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Re: Reflective Safety Glasses

And if the driver said, "I've never been in an accident while speeding, so the rule shouldn't apply to me," would the officer's argument be moot? Should we wait until a documented event of someone getting injured because their glasses prevented a second person from noticing that they weren't looking up?

I don't think so. The bar has to be set somewhere, and FIRST evidently decided that lenses with a coating to increase the natural reflectiveness of the surface would make it unnecessarily difficult for volunteers and teammates to see your eyeballs, and for you to see well enough in the pit/competition areas to avoid hazards. Volunteers can't walk around with reflective-coated safety glass sample swatches to compare to you glasses all day.

Perhaps you can lobby FIRST to expand the rule and list only specific brands and models of glasses that will be allowed, like they do with batteries?
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