The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) govern the standards for safety vests, reflective safety jackets, and other high-visibility clothing. In the U.S. the Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel (ANSI/ISEA 107-2004) provides consistent, authoritative guidelines for selecting and using safety vests and other apparel that provide high visibility under any light conditions by day and under illumination by vehicle headlights in the dark. ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 is a voluntary standard that offers performance specifications for reflective materials, including minimum amounts, placement, background material, test methods and care labeling. In simplest terms, the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 standard provides for a high degree of reflective material incorporated into garments, thus improving visibility and safety. In general, people who wear high-visibility clothing are those who need to be seen during poor lighting or weather conditions, or when working in environments where there is a lot of moving machinery and vehicles.
Examples include pedestrians, workers, cyclists, motorcyclists, hunters and hikers. Federal law in the United States requires all personnel working on a federally funded highway to wear a high-visibility safety vests starting on November 25, 2008. Firefighters are only excluded from this requirement while actively engaged in firefighting activities or hazardous materials situations. At all other times, high visibility clothing must be worn. In addition, paramedics, police officers not engaged in law enforcement activities (i.e. traffic stops), tow truck operators, and road workers are required by law to wear high visibility clothing. Health and Safety regulations state that anyone working in a low-visibility environment, or where there is a risk of not being easily seen, high-visibility clothing must be worn.
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