The High Visibility Blog

Stand Out In A Crowd

 

 

Ever wanted to ride out wearing a product that kept you cool, but that offered you the chance to be at the height of fashion at the same time? Well now you can……

 

By wearing the Chiffon Rainbow Top, from High Visibility, is at the forefront of this year’s fashion featuring all those neon/bright colours that can be seen everywhere on the high street – pinks, oranges, yellows, greens etc.

 

Designed for the lady who wants to looks fashionable while riding, cycling or just out and about, this chic and sophisticated top has been designed using the very latest in technical performance fabrics.

 

This stunning garment has a vivid rainbow-striped chiffon back, which with its plain pink or yellow front, made from wickable fabric, will keep you cool but allow you to stand out in a crowd.

Sizes: Small – XXL

Colours: Yellow or Pink with Rainbow Striped Back

RRP: £19.99

Available from July - only at  www.highvisibility.uk.com

 

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Best Caption wins a £45.00 rug.

Please go to our Equisafety Facebook page to add your caption.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Equisafety-/177348828956663?fref=ts

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Alistair Maclean

Just got one of the polite waistcoats just been out cycling wow it is great people do not want to come close to me when they do overtake me they leave lots of room and go slow, one of the best hi viz waistcoats i have ever had :)

Like · · Tuesday at 16:36

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The POLITE range was manufactured after this positive response by Association of Chief Police Officer (ACPO)   Lead of Mounted Policing, Commander Robert Broadhurst from the Metropolitan Police who stated the following;

“Provided there is no deliberate attempt to impersonate Police there us very little we can do other than perhaps ask them to ensure the word looks more like polite than police. Assuming they have no items of police uniform it is unlikely the public will mistake them for us but if they do it will just be another High Visibility Patrol which should add to the reassurance picture.

After Commander Robert Broadhurst left the ACPO Mounted Section, Acting Head of the Mounted Section Christopher Rowbottom stated;

“My understanding of impersonating a police officer requires actions and intent not merely wearing clothing. I do not believe the wearing of your polite range would constitute impersonating a police officer.”

The new 2014 POLITE range was designed with the guidence from ACPO.

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The POLITE Cycling Waistcoat is the best high viz on the sportswear market for giving you respect on the road

We are thrilled to announce that the Goverment are going to invest One Billion into cycling and cycling safety.

Its being talked about on Radio 4 today Also in the same feature they are interviewing a keen cyclist from London Mike Blackman, who wears the POLITE waistcoat daily and gives a glowing report on how effective it is.

Listen to Radio 4 today between 12 and 1pm YOU & YOURS program

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qps9

 

 

 

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Equisafety was proud to be a sponsor of the 4th riders4helmets safety symposium held in Kentucky USA.
In the video below, Equisafety founder Nicola Fletcher discusses her inspiration for the Equisafety range and how it will benefit the American market.

Please click the link to watch the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDcLSNPe3Rg&feature=youtu.be

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Judy Hill, one of the winners of the Polite Way to Drive Reflective Carriage Driving banner, in Carriage Driving Magazine kindly sent message - 'She says to send her thanks to the company for ‘the very useful banner which is extremely well made and of a good size’.

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Review: "Polite Notice" Hi-Visibility Vest

    Posted by Dr Fiona Whitehouse on January 3, 2013 at 16:00
 

First: let me be clear. I am not a passionate cyclist. I'm a commuter that cycles to work. 6 miles a day. Through dense unrelenting traffic. In all weather. I don’t even catch a bus when it’s sleeting. I see my commute as survival training. OK, it may not be London but Oxford notches up a depressing number of cycling-related injuries & deaths per year.

So, when Wheelsuckers asked me to road test a new high visibility vest from High Visibility, I was delighted. Even with a 'standard' hi-vis jacket, my near misses with cars, vans and buses occur on a weekly basis (why do cars drive in cycle lanes? Why are the wing mirrors of white vans designed to hit my head? Why do drivers ignore me when I'm indicating to turn right? Why do some bus drivers relish to idea of squashing me like a tomato?).

This Hi-Vis vest is a bit different to the vanilla types: it reads POLITE Notice THINK BIKE on the back plus it has a reflective chequered band across the shoulders; on first glance drivers may be led to believe the rider looks a little on the "official" side...

A nice feature of the vest is that it has adjustable side-straps to keep it snug and stop it flapping around in the wind - it also adjusted down nicely to fit my 9 year-old.

After an inauspicious start (a colleague asked why I was wearing a police jacket on its first outing) the vest has certainly grown in popularity. I've been stopped/shouted at by numerous cyclists asking where to get one from. I was even stopped by an enthusiastic pedestrian keen to make a purchase. The real proof though is whether drivers are more aware of me on the road. I think that they are.

I have now worn the vest four weeks and I've had just one near miss (a white van forcing me off the road. Bless him. Yes, it’s almost always a him) so a noticeable reduction then. Also, I feel as if drivers are giving me a wider berth when overtaking. My only reservation is that the effectiveness of this vest would probably be reduced if it became too popular and so lose its impact.

As for the vest I got to review? No, I'm not giving it back.

 

 Thank you to Wheelsuckers for allowing us to share this review. To read this blog in situ, plus other fascinating articles please visit their website at  - http://www.wheelsuckers.co.uk/

 

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