resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comexternal-linkmessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkCycling without a helmet and high-visibility jacket may be made criminal offences in Irelandirishcycle.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square74linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareguywithadeathwish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days 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-up2·18 days 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.