Study: High-visibility jackets do little to protect cyclists

Laws that force cyclists to wear high-visibility clothes do nothing to reduce the number of road accidents involving people on bikes, a study has found.

Last year the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) passed a motion at its annual conference in Killarney in favour of making helmets and “high-vis” clothing compulsory for cyclists.

In Italy, a nationwide law was introduced in October 2010 that requires cyclists to wear high-visibility clothing when riding after dusk and before dawn.