Clothing made with bright or
fluorescent materials known as high visibility clothing. Stripts of
reflective material also used to emphasis as these clothes usually
used for safety purpose. Ultravoilet rays of sun react with the
fluorescent colors to make them glow in daytime. At night, source
light bounces off the reflective area to make them glow.
There are certain professions that
require high visibility clothing for workers while they are on the
job. Especially for transportation, construction area, police
apparel, security firms and railway workwear. There are many brands
such as Pulsarail, Praybourne, PulsaNeon for railway clothing to
incorporate railway workwear specially designed with safety purpose.
The high visibility clothing are
available in many form such as high visibility jackets, waist coats,
trousers, polos, t-shirts, fleece, bodywarmer, coverall, paramedic,
tabard and many other. Customisation of high viz clothing with
company logo or embroidered text is the best way for workwear. There
are varieties of high viz clothing or jackets available from thermal
performance garments, heat sealed to flame retardant and many more.
Few of below things are needed while
using high visibility clothing.
High visibility at Daytime:
High visibility colors or fluorescent
colors help for better visibility at daytime or at sundown.
- They work actually well in rainy weather and when sundown starts. In rainy season it is hard to see a person walk away or cyclists for drivers so, it is better to carry something high visible or fluorescent.
- These clothing looks bright as they emits and absorb different kinds of light.
Range of fluorescent colors:
- Bright colors as yellow, orange, red, green and pink are used for high visibility clothing.
- Orange and yellow high viz jackets are usually used under safety and health laws. These types of color clothes are mostly used by postal workers, police officers, construction workers and truck drivers.
- Orange color is used for lifejackets as clearly visible in blue and grey water.
- High visibility lime as well orange color is generally used for rail workers. These specially manufactured garments are with reflective stripes to keep them safe and visible while working.
- Lime and green combination with reflective stripes is usually used for paramedical purpose with highest level of breathability.
- Horse riders or motorbike riders are preferred to wear pink high viz clothing.
High visibility with reflective
stripes at Night:
- Special reflective material like retro-reflective are used at night for better visibility.
- For Street clothing limited visibility around 200 feet is usually used at night, but some high viz clothing are available with LED or flashlights for more visibility from longer distance.
