Why is it that people working in UK ports and on railways can only wear orange high visibility safety clothing whereas other industries allow, or predominantly use yellow?
2007-01-24 02:41:09 · 11 answers · asked by syrupb10681 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Orange is a better colour for night working. It reflects better on artificial light
2007-01-24 02:49:13 · answer #1 · answered by Rowdydogz 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Railway Hi Vis
2016-11-05 03:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by vaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as the rail way is concerned it is due to colour signalling . any red near a track means danger stop yellow means proceed at caution . so in theory you could have someone dressed in yellow waving a red flag and from a distance this could cause confusion and an accident. to avoid this railway staff wear orange gear as hi vis so that the area of confusion is eliminated.
2007-01-24 07:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by The Fat Controller 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Make no mistake she wants the intensity of your attention. When she chooses a bright color that pretty much nobody else wears and changes her hair the same color and talks loudly then she's commanding for power. Society teaches her that her fat body is a problem that she should do something about it. And until then she should not flaint it. She is so comfortable that she rejects the premise about her changing her exercise or eating habits and goes directly towards and in your face attitude She will probably fail to connect with her peers on different levels or possibly over trump the feelings of work colleagues of course every person behaves differently but the secret to human behavior is irony when you accentualize a perceived negative trait you in turn create a pattern of dissident behavior
2016-03-29 00:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's specifically laid down in regulation that the colour of workwear for railways is orange (GO RT BSEN 3279) whereas for highway use it should be fluorescent yellow (don't know the rule details).
Apparently orange is more conspicous in some conditions, and there's a rumour going around that Europe will have us all in orange eventually.
2007-01-24 03:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by champer 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The orange is as easy to spot as the yellow, due to the background darker colours, but the orange does not show the dirt in the same way yellow High Conspicuancy jackets do.
2007-01-24 02:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I was once told by a manufacturer of Hi-vis clothing that yellow attracts midges and other pestilent flying insects more than orange. Whether this has a bearing on it i do not know.
2007-01-24 05:11:38 · answer #7 · answered by freddiem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about docks, but on the railway, yellow sometimes would not show up, as it would blend in with background vegetation.
2007-01-24 07:52:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
every body can get hold of yellow hi vis vests they can get the oranges ones as well but it a colour they have decided on
2007-01-24 21:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by The tagg master 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
blaze orange has been found to be the best color for safety. it shows up well against most backgrounds and under most light conditions.
2007-01-24 02:50:26 · answer #10 · answered by glen t 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋