sheldon5992

Reflectors are great but in my research that ive done there not very effective and its easy to confuse your reflection with every other thing on the road that reflects. Also you have to have light on you for them to work and by that time it can be way way to late. Also with light sources you can make them flash which is way more eye catching if you think about the way the brain and your eyes react while scanning the area your mind only picks up and brings to your consciousness things that your eyes fixate on. As such when a light is produced in darkness and is flashing it stands out so much more than even when you have light on a reflector because at the point when the light hits you every thing is lit up and about the same color the reflectors enhances the light but its still not as eye catching as light produced in darkness it creates less of a fixation. With less of a fixation its a toss up if it make it to your consciousness. This is why even with reflective gear people still get hit by cars and are not seen. I highly suggest these EL jackets that were to deigned to create eye fixations.

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