Reflective Vest will be required on Federal Hwy Incidents

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LOL: except in New Hampshire, Still have no Seat Belt Law, only state in the Union, and therefore no Federal Highway Funds coming under that law already!!! Live Free or And Die!

Don't know how far that would get an agency if a worker was struck- "Industry Standard" may override that technical exemption, but that would have to be ruled on in court.

Just skimming the article, but does the reflective striping on my "Turnout/Bunker Gear" qualify, or will I have yet another item to carry with me?

The ANSI rules for what constitutes Class II and III are EXTREMELY specific. There isn't a set of bunker gear on the market that qualifies.

So far the departments in my area that have the vests are wearing them over the bunkers on incidents. I hear that some of the guys have the vests over their coats hanging up, and if the call they're going out for isn't on a roadway they just yank the vest off after they gear up (they got the breakaway version) and put it back on later. They do this because apparently it's a serious pain in the ass to put the vests on while wearing a bunker coat.