4whatitsworth:
I went to a place the other week where i had to take my yellow
hi viz off and put on there dark blue one
Thatās not as daft as it sounds. At 3M Bedford visitors have to wear orange Hi Viz so in the event of an incident requiring evacuation of the site the regular workers will know who are the visitors are and can assist them, as they wonāt be familiar with the evacuation plan.
Thatās a fair point but orange is a high viz colour where as dark blue is not
Mine is black. It really annoys jumped up office numpties
Hi-vis is to contrast with the background not necessarily yellow
You are forced/encouraged to wear hi-viz because āI didnāt see himā is an often used & sometimes valid point raised by the prime mover at someone elseās inquest.
Inquests are horribly expensive for the insewerance industry !
If you donāt want to wear hi-viz, maybe as some sort of fashion statement, then donāt wear one. If/when you are crushed to death by someone who didnāt see you, then it wonāt matter one little bit to you what is said at your inquest.
Yesterday (Friday) I pulled into the yard to find a 360 blocking my way to tip, he was fuelling up from the red tank & blocking my access, Iām paid by the hour so Iām quite happy to sit there for a few mins till heās done. He was also blocking the least muddy path for the bossās daughter to walk from her parked car to the office door, sheās just about to wriggle between him & a steel container when I jumped out of the cab & grabbed her knitwear to pull her back, at that very instant that sheās about to protest at my actions, the 360 is swinging around to prepare to move off !
Her hi-viz wouldnāt have helped her, his cab is on the other side of his boom, he wouldāve swung round & crushed her pretty little body hopelessly into that container with his counter balance. She didnāt know this, sheās bright & sheās pretty but sheās also young & inexperienced.
Coffeeholic:
I havenāt worn a Hi Viz for 5 months, no one has even noticed
Thatās beacause they canāt see you without Hi-Viz on.
Well a TruckNet member saw me last week while I was winding the trailer legs up, not all the way up of course, and introduced himself. Plus Security see me and ask questions such as, what trailer number is it tonight? They notice me, they donāt seem to notice the lack of Hi Viz though.
Coffeeholic:
I havenāt worn a Hi Viz for 5 months, no one has even noticed
Thatās beacause they canāt see you without Hi-Viz on.
Well a TruckNet member saw me last week while I was winding the trailer legs up, not all the way up of course, and introduced himself. Plus Security see me and ask questions such as, what trailer number is it tonight? They notice me, they donāt seem to notice the lack of Hi Viz though.
So what you are saying is that all those bods who spent hours thinking of new H&S rules and insist they are enforced might not be right? And maybe a bit of common sense might actually be more effective, such as not trying to squeeze between a container and a 360 excavator.
Chas:
I jumped out of the cab & grabbed her knitwear
Thatās my story and Iām sticking to it your Honour.
It has to be said . . . sheās definately gagging for it
Might be one for a younger man than I, but sheās single, up for it, & one day my son āall this will be yoursā.
All our drivers are old 'uns, we think the world of her & would willingly lay down our hi-viz bomber jackets in the muddy puddles so she can safely walk from her car to her office door.
Pat Hasler:
nor will they stop a vehicle from crushing you ā¦ but they make it easier for the driver to see who they are killing.
Foreman of mine working on M40 construction was killed while wearing hi viz and hard hat, A Caterpillar Compactor 826C reversed over him, the driver didnāt see a thing! Happened at dusk.
Coffeeholic:
I havenāt worn a Hi Viz for 5 months, no one has even noticed
Thatās beacause they canāt see you without Hi-Viz on.
Well a TruckNet member saw me last week while I was winding the trailer legs up, not all the way up of course, and introduced himself. Plus Security see me and ask questions such as, what trailer number is it tonight? They notice me, they donāt seem to notice the lack of Hi Viz though.
So what you are saying is that all those bods who spent hours thinking of new H&S rules and insist they are enforced might not be right? And maybe a bit of common sense might actually be more effective, such as not trying to squeeze between a container and a 360 excavator.
thetourist:
I was stood in a transport yard one bright sunny morning minus the mandatory knock me down bib when a driver came up to me and said āIf i run over you it will be your fault as you are not wearing a high viz vestā I said āyes i amā He said āno your notā I replied āhow do you know Iām not wearing oneā He said āI can see that you havenāt got yourās onā I said "No problem then you wont run me over as you can see me just fine. After a period of deep thought he walked away mumbling to his self.
Brillant. There is a lot of jobs worth in this game.
toby1234abc:
For NOT wearing a hi-viz jacket,still not sure why drive with the silly thing,if doing a multi drop,that is fair enough,but for a long run,it is pointless,and wont save your life if you have a crash.
But the First Aider may find you much earlier when you fall drunk behind a Bush of a Spanish Night Club in La Shongheera
