[mark mids]

HI Guys

i was talking to another windy today on my round and he asked why i wore a hi viz, i told him that 1. for safty reasons plus 2. it gets me noticed at peoples house that could lead to new jobs.

How many of you wear hi viz?

[Blue Frog Systems]

nope

[deeege]

Only on a few commercial jobs where required. Certainly not for domestics.

Hard hat, riggers and goggles too??   

[colin purewater]

Got one but it's still in the packet just in case.

But nope

[mark mids]

"Only on a few commercial jobs where required. Certainly not for domestics.

Hard hat, riggers and goggles too??   "

nah ,dont go that far  

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

sum industry stipulate hiz viz on site
where we do
on sum ov our posher folks yes 

[AuRavelling79]

Bigger commercial

On one very busy road (domestic)

When it's raining - my waterproof is hi viz!

[DaveG]

Only when I'm tarmacing 

[SB Cleaning]

No

[Steve Sed]

Yes, with Community Payback on the back.

[supernova77]

We always wear hi viz jackets when commercial window cleaning.

Andy

[SPE]

I've started to since the beginning of last winter
reason being my towns so busy, people, traffic, buses, cyclists everywhere even on most of my domestic round.
Its mostly a waste of time though, even with a cone out and a hi viz, I still get people constantly almost walking straight ino me whilst texting etc.
my main gripe though is I often keep the pavement clear and stand off the kerb to clean 1st and 2nd floors and give people room to walk past in front of me where I can see them. Lost count of the number of near misses I've had where someones snuck past behind me within inches and nearly smacked em one in the face with either the end of the pole or an elbow !  :

simon

[king marko]

Only ever worn one on a single commercial job that demanded it - along with washing the wheels of the van down with chemical !

[Londoner]

Its not a bad idea to look the biz rather than for any safety reason. I have a hi-viz coat that I often wear in the winter but only because its a lovely coat for the £15 it cost me. Warm,dry windproof and now over 5 years old.

[aftab]

Nope

[Rob Knapman]

Yes on dark mornings, town centre windows.

[tacky]

we wear one on comms .logo on back .

[t8ycs]

only on commercial work

[SPE]

we wear one on comms .logo on back .

having a logo on is a good way of having a cheap uniform and goes over whatever you happen to be wearing that day, (without sounding "unprofessional" - rolls eyes)

[NJWindowCleaning]

Yes own hi-viz jacket and wear it most of the time especially when I clean service stations kiosk's..