Worthwhile point, DVD.
The material that I would envisage being useful to Greg is brightly coloured 'Fluoresecent' self adhesive tape of the type used by breakdown firms etc.
Am not sure to what degree and where he intends to fit it, but would think it wise not to use an excess of it for fear of being pulled in by the police for 'looking like a police vehicle'.
KB.
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Thanks for correction to address - it's in Chigwell Road, but on the junction of Broadmead Road.
KB.
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About 10 or so years ago our vans had jam sandwich style refective stripes down the sides and although (as fas as I know) no action was ever taken it was frowned upon by the police.
I would say just don't get carried away with the refective stickers.
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I had a Kawasaki GT550 with a Rickman Polaris fairing as my first big bike after passing my test. It was basically a full fairing with windscreen and legshields and a single round headlamp in. It was white with a 5 cm gold and black stripe that ran across the middle ofit at headlamp level.
Being the safety conscious guy that I am (with no intention of becoming a victim of the "Sorry mate I didn't see you" brigade) I took a trip to Halfords and bought a few of the fluroescent orange strips and white reflective tape to make myself stand out a bit more. The intention was never to make it look like a police bike, but after replacing the gold and black stripe the net result ended up like a "jam sandwich" from the front. I suppose having the makers "Polaris" sticker on the sides (which I did not alter) might have added to the effect on a casual glance.
Combine that with my dark grey leathers and Dayglo yellow waistcoat (though with a black helmet rather than a white one) and I suppose I was drifting towards the appearance of a motorcycle cop.
Commuting along the Princess Parkway dual carriageway into Manchester at the time certainly became a little easier (much more obliging motorists when lanesplitting), though there was still the odd incident.
The worst was the classic "pull out from a side road - oops I see you now, better stop" which ended up with the car blocking the entire lane. A sharp application of the brakes could have brought me to a stop with 6 feet to spare but being a little peeved, after having slowed to walking speed I rolled up to a foot away before finally halting, selecting neutral and folding my arms as the headlight shone through the drivers door window. The drive sheepishly rolled it down and mumbled an apology before continuing on.
As I said, I had no intention of impersonating a police officer - I've not the skill or training for that - and aside from the odd double take from the boys in blue (normally motorcycle cops), never received any grief. Although such decoration might improve the chances of being seen it certainly isn't an invulnerability shield.
My two penn'orth
Chris TD
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RED only to the rear
Blue to the sides
White to the front
otherwise illegal.... chance of getting knocked off... minimal, unless you have a Traffic bobby with a bee under his bonnett.
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OK, but what about the amber running lights along the length of many HGV's?
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Spot on as usual DVD
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To quote John Candy in a film whose title I can't recall:-
"Sometimes its good to be a Cop"
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