Don't rely on your flourescent yellow gear ! Rely on your head!

[Christopher Bowen]

I was thinking about that.  Getting off the bike seems safer.  Also, most people are focused on "threats" and a bike isn't that threatening, even if it's a cop's.  He would have been better off to point the headlight into oncoming traffic and dismounted, on the theory that a headlight facing your way (oncoming vehicle) is a threat--and one you can see from further on.
But I still think the truck blocking both lanes rendered the cop invisible to the driver, who wouldn't imagine a bike would be parked on the roadway.

-Chris in NYC
'95 GPZ

On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:07 AM, Alexander Finger <af at genevainformation.ch> wrote:

> Not only did the yellow clothing not help, the flashing blue lights did
> neither.
> As far as I can remember french cops would have stepped of the bike to
> block the lane.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 5:17 AM, dominatr37 <dominatr37 at optonline.net>wrote:
> 
>> <<That is a timely video for me as I have just recently taken up wearing a
>> hi vis yellow jacket while riding. I must say though that cop's maneuver
>> was
>> ill thought out.
>> 
>> Mike>>
>> 
>> I thought the way he positioned himself was just plain stupid.
>> 
>> 
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