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Ever felt you’re invisible? Or sometime you wish people would leave you alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve got the answer. It’s not Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak… it’s actually a Hi-Viz jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a motorcycle rider, I know I might not be seen as easily as a car so wear an orange Hi-Viz waistcoat over my protective jacket. My crash helmet is white, as is my bike, and the headlight is always on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve heard a theory we are now so used to seeing bright yellow and orange safety wear that or brains don’t always react. However bright, they blend into the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thinking is that pink is most noticeable. It’s not my shade but my wife’s work colleagues don’t take her Hi-Viz waistcoat and hard hat for site visits. She is a keen cyclist so also partial to lurid Lycra! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently met her at the halfway checkpoint on her 75-mile ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was on my motorbike and spotted a pick-up truck on a side road approaching an upcoming junction. I’m an IAM Roadsmart advanced rider so, just in case, slowed from 55mph to 40mph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking ahead a wise move<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It was a wise move. The pick-up sailed out without the driver looking left or right. Fortunately, thinking ahead meant I could avoid a collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a motorcyclist, I make myself as visible as possible to other road users.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The driver looked surprised, actually terrified, to see me. I couldn’t have been more visible but motorcyclists get used to such encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at the checkpoint without further incident and proved very popular with the cyclists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One asked me where the toilets were. I put him right, and, no doubt, out of his misery after several hours in saddle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When another couple of riders came up to me with the same query I just assumed I looked friendly and they assumed, at my age, had probably already found the toilets. Men of a certain age know that feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glad to be of assistance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I was just glad to be of assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A steady stream of cyclists fired questions at me…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do we get lunch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we fill our water bottles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have first aid kit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How far to the finish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you got a update on the weather?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was the centre of attention for a lot of cyclists. I couldn’t understand why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They thought I was a marshal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My wife and her cycling partner soon twigged my popularity with pedallers. They thought I was a marshal in my Hi-Viz waistcoat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found it rather amusing. The Hi-Viz wasn’t spotted by that driver but made me the centre of attention for cyclists. It was possibly because theyare also used to being invisible to some motorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I urge all road users to double check for other vehicles, particularly motorbikes and cycles which can be difficult to spot. That’s why sensible riders see a bright future in wearing orange, yellow or, possibly, pink!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever felt you’re invisible? Or sometime you wish people would leave you alone. I’ve got the answer. It’s not Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak… it’s actually a Hi-Viz jacket. As a motorcycle rider, I know I might not be seen as easily as a car so wear an orange Hi-Viz waistcoat over my protective jacket. My … <\/p>\n

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