Driving with hi-vis on

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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I do wear my hi viz in the yard, & if it’s dark outside just in case I get run over, & when I’m taking livestock along the roads :sunglasses: the rest of the time it’s chucked over the back of the passenger seat :smiley:

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I get supplied Hi-vis polo shirts, as all we do is deliver to building sites

don’t think that makes me a bad driver though :confused:

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trickey herbert:
I see more and more drivers with hi-vis jackets
On when driving
Is this somthing that is company rules ?

The company I was working for last weekend want to you wear them all the time so I leave mine on even when driving.They also don’t want you to wear uniforms with other co. names on them so it kills two birds with one stone as mine hid the name on my shirt.

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Its the one’s that have still got thier big yellow jackets on or a big winter coat, hat and gloves in thier state of the art globetopmegaliner, " dint ya gran ever tell ya you’ll never feel the benefit " ?. :open_mouth: …
Oh and trammin up an down the motoway in ya hi vis… :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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I’m not worried :smiley:

fizza:

Seany:
It’s like when you see people wearing them in the services etc. Also knobs that wear bluetooth ear pieces in waiting rooms or services :laughing:

only a knob would worry about what others are doing I’m glad you ain’t got nothing else to worry about

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I wear my Hi viz so I can see where I am.

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Remember…There are no stupid questions.

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I can’t believe this bothers some people, who gives a chuff?

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Seany:
It’s like when you see people wearing them in the services etc. Also knobs that wear bluetooth ear pieces in waiting rooms or services :laughing:

Yeah, and those [zb]'s that drive green lorrys in Kent, what knobs they are. And those blokes that think they’re right geezers, cos the support Spurs…

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Oooh touchy :laughing:

Is that like people from Norfolk who are all related to each other? Web feet and one eye in the middle of their forehead :question:

EastAnglianTrucker:

Seany:
It’s like when you see people wearing them in the services etc. Also knobs that wear bluetooth ear pieces in waiting rooms or services :laughing:

Yeah, and those [zb]'s that drive green lorrys in Kent, what knobs they are. And those blokes that think they’re right geezers, cos the support Spurs…

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I can hear Rikki’s keys rattling! :wink:

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Having worked for a public utility where hi-viz was mandatory all the time, I tend to forget I am wearing one now as I am just so used to it. I had one on today at Chiveley services and some plank in a BMW still nearly ran me over. Like many have said before, I can’t be bothered taking it on and off all the time seeing as I do multidrop, and I don’t see why I should take it off just to please anyone else…

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I really can’t understand why somebody wearing a hi viz or bluetooth ear piece would bother any right minded person? And maybe those who resorts to insulting those that do, should have a think about who’s the knob or numpty?

As for me I don’t need to wear hi-viz in my job, so taking it off isn’t an issue.

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I’m a london bus driver.
If we get caught driving with our hi vi on, were in trouble…

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Saaamon:
Its a sign of manlyness.

Stiffiness more like…

“Cuthbert Cringeworthy keeps his yellow jacket on because some unidentified person wearing a very clean high viz in the yard TOLD HIM TO WEAR HIS AT ALL TIMES.”

:unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

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rambo19:
I’m a london bus driver.
If we get caught driving with our hi vi on, were in trouble…

It’s better than driving with your eyelids on… Someone wasn’t thinking of the children or their teacher wasn’t they? :frowning:

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starfighter:
Time and time again this thread comes up, lets not forget I saw a Stobart driver in his Pink Hi-Viz the other day. There, that’s both the usual topics combined.

you missed out the “so called professional drivers”

I hope this helped

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eddie snax:
Call me a Numpty.

You’re a Numpty, as requested.

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BanburyDan:
I had one on today at Chiveley services and some plank in a BMW still nearly ran me over…

And herein lies the problem, overuse just cheapens their effect.
Not just drivers, kids have to wear the to walk to school, everyone on every building site everywhere has to wear one, the old boy collecting trollies in Tesco has to wear one. Just seen our local councillor on the news, in a pedestrianised town centre wearing one, FFS what does he think he needs one on for in a pedestrian zone ■■? Risk of being run over by a mobility scooter ?
Before long, everyone will be wearing one.
When that happens, will you stand out with one on? No, their impact will be so diluted people just won’t see them.

Maybe the reason the green elves now wear pink, stands out more than yellow ■■?

We have the same problem with amber beacons on recovery, there’s that many people using them now who don’t need them, their effect is being eroded, so we’re out working alone on the hard shoulder and people don’t take the blindest bit of notice.

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muckles:
I really can’t understand why somebody wearing a hi viz or bluetooth ear piece would bother any right minded person? And maybe those who resorts to insulting those that do, should have a think about who’s the knob or numpty?

+1

Seany:
Is that like people from Norfolk who are all related to each other? Web feet and one eye in the middle of their forehead

Possibly, although as I don’t come from Norfolk I don’t know for sure.