I tend to agree with you I don't mind wearing the brightest clothing I can, 
and never go out in dark clothing, I have a could of the vests police and 
what not use for visibility at night. I really am not comfortable traveling 
the streets alone though, I do it when I need to but I've had too many close 
calls, I listen to the police scanner all the time and hear a lot of 
accidents that make me wonder "how did that happen?" because only an idiot 
could get in to them, I ride with my wife through every cut off, everyone 
who rides dead center of the road sending her and my other rides places 
almost in to poles trying to dodge them. My road is off a narrow 
sidewalkless windy road where people do 3 times the posted speed limit, on 
the center line and people have to dodge them all the time. It's a miracle 
there aren't more accidents on that road but when there are, they're always 
bad ones either with fatalities or people hurt so bad they wish they were 
just killed instead. The couple times I walked with my wife on that road I 
swear we spent more time on people lawns than on the road because people are 
so all over the place. That road runs parallel with mine, there are houses 
across the street then that road, there's a U turn to get off my street, and 
you hear the close calls at least one or 2 a day.
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From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: off topic


>I concur with Pat's comments.  With the amount of texting and general
> distractions from cell phones in cars even if they are hands-free, as well
> as infotainment systems and more complex car controls, anything you can do
> to improve visibility could help.  Although when there are idiots that 
> drive
> into the back of a semi, I don't know how much marginal improvement a 
> safety
> vest would offer.
>