Triumph of HiViz over common sense?

[Phil Fouracre]

This guy could confirm the perception of the 'normal' cyclist. Have spent a while trawling various forums reading about bike v car conflict. Loads of arguments, supporting all sorts of theories. I think this probably supports my personal findings. The less cycling specific clothes I wear the more space space and tolerance I seem to be given. Helmet and high vis, take your bloody elbow off. Cycled usual main road route today in floppy hat, tee shirt and shorts, given loads of space, by 95 percent of all types of traffic.