Pedestrians face danger in the suburbs
Le Devoir is doing a series on dangers to pedestrians. Wednesday it’s the difficulties faced in the more traffic‑dominated neighbourhoods on the periphery of the island.
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Blork 16:14 on 2025-03-26 Permalink
For me the biggest takeaway from that article is the guy who switched from a black coat to a pale grey coat in order to be less invisible as a pedestrian. Uh…
Kate 17:09 on 2025-03-26 Permalink
I know, Blork! I was expecting the camera to pan back to him wearing a high-viz orange or neon green affair.
Blork 17:16 on 2025-03-26 Permalink
Daytime in winter, light grey is LESS visible than black! At night it’s just neutral (and therefore mostly invisible.)
Joey 15:41 on 2025-03-27 Permalink
A lot of seemingly all-black or all-grey winter wear has just enough touches of reflective material so that you can often get a good sense of the broad outlines of a person who is otherwise invisible. Worst offenders – racing cyclists who don’t have lights (or even reflectors)…