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Why is it that people working in UK ports and on railways can only wear orange high visibility safety clothing whereas other industries allow, or predominantly use yellow?
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The orange is as easy to spot as the yellow, due to the background darker colours, but the orange does not show the dirt in the same way yellow High Conspicuancy jackets do.What are the chances of getting in a drunk driving accident?
blaze orange has been found to be the best color for safety. it shows up well against most backgrounds and under most light conditions.It's specifically laid down in regulation that the colour of workwear for railways is orange (GO RT BSEN 3279) whereas for highway use it should be fluorescent yellow (don't know the rule details).
Apparently orange is more conspicous in some conditions, and there's a rumour going around that Europe will have us all in orange eventually.
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perhapsI was once told by a manufacturer of Hi-vis clothing that yellow attracts midges and other pestilent flying insects more than orange. Whether this has a bearing on it i do not know.
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as far as the rail way is concerned it is due to colour signalling . any red near a track means danger stop yellow means proceed at caution . so in theory you could have someone dressed in yellow waving a red flag and from a distance this could cause confusion and an accident. to avoid this railway staff wear orange gear as hi vis so that the area of confusion is eliminated.How many car seat anchors/ tethers does an Envoy have?
Don't know about docks, but on the railway, yellow sometimes would not show up, as it would blend in with background vegetation.Has anyone with an autistic child been pulled over for not having the seat belt on "properly"?
every body can get hold of yellow hi vis vests they can get the oranges ones as well but it a colour they have decided onMore Questions & Answers ...
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