Normally John I would agree. But these incidents (no one was actually hit by the way, just close calls) occurred because soldiers weren't using crossing areas, and the road section was poorly lit. As you know the Army recognizes the need to be visible for traffic safety and requires reflective clothing for runners, cyclists, and motorcyclists. And then we have guys in camo wandering across the road, ignoring oncoming traffic whose drivers can't possibly see them. Obviously the problem really wasn't the clothing but rather the lack of situation awareness on the part of the pedestrians. In a related pet peeve of mine, I intensely dislike drivers of greyish vehicles who drive in rain or dim light conditions without headlights turned on. Yes, they can see the road well enough without their lights, but others can't see them.
stan On May 4, 2010, at 4:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Miserere >> On 30 April 2010 23:03, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >>> > Sorry, I have worked for the Army for 39+ years and have > developed an >>> > aversion to camo. What triggered it was the > number of complaints about >>> > pedestrians being hit by cars on > base. Helloooo - they are all wearing >>> > camo! And then they > wander across the street expecting people to see >>> > them? >>> > >>> > stan >> That's some damn good camo! I'm sure some smart salesman at the >> clothes supplier can work that into an ad campaign: "Camouflage so >> good, not even your own people will see you! [There are currently 3 >> people wearing our camouflage in this ad.]" > > I dunno, but it seems to me if you're on an Army base you ought to expect > people crossing streets to be wearing camo. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
