Anyone out there got experience of wearing an informative reflective vest? For a few years now Sue and I have discussed the merits of her wearing a ‘Deaf Rider’ vest. I’ve got a thick marker pen and plain hi-viz waistcoats are available for a couple of pounds (or free at the roadside along with just one item of footwear), so it’s no loss if the experiment doesn’t work out.
Our – well, mine mostly – concern is whether drivers would be more considerate towards a known deaf rider or would idiots find it amusing to be unpleasant. That’s not paranoia on my part, not long ago three ?@”*@+!*%’s in a large van were driving up behind riders and steadily accelerating to make the horse run faster, lanes are very narrow where we keep the horse and one of our friends was badly hurt.
