• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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    28 days ago

    Hi-viz doesn’t do anything. There’s no statistical difference in casualty rates between people wearing it and people not. Consider that drivers routinely plow into the back of emergency vehicles stopped by the side of the highway, completely wrapped in hi-viz, reflective material, and with million-lumen flashing lights. This is victim-blaming nonsense.

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      Not necessarily true. Hi-viz markings on vehicles have proven to reduce crashes by as much as 20%.

      I don’t see why the same logic couldn’t be applied to crashes involving people.