Originally Posted by spare_wheel

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.



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".



This thread is not about night visibility. And there is very little credible evidence that lights or hiviz decrease risk during the day.