I drive a lowly Scanny P cab. Out side steps, and no external lockers (apart from my strap one at the back). So boots and Hi-vis end up in the cab. The drivers foot well does get washed out now and again but at this time of year its pointless, my riggers seem to spread the mud about. As for being smelly and dirty, well i am only a day driver so shower every morning, and my hi-vis vest is actually a fresh clean hi-vis , company supplied Polo shirt & Fleece. They never seems to stay clean after the first drop though.
And after 2 1/2 years of it you get used to the reflection in the windscreen.
Grayham:
short walk:
To Grayam and others involved in site deliveries etc y not keep your boots on the step? That way all the crap stays outside the cab, you soon get used to it, and the strange looks you may get. Its standard practice in nordic countries, same applies when entering an office etc. I drive in only socks but others have trainers or even bedroom slippers to drive in and move about the cab in.See where your coming from but for me it’s not practical as I may have to get in and out the several times to move the truck operate the pto etc so I keep em on
As Grayham said above…and plus the step aint big enough for my boots…LOL.
The Biker:
Following on from that I was in Morrison’s and there were two chaps in there in jackets with Hi Viz over the top displaying the name of their employer. Surely if you are get some food either before or after a shift then you dump your jacket etc in the car and do the shopping. Wasn’t even a wet day and quite mild.
I’m guilty of doing this, I’m wearing it when I leave work and my car is cold so I keep my fleece on (with it’s high viz over it) whilst I’m driving home. And to be honest walking around asda at two in the morning in my high viz doesn’t bother me enough to take it off. I don’t tend to wear it whilst driving though because I drive in shirtsleeves.
Well if your hi-vis is clean why should anybody have a problem with you wearing it ?
I like my hi-vis, ok ! 
Ok.
I can understand that when working on the lorries, you can get dirty and you want to save money on washing powder.
Tell me where the bus officer can get dirty?
I saw one last week - the one who stands at the bus stop and check if the buses are up to timetable or whatever. Than I saw the same one today - he was dirty then and he is dirty today…
Sadly the same stuff that makes them reflective attracts dirt. Last time I had a new Hi-viz it had a big stain of fifth wheel grease on it within ten minutes of wearing it.
Wheel Nut:
The only place you should be getting grease is on your gloves if you are a mucky sod, not half way up your back or in your hair.
Malc,
in one respect you are right, in others you are totally wrong.
i have a pair of gloves that i use for trailers changes and there is more grease and crap on them than on the 5th wheel, but sometimes we have to pinlock the trailers we drop in laybys and in certain rough areas so sometime i get grease on the back of my jacket off the underside of the trailer, i know this shouldnt happen but being 6ft 3 i get a bit of a stiff back if i am doing a lot of dropping and swapping so cant bend down as much as some of the vertically challenged people on the firm. plus sometimes the amount of grease on the pin locks is unbelieveable from people just going underneath them without checking if its locked or not, thats why my gloves are cover in grease.
my hiviz jacket lives in the side locker and only gets used if its raining (or if i need to see a dark post while blinding in somewhere), along with my boots so even if there is grease on my jacket it only goes in the cab when i slam under a trailer or pull out from underneath. if the grease gets on the seat a baby wipe will 99% of it off and a dab with kitchen roll afterwards brings the rest off. not much of a problem as its my unit but i do like to keep it reasonably clean.
my main problem is getting grease in my hair from locking them, that really ■■■■■■ me off, but thats another thing all together
Lee G:
Wheel Nut:
The only place you should be getting grease is on your gloves if you are a mucky sod, not half way up your back or in your hair.Malc,
in one respect you are right, in others you are totally wrong.
i have a pair of gloves that i use for trailers changes and there is more grease and crap on them than on the 5th wheel, but sometimes we have to pinlock the trailers we drop in laybys and in certain rough areas so sometime i get grease on the back of my jacket off the underside of the trailer, i know this shouldnt happen but being 6ft 3 i get a bit of a stiff back if i am doing a lot of dropping and swapping so cant bend down as much as some of the vertically challenged people on the firm. plus sometimes the amount of grease on the pin locks is unbelieveable from people just going underneath them without checking if its locked or not, thats why my gloves are cover in grease.
my hiviz jacket lives in the side locker and only gets used if its raining (or if i need to see a dark post while blinding in somewhere), along with my boots so even if there is grease on my jacket it only goes in the cab when i slam under a trailer or pull out from underneath. if the grease gets on the seat a baby wipe will 99% of it off and a dab with kitchen roll afterwards brings the rest off. not much of a problem as its my unit but i do like to keep it reasonably clean.
my main problem is getting grease in my hair from locking them, that really ■■■■■■ me off, but thats another thing all together
I too had to use kingpin locks much of the time, ok I am not 6’ 3’’ but I am rather large round the girth and struggle to bend down under a low ride trailer. Simple answer is to use a supermarket plastic bag to handle the pinlock and when it is off give it a clean with a diesel rag. I have always made a point of keeping my gloves clean, as a tanker driver there is nothing worse than following some dirty scroat who kept his gloves on to climb the ladder or open a valve. Greasy gloves, then transfer the grease to the winding handle, then to the clip and the fifth wheel handle. it doesn’t take any more time, and probably saves you some. 
Oh and my hands are like a baby’s bum