The 'Life Paint' Gimmick...

'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about ‘safety’ while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of ‘visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

On Sunday, 6 December 2015 10:04:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:
'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about 'safety' while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of 'visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

Be fair - they can't even see objects as big as a cow.
QUOTE:
"Even if they had fluorescent collars, I don't think it would make a patch of difference, it's the speed people go at."We will be asking for a reduction in the speed limit to 30mph."

Several cattle have been injured in collisions with traffic this year, including one killed in daylight recently. Mr English said: "It doesn't always happen on dark nights, we get accidents in the daytime too.

"People need to slow down."They think cattle will look left and right before they cross the road, but they don't.

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Cows-...ail/story.html

"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 6 December 2015 10:04:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:
'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about 'safety' while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of 'visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

Be fair - they can't even see objects as big as a cow.


Some can't even see something as big as a train!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaQfcSGYLAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH98PBioZ8I

On Sunday, 6 December 2015 11:03:37 UTC, Tarcap wrote:
"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 6 December 2015 10:04:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:
'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about 'safety' while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of 'visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

Be fair - they can't even see objects as big as a cow.


Some can't even see something as big as a train!

Good point - and that's WITH the flashing red lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOh8g2Z4DD0

On 06/12/2015 10:02, John Smith wrote:

'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about ‘safety’ while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of ‘visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

I love this bit:

QUOTE:
Cyclists in Milton Keynes have reacted angrily to a decision by town
planners to make buildings, trees, street furniture and the road itself
much easier to see by painting them all luminous green.
ENDQUOTE

Where to start...

JNugent wrote:
On 06/12/2015 10:02, John Smith wrote:

'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about ‘safety’ while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of ‘visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

I love this bit:

QUOTE:
Cyclists in Milton Keynes have reacted angrily to a decision by town
planners to make buildings, trees, street furniture and the road itself
much easier to see by painting them all luminous green.
ENDQUOTE

Where to start...

How about starting with telling us all exactly what the authorities have
against the notion that psychopaths should be held responsible for their
actions? In no other sphere of life are those engaged in such a lethal
activity, allowed to get away with killing and maiming.

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 6 December 2015 11:03:37 UTC, Tarcap wrote:
"Alycidon" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 6 December 2015 10:04:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:
'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about 'safety' while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of 'visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

Be fair - they can't even see objects as big as a cow.


Some can't even see something as big as a train!

Good point - and that's WITH the flashing red lights.

Yes, and this idiot "saves himself time" by riding through them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyI1ozTGVBk

On 06/12/2015 15:18, John Smith wrote:
JNugent wrote:
On 06/12/2015 10:02, John Smith wrote:

'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about ‘safety’ while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of ‘visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

I love this bit:

QUOTE:
Cyclists in Milton Keynes have reacted angrily to a decision by town
planners to make buildings, trees, street furniture and the road itself
much easier to see by painting them all luminous green.
ENDQUOTE

Where to start...

How about starting with telling us all exactly what the authorities have
against the notion that psychopaths should be held responsible for their
actions? In no other sphere of life are those engaged in such a lethal
activity, allowed to get away with killing and maiming.

0.3% of deaths isn't a 'lethal 'activity, halfwit.

--
Dave
Dedicated to finding a cure for cycling.

On 06/12/2015 15:18, John Smith wrote:
JNugent wrote:
On 06/12/2015 10:02, John Smith wrote:

'Life Paint is explicitly a marketing gimmick that simultaneously
allows Volvo to pretend it cares about ‘safety’ while simultaneously
shifting the onus of responsibility onto the people that are being hit,
and away from the people doing the hitting, all wrapped up in the issue
of ‘visibility....'
https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/living-in-a-high-visibility-world/

I love this bit:

QUOTE:
Cyclists in Milton Keynes have reacted angrily to a decision by town
planners to make buildings, trees, street furniture and the road itself
much easier to see by painting them all luminous green.
ENDQUOTE

Where to start...

How about starting with telling us all exactly what the authorities have
against the notion that psychopaths should be held responsible for their
actions? In no other sphere of life are those engaged in such a lethal
activity, allowed to get away with killing and maiming.

What has that nasty little rant got to do with painting trees?

"Alycidon" wrote

Be fair - they can't even see objects as big as a cow.

Have you seen the large energy absorbing structures the Highways Agency fits
on the back of some of their lorries?