Reflective Kit

[GS_or_bust]

Perhaps 150cm2 is the area needed by a laser speed gun to get a good reading and nothing to do with being seen. After all retroflective material only really works well at night as an aid to being seen.

 

[JWFr]

There is actually some serious thinking behind the reflective material requirement.

A number of deaths on the road have been caused by vehicles running over a person that's down from a scoot or mototrcycle in the dusk or at night, because headlights don't pick up the usual very dark materials bikers seem to prefer. Reflective patches at least give the poor victim a chance. I've seen it demonstrated by the gendarmes at night over a distance of 200 metres, and even a little reflective spot on a helmet is visible at that distance in headlights. IMHO it is one of the more sensible rules.

Don't ask me to comment about hi viz vests, cause i might throw a wobbly!

 

[freelancer2011]

Does anybody know what standards code (e.g. ECE 22/05, etc, if any) that will help us get reflective clothing to this standard?

How about this bad boy?
http://www.getgeared.co.uk/Ultra-bright_Safety_Vest?utm_medium=shopping-feed&utm_source=google

 

[Wapping]

Does anybody know what standards code (e.g. ECE 22/05, etc, if any) that will help us get reflective clothing to this standard?

What caravan weekly, is your friend.

There is a big article, pitched between, 'How best to clean the contents of the chemi-karzi off your slippers' and 'European plugholes: are they different and why?'

 

[freelancer2011]

Thanks. Is it this month's copy (Aug/Sept)?