[Talk-us] High-visibility Vests

[Martijn van Exel]

I have about a dozen of them and am happy to lend them for mapping
party purposes.
They look like this: http://schaaltreinen.nl/openstreetmap-hi-viz-vest
If it looks a little wrinkly, that's because I brought them from Europe ;)

Martijn

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:
> In another thread, the subject of high-visibility vests came up and I was
> wondering if there were any of these in North America. The wiki says the
> existing ones are sold by the OpenCycleMap shop, but they are listed as
> “temporarily unavailable”. In any case, shipping clothing from Europe is
> likely not the best option. Additionally, the vests aren’t likely to meet
> North American high-visibility standards.
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> In my day job I deal with high-vis vests too much, so I am familiar with
> this subject area.
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> I believe a vest meeting CSA Z96, ANSI/ISEA 107 with “MOT” style trim would
> meet the requirements for use on US federally funded rights of way (See
> Federal Register/Vol 71, No 226/Friday November 24, 2006, p. 67792-67800),
> BC MOT roadways (Technical Circular T-09/05), other BC roadways (OHSR 8.24 +
> G8.24-1), Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and I would expect the
> rest of North America. The FWHA put the normal price of a vest at $25. The
> maximum area of a non-retroreflective logo on a vest is 100 square cm.
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