Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not wear high-visibility clothing when I am cycling because it is a fashion statement; I wear it because I do not want someone to hit me. That is the only reason I wear it. It is like cycling helmets. People do not wear helmets because they want to do so. Someone does put a fire escape into a building because they want to have a fire. It is there if something goes wrong. I saw somebody in an accident in a big road race where somebody hit somebody. The helmet was totally split. This person was in big cage for six months but without the helmet they would not be alive.