been debated in court though.

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Compulsory spelling checks are being introduced too

Legally, it's churchills problem and they shouldnt appeal but it does show how little common /road sense we are teaching this generation.

Really, would you walk this road at night with earphones in your ears and no hi vis or aid for visibility? Cos I wouldn't.

I probably wouldn't wear a hi vis tbh but I wouldn't wear earphones so I can hear a vehicle approaching.

I'm still amazed at the amount of cyclists I see without lights or hi vis riding on the road in the dark, some responsibility from other road users has to be taken.

I agree it's in bad taste. However...

From a legal standpoint I can see where churchill are coming from. During the day, their driver would be completely at fault.

It sounds like she was walking down an unlit road, with no pavement. Sounds like a national speed limit road. How many of you slow down to sub 50mph in those condition?

Yes he hit her, and churchill have accepted the driver was partly at fault. They are saying that if the girl had been wearing a high viz, as she should have done, then the accident may not have happened and so she contributed to the accident.

I appreciate, it sounds farfetched, but you would surely think she would do something to make herself seen...

[Fallout]

So he was doing 50mph in a 60mph limit, and she was walking down an unlit country lane with low-vis clothing? I think Churchill have a point.

[NTECUK]

So do you wear hi vis on your motor cycle .
if not and someone collided with you. Your pay out maybe affected.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by EssexDave

I agree it's in bad taste. However...

From a legal standpoint I can see where churchill are coming from. During the day, their driver would be completely at fault.

It sounds like she was walking down an unlit road, with no pavement. Sounds like a national speed limit road. How many of you slow down to sub 50mph in those condition?

It depends what you can see.

That pedestrian could easily be a fallen tree or something and they'll do you a hell of a lot more damage than a squishy pedestrian!

Originally Posted by NTECUK

So do you wear hi vis on your motor cycle .
if not and someone collided with you. Your pay out maybe affected.

No, but my bike has lights, if I was riding a push bike at night I would defo wear one.