I repeat: wearing hi vi clothing makes one easier to be seen, which helps reduce accidents. Preventing accidents is more important than preventing head injury (and not limb injury) after an accident has already occurred.
No one is actually arguing otherwise (thus, it's a straw man).
It's true for
every single piece of injury prevention equipment.
And, you can do both:
Originally Posted by
FBinNY
I'm not in any a helmet advocate, but this is an apples and oranges argument. Nothing stops anyone from wearing a helmet and bright clothing, so it's not like there's a choice involved.
The fact that some can still fail to see you does not invalidate the point.
Which could mean that people doing both (hi-vis clothing and wearing helmets) are better off than people who do only one of these things.