High Visibility.

There are so many people wearing Hi Vis (High Visibility) clothing these days that instead of being protective they are in real danger of distracting us all from a safe life. Not only that but for some reason they are starting to effect my stomach. They are so garishly bright I feel sick every time I see one. Actually that is the problem, you never see one in isolation. On the way home tonight it looked like every other person was wearing one. It was still daylight, and they were on the footpath! Perhaps they think that I might feel like driving home on the footpath, and will run over anyone in normal clothing? The world has gone mad!

A Hi Vis jacket with added reflective strips. Why?

Look for crying out loud you blokes, what is going on? If you can't go out without a dayglo bleedin' jacket maybe you should stay indoors. At least you would be safe there.

Some of these Hi Vis jackets even have reflective strips on them too, just to really annoy me.. It's a Hi Vis jacket for God's sake! How noticeable do you need to be? Reflective bleedin' strips on a Hi Vis jacket! Can't you see that is utter madness?

I live near the open prison, and it looks like all the prisoners have been issued with them too. If there was ever a mass breakout all the prisoners would have to do is mingle with the local Hi Vis community and they would never be found. That's what I mean you see about them losing their effectiveness. Everyone is wearing one.

There is something else I really dislike about Hi Vis jackets. Officials wear them. You give a lowly worker a Hi Vis jacket and he suddenly thinks he is important. I don't like officials. My pet hate among officials is the car park attendant. They were bad enough before the Hi Vis jacket was invented, but now they are a bleedin' nightmare. When I see a parking warden with a Hi Vis I'm afraid all I have in mind is what a good target they make.

I will concede that they might have been helpful when only the police, or paramedics wore them, but now everyone looks like a policeman. It is bloody annoying having to slam on my brakes every time I see one. That is it again you see. They are no longer effective because everyone is wearing them.

Here is a Hi Vis, but it is only half a Hi Vis! What is the point? Maybe it is designed for someone who spends his life sticking his upper body out of manholes in the road?

Please stop wearing them you blokes, it is getting out of hand and you look stupid. Oh and by the way I have noticed that more women are wearing them now. Big mistake ladies. I promise you, yes, your arse does look big in it. Enormous in fact, and extremely bleedin' visible!