hi-vis law in France and Ireland passed, who's next??

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#16 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:22 pm

Willopotomas wrote:Nothing will make other road users see us better.. Which is why we're better off just being left alone to get on with it. Most of the time I've gone past the idiots before they even realise I'm there.. I'm sure it's like that for most of you.
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#17 Post by Salty » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:24 pm

Also signed, but if more of us joined MAG and therefore helped to fund their campaign activities it would be a more effective action.

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#18 Post by D-Rider » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:54 pm

I've never been a close follower of fashion .... but you do have to admire the sheer flamboyance of French style ................



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#19 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:21 pm

i think i am going to make some dayglo jackets with some writing on the back:

FCUK
EU

I reckon i would make a few quid


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#20 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:22 pm

You might get some attention from the lawyers of a well-known clothing firm... :smt003

Seriously, I'd sign up for one... :smt023

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#21 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:24 pm

ok

FUCK
OFF
EU

that works for me as well


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#22 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:30 pm

I think you really ought to get off the fence and tell us how you feel, Pete... :smt003

I still think that FCUK EU has a certain understated charm and minimalist elegance...

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#23 Post by D-Rider » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:40 pm

.... except this particular thing is not an EU issue - it's the odd member state acting in their own power ..... so for this issue it's not really an appropriate slogan ....
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#24 Post by BikerGran » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:46 pm

Salty wrote:Also signed, but if more of us joined MAG and therefore helped to fund their campaign activities it would be a more effective action.
I've almost given up saying that. It usually falls on deaf ears.
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#25 Post by Samray » Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:59 am

These are the petitions to which I subscribed:
http://www.righttoride.eu/?p=8968
http://www.righttoride.eu/?page_id=3435
I actually sat through some of the commissions debates/consultations that were streamed live. .. sad or what? :smt082
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#26 Post by Nooj » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:26 am

BikerGran wrote:
Salty wrote:Also signed, but if more of us joined MAG and therefore helped to fund their campaign activities it would be a more effective action.
I've almost given up saying that. It usually falls on deaf ears.
We've joined up.
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#27 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:37 am

well - may be andy, but at least i can give a message to any watching folk

I would also do a second range:

POLITE

on a white background.....


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#28 Post by musclebiker » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:52 pm

Signed but agree with Dale

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#29 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:15 am

MAG’s Ian Mutch said: "We contend that a motorist who is incapable of identifying a normally dressed rider and motorcycle in conditions of good visibility is not fit to hold a driving licence."

"Making extreme demands of motorcyclists in respect of their clothing is to effectively persecute the victims of problem to accommodate the failings of those who often cause them."
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#30 Post by Falco9 » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:05 pm

randomsquid wrote:Have you noticed that car drivers in hi-viz vests drive like twats?
Glad I'm not the only only who thinks that.................it seems almost compulsary now to drive like a complete wanker if you have a high vis vest on.......and why? why do they continue to wear their high vis vest when in the car????? :smt009

I work in the construction industry and I can't wait to take my high viz off as soon as I leave site let alone drive all the way home in it

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