An inexpensive reflective safety vest can cost under $10. These vests are usually made from a thin mesh material and aren’t as durable.

One remedy may be for our professional sport teams to sponsor reflective safety vests for our children. These could be distributed for free through our schools.

Adding a reflective jacket or reflective strips to a dummy’s clothing had an adverse effect in many situations. The test had these cars driving at 25 mph (40 km/h) as they approached the dummy.

Kids given reflective keyrings in safety campaign. Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, Children are being advised to wear hi-vis clothing as the mornings and evenings get darker.