Talk:High-visibility clothing

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[edit] Color names

Blaze orange is a common name for the shade of orange used. Is there another name for the "florescent yellow" such as pictured in this article? Something that rolls off of the tongue easier, and not so tricky to spell? --Elijah 18:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I've heard of lime green as another name for fluorescent yellow. --Teratornis 20:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

There is an article for safety orange (the same as blaze orange); I don't know if a specific article exists for the fluorescent lime green color also common for high-visibility safety gear marketed to hunters, construction workers, bicyclists, police, and others who are active outdoors and are at risk from other humans who operate firearms, heavy equipment, and/or motor vehicles. But if I find such an article, I will add a link to it. --Teratornis 06:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, I found the article: Chartreuse yellow which seems to be the name for this color. --Teratornis 06:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks for the link on my talk page, or it might be another year before I found your response. Another name, but for me at least, not one easier to spell. :^( --Elijah 19:26, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding the article

I expanded High-visibility clothing, adding sections about users, motorcyclist and bicyclist safety, and standards. Things left to do:

• There is no suitable Wikipedia article to link ISEA (International Safety Equipment Organization) to; the existing ISEA article refers to a different organization, and needs disambiguation.
• Look up information on the BS EN 471:2003 standard (High-visibility warning clothing for professional use. Test methods and requirements) and write a summary.
• Improve the summaries for the ANSI standards. At least now the article points out that such standards exist.
• It seems the various standards bodies are not government agencies, and thus they may tend to be information hoarders. For example, ISEA charges cash money for copies of the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 standard, although numerous summaries are available from various sources on the World Wide Web. It guess not everyone understands yet that information wants to be free.
• Try to find some actual studies on the effectiveness of high-visibility clothing for bicyclists and hunters.
• Reorganize the current lead section, which is a bit scattershot currently. Some material could move to proper sections lower in the page.

--Teratornis 19:20, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I moved all the images in the article to a <gallery> tag. See: Help:Images and other uploaded files#Gallery tag, category, table of images. --Teratornis (talk) 18:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)