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Hi vis apparel is mandatory for highway construction safety. Highway construction workers are much too close to oncoming traffic and all sizes of vehicles, some of which don't obey the construction zone speed limits.

 

In the evening, it's even more dangerous. So for workzone crews, or any construction worker that needs to be easily seen, wearing a retroreflective safety vest can be a lifesaver.

 

Hi-visibility safety awareness campaigns also go a long way, not only for protecting roadside crews but also for pedestrians and motorists from potentially harming these construction workers.

 

Construction workers on the highway need increased visibility especially after dark. Performing their duties without high visibility gear would endure an accident. Add any kind of detrimental weather and it makes it nearly impossible to see them.

Why is hi-viz used for construction workers and not their trucks? Because they aren't moving much by comparison to vehicles.

Now, what do they do for vehicles that are in motion in areas that are extremely hazardous or dangerous?

They add CONTRAST and SHAPES OR PATTERNS which are disjointed from the shape of the object.

Because when those objects are in motion, it becomes obvious due to the contrast and the shape/pattern moving through space.

The color (of the hi-vis apparel), actually, doesn't make too much of a difference.

A black & white patterned kit will have just as much visibility to the human eye as a hi-viz one when it is placed on an object in motion at some discernable velocity. A black & white patterned kit will have less visibility than a hi-viz one when the object is in low-speed, minimal activity.

Motion is detected with the RODS in your retina, not the cones, and more importantly through utilizing perceived CONTRAST, not color.

Why do you think the best snipers in the world are color blind? Because they're able to see contrast quicker, no colors to distract their vision.

Why do you think the military (of any country) prefers soldiers who are color blind? Because they can detect movement in even the best camouflage, they are not distracted by color but focus on... guess what... CONTRAST.

Why do you think the world's greatest predators (non-human) see the world in greyscale or black&white? CONTRAST!

What do you think? Is he correct?

As the BP Oil response continues, workers don high-visibility and hi-reflectivity gear even at night. This image was taken off the beaches of Pensacola, Florida. And as recently as July, beaches were closed due to oil impacts. Efforts were made to have the shorelines of Florida, Alabama and Louisiana cleared for the holidays, but effects were far more damaging in many areas. Permanent booms have been installed in some areas, rock barriers as well as sand washing systems have been used, and good old-fashioned shovel clean-up crews work night and day on the mess made by the Deepwater Horizon.

ANSI Class 1, 2 and 3 vests are available for oil responders, contaminated beach and shoreline clean-up crews and other workers helping to alleviate the stresses on wildlife affected by this disaster. As Floridians, we are greatful to those who are tirelessly working to preserve the Gulf Coast's natural habitat, it's ecosystem and the economy surrounding off-shore enterprises.

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Every year workers and employees sustain injuries and/or are killed working roadside including highway and pavement workers, construction crews, law enforcement and first responders, incident command - these people all run the risk of not being seen by motorists, careless and fast driving, fellow employees running big equipment and simply blending into their backgrounds. The use of high-visibility safety vests can save lives.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has established standards, ANSI/ISEA 107-2004, for hi-vis vests and other high visibility gear. Such high visibility clothing is available in many forms, the most common being a Class 1 safety vest, Class 2 safety vest or Class 3 safety vest. Otherwise known as a traffic vest or construction vest, this category also includes retro-reflective jackets, reflective sweatshirts and fluorescent T-shirts.

ANSI hi-visibility clothing must be visible both by day and night and the ANSI standard sets the amount of reflective material the garment must have. Hi-vis clothing complying with the ANSI standards has become the status quo throughout industry as an effective way to protect workers by increasing their visibility. Also, workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway near traffic, light or heavy equipment or machinery within the work area are required to wear a ANSI approved reflective clothing such as an ANSI jacket or traffic vest, and possibly additional high visibility safety apparel. Additionally, those workers who would need hi vis clothing include highway workers and pavers, surveyors, equipment and truck drivers, construction and maintenance crews, inspectors, flaggers, incident command and first responders (EMS and firefighters).