Invisible

It used to be that children should be seen but not heard.

There are lots of different things out there for parents to buy you can get little flashing lights to clip on there back packs, you can buy a narrow high reflective strap to wear over the coat / jacket they also sell reflective strips that stick on there bags coats and hoods ect

it's surprising what's out there but again as in many accidents until something happens close to home many parents can't be bothered, as for the older kids ,  well if they were allowed to wear there  fashion trainers that are brightly coloured and many have high vis / reflective strips they would be happy.  But alas school uniform colours are always dark and dismal navy / black 

Think you have hit the nail on the head Ruby. Campaign for brighter school uniforms coming up!

It is incredible that so many people have such little imagination.

We live in a rural village but the primary school at least are pretty switched on. They all get a school bag with reflective panels, and they recently did a bulk buy of school branded hi-vis jackets.

My little girl then gets a clip on red LED light.
I got 10 of the things on-line for £10
Other parents frquently comment "ooh thats a good idea"
so I give them a spare if I have one with me.

It's not just children who we need to worry about here.  We live just off a lane without street lights, and frequently come across dog walkers on the side of the road without a footpath.  Inevitably they are dressed in dark clothes, with no reflective strips - and seem surprised when cars toot at them!  

Our son walks his dog in a similar area, so we've just bought the dog an LED collar, which warns motorists, and makes the dog visible to his owner should he disappear after a fox!  My son wears his work High Viz jacket when dog walking.

I think this should be the subject of one of those 'Public Information Broadcasts' which the BBC used to be so good at.

The only time I see some pedestrians and even cyclists is the reflective bits on their shoes.  But yes, everyone who walks in the dark should wear hi-fiz vests

Its not rocket science that people need to be seen to be safe - but I think its the converted here - it scares me that I might run into a darked clothed cyclist or someone else I haven't seen because they haven't taken the simplest precautions. 

Didn't the govt. slogan used to say something like "wear something light at night"?

Coming home this evening there was the obligatory black garbed cyclist sans lights. Presumably a Charles Bronson wannabe.

I encountered an unlit cyclist on my way home too.