Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
Anyone intelligent enough to use the term "situational awareness", is too intelligent as to make such an inane statement as this.
I'm intelligent enough to have used the word "feel". While hiviz and Xmas lights increase safety when cycling on the shoulder of a high-speed road at night, most serious accidents in my urban area have little to do with poor visibility and everything to do with poor choices. A safety vest is not going to protect you from a right hook or a @#$%-faced drunk. I also absolutely reject the premise that cycling for transportation is unsafe.
Cyclists have fought back against the mounting CARNAGE by doing what they can, to be more visible. Is that such a bad thing? Really?
IMO, it is a bad thing. I see the safety-nanny high viz meme as stockholm syndrome light. It perpetuates the idea that cyclists are victims and "others".
Is it so bad to want to take some steps to tip the odds in your favour (sic) at night.
This thread is not about night visibility. And there is very little credible evidence that lights or hiviz decrease risk during the day.