Can wearing a hi-vis vest actually lead riders to being prosecuted for impersonating police? Some hi-vis motorcycle vests could have you mistaken as a police officer. It is no surprise then that ...

Nottinghamshire Police plans to hand out 3000 packs containing hi-vis vests. Riders are invited to collect them from police stations but will also be stopped and given them at the roadside.

“Every police car was issued with hi-vis vests,” she said. “The objective of the operation was that if we saw motorcyclists riding without hi-vis clothing, we’d stop them and give them a vest.

But the bright clothing gained them unwanted attention when police warned ... riders to remove hi- visibility clothing if approached by an officer’. But Fiona Kennedy of V-Bandz said it had ...