Originally Posted by
adamhenry
The problem is that there is no market for good looking safety vests. Low cost is more important to the people that are required to wear a vest. The average person couldn't care less about their appearance while digging a ditch.
Perhaps you are right. And I agree that low cost is more important in those situations, however those vests get dirty really fast and new vests are required to be purchased after around 2-3 washes, because the washing machine destroys them. Area reflective fabric can be much more durable to wash, while sustaining reflective functions. But then again, this could potentially hurt the reflective tape industry, which is why the reflective tape companies are working so hard to prevent anything new from entering into their market, regardless of convenience or safety.
ANSI/ISEA 107 standard, isn't really about safety. They hide behind reasons of safety to protect their main interest, their business... which is wrong.