Tipperary County Council have been requested tolook at the evidence after councillors voted to write to the Minister for Transport, Darragh OBrien, to call on him to make it illegal for pedestrians and people cycling or using scooters to wear high-vis.A local media outlet, tipperarylive.ie, reported that the motion was tabled by five Fine Gael councillors Phyll Bugler, Mary Hanna Hourigan, Tom Acheson, Mark Fitzgerald and Marie Murphy. The website said that they pointed to the extreme difficulty motorists have in seeing pedestrians and cyclists who dont wear this high visibility clothing, especially on narrow county roads and in towns.As reported by this website in February, the Department of Transport was considering making high-vis and helmets mandatory for all cyclists, butMinisters quickly U-turnedon the plan after a public backlash. But, as reported last month, mandatory gear is still being considered for e-bicycles, even those typically treated legally as bicycles.Cllr Bugler, who proposed the motion, focused on how hard it was to see people cycling and walking wearing dark clothing as night fell. While tipperarylive.ie, reported that Cllr Acheson, the motions seconder, claims they could see people walking on roads who were apparently unaware they are not visible to motorists.Cllr Bugler responded that she believed pedestrians should wear hi-vis vests at all times, the news website reported.But cycling campaigners said that Tipperary County Council should look at the evidence. The Irish Cycling Campaign, an umbrella group for most cycling campaigns, said: Irish Cycling Campaign strongly disagrees with making hi-vis wear mandatory by law.They said the move would risk Drawing resources and attention from the real source of risk: Poor, risky driving; upending decades of established risk-management practice; and putting yet another barrier in the way of healthy, safe, sustainable transport.The group said: As drivers, weve a responsibility to drive at a speed that allows us to see objects of ANY colour in our vehicles path. We call on Tipp Council to look at the evidence, have a think about the actual causes of road danger, and retract this silly motion.