Safety Vest, do you wear one?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Alaska76, Jul 1, 2014.

  1. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    That's good.Well in all fairness to your other post,women do worry about fashion but with safety vest I could care less,none is really fashionable.But if you wanna buy one at a sporting store they're spendy but nicer then the freebies we receive.
     
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  3. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Actually wearing a safety vest is a good habit to get into_Once I start driving again,im going to do just that.It'll be part of my attire when reporting to work.
     
  4. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Idk, I think people that are distracted enough to plow into you won't notice a safety vest.
     
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    dca Road Train Member

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    Well now maybe some other gals will know where to go.. thx

     
  6. pattyj

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    Maybe but you're more likely to see that far away then someone not wearing a vest.
     
  7. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    When I worked at Walmart, the safety coordinator always got on to us for not wearing the safety vest while on the forklift. I felt like telling him "Wow, I only avoided getting run over by the forklift with flashing lights, back up alarm and horn because the operator was wearing a safety vest said no one ever! "
     
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  8. CondoCruiser

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    I have a bunch too. At this point I don't know what to do with them. We could give them to Goodwill and make a new fashion statement. :)
     
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  9. pattyj

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    There ya go and they would appreciate them too.HillBros gave me a real nice one with pockets and Hill Bros emblem,
     
  10. gpsman

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    And those you do see will have them dutifully placed no more than 30' from the rig. Like signaling turns, some people can only be persuaded to conduct the ceremony w/o a thought for legal requirements or usefulness.

    Back to safety vests, people routinely run into trucks and cops w/lights blazing on the shoulder. The natural state of motorists is "distracted". Visual perception is nowhere near as reliable as it seems.

    "Be wary then, best safety lies in fear." -Shakespeare
     
  11. bigjoel

    bigjoel Road Train Member

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    I only wear a safety vest when I have sex. That way I know I'm having safe sex.
     
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