PT Belts: Are we creating safety-overkill?

Our unit wears reflective belts when needed - imagine that. We actually have leaders do risk assessments to determine if they need to wear them or not.<div><br></div><div>8th Army in Korea started having this discussion a couple months ago and they determined the same thing - Reflective belts are "safety" items, not "uniform" items. They changed their policy.</div><div><br></div><div>We can only hope that common sense takes hold in other places so that the wearing of the reflective belt isn't looked upon so humorously.</div>

When I retire as a CSM I'm going to implement a new uniform item and then start the only business that sells them, all in the name of safety.  Maybe a reflective fleece cap.

There was actually a study done not too long ago that found PT belts are dangerous because we've conditioned ourselves to look for them and when we don't see them we assume there's no one there.  So the people who aren't wearing them are almost invisible.