The headline may be as unhelpful as some of those on helmets, but the actual interview seems better. From NZ TV this morning: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/high-vis-clothing-makes-little-difference-cyclist-safety-expert-5461950
"... experts like Dr Glenn Koorey, who studied 84 road deaths over a seven year period, believes it is motorists who need to be brighter.
"The evidence showed that it had no effect on the motorists seeing them or not, so often they're just not looking no matter what you're wearing," he said.
Koorey told TV ONE's Breakfast that his research has found that road user education, cycle education and empathy is generally lacking.
"We should certainly be looking at better cycling infrastructure, lower speeds is a low cost measure we can do now, but in the meantime I think we've got to recognise that there are a lot of places we are not going to have those facilities, we are still sharing the road together, and we've got to work out how we can do that better," he said.
However, he did say that wearing high visibility clothing was still a good idea for cyclists.
"I think there are situations where it can help, when you've got a busy environment or a dark environment, it certainly can't hurt," he said.
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