Es ist grundsätzlich nichts gegen HiViz Kleidung beim biken einzuwenden. Allerdings kann es fatal sein, sich dadurch ein MEHR an Sicherheit zu erwarten, oder noch schlimmer, zu glauben, dass man als Biker dadurch besser geschützt ist. Ob HiViz Kleidung überhaupt nennenswerte Vorteile bietet ist gar nicht so ganz klar (Tendenz scheint aber trotzdem positiv).
Hier nur einige (der vielen) wiss. Studien dazu.
Does a yellow jacket enhance cyclists’ sensory conspicuity for car drivers during daylight hours in an urban environment?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.06.023
Highlights
• Number of collisions, visibility distance and difficulty score for cyclist detection were measured in a car driving simulator to evaluate cyclists’ visibility.
• 43 motorists performed a VRU daylight detection task in an urban environment.
• Motorists detected cyclists wearing a yellow jacket at a greater distance only in high cyclist visibility situations.
• Mechanisms underlying the sensory conspicuity of cyclists for motorists were considered.
Conclusion
The attentional selection of a cyclist in the road environment during car driving depends partly on bottom-up processing (such as saliency related to colour contrast). However, the yellow cyclist jacket proved to be insufficient as a visibility aid.
Drivers overtaking cyclists in the real-world: Evidence from a naturalistic driving study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.08.022
Highlights
• Naturalistic driving data provide valuable information about how car drivers overtake cyclists.
• Drivers’ comfort zone boundaries are quantified from the naturalistic UDRIVE data.
• Factors car speed, manoeuvre type, presence of oncoming traffic, and driver characteristics are investigated.
• Drivers were significantly closer to the cyclist when an oncoming vehicle was present.
The relationship between visibility aid use and motor vehicle related injuries among bicyclists presenting to emergency departments
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.014
Highlights
• Visibility aid prevalence is low among injured bicyclists.
• In daylight, white or light upper body clothing decreased the odds of a bicyclist–motor vehicle crash.
• In the dark, red/orange/yellow upper body clothing and tail lights increased the odds of a bicyclist–motor vehicle crash.
• Using multiple visibility aids is associated with reduced odds of severe injury in bicyclists.