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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
Have a reflective vest on whenever you get out of the car on the roadside (tire change, etc.), not only at night. I've seen a few near misses which were thankfully only misses because of a reflective vest. In a few European countries reflective vests are mandatory, as are fire extinguishers, first aid kits, and reflective triangles (placed 100-150m behind a stopped vehicle).
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Quite a few EU governments have banned roadside repairs on motorways and main roads, and with good reason.
Forget about the reflective vests, just get out of the car and get out of the roadway ASAP. The near-misses wouldn't even have happened then.
Put on the hazard lights, and forget about the
safety triangle - it isn't at all what it's claimed to be.
If it were up to me, all that fake
safety equipment goes out of cars, and it becomes mandatory to immediately get out of the vehicle and onto the shoulder of the road.
Yes, even the 1kg powder fire extinguishers.
95+ % of people can't properly handle them anyway, so why keep them ?