Orange Orange Orange & ORANGE
From Steve O
Hey Pete
Thought you might be interested to hear of an Environmental Police
encounter at Arcadia on Sunday morning. Group of six including
myself, Fred, and four friends from over the line in CT. His issue
was our compliance with the blaze orange requirement. Here’s what we
had:
Me: slightly faded orange fleece vest (which in the past you have
mentioned might not comply). Wrong-o, he liked it. I also had a
signficantly faded orange helmet cover. I passed.
Dan: bright orange long-sleeve cotton T-shirt worn as outermost layer. Passed.
Fred and two others: blaze orange mesh runner’s vests complete with
all the reflectors and piping and bright as the noonday sun. FAIL.
The law says it has to be SOLID. No mesh allowed.
Finally, one guy had on racing garb, about 1/4 of which was big
patches of bright freakin’ orange, head to toe, front to back. He had
the solid thing nailed, and he surpassed the 200 square inches by a
wide margin. While tinted slightly to the red side of true blaze
orange, it was plenty good enough in my opinion. FAIL. Envirocop
thought the color was too far from blaze orange. I realize the law
actually specifies the shade of orange scientifically, but neither the
envirocop nor I had a meter handy.
We finally got out of it and were allowed to continue our ride after
some polite discourse with me at the helm, Fred backup. I was playing
the graybeard card. Responsible adults, yessir, that’s us.
Message: them vests have got to be solid, no mesh; and perhaps it
goes without saying but the closer to true blaze orange the better.
Got any favorite sources for compliant blaze orange vests?
Best regards,
Steve O.
Orange Vests have been seen at:
Walmart (seasonal), Bass Pro Shop (seasonal), Construction Safety Equipment Stores (there one in East Prov)….
thanks for the heads up Steve!!!
still huffin & puffin pete