Just a quick observation from a Army guy that saw some of the effects of forcing that policy on a camp in Kuwait. In 04 the RB was not mandated for use while on the camp. No problem, ton of traffic, surges over 25 thousand at times. No incidents even with dust storms, TCN's driving around. Honestly most of the speeds are less than in housing areas. So 3 years later I am back at the same camp, now with the retarded RB policy in place.
I saw more Soldiers, Airman, and Sailors just walking out into the streets with zero SA of whats going on around them. So from a Safety point of view it seems to have had the opposite affect. That due to their safety bubble pedestrians feel like drivers will just stop for them. I would much rather be invisible and just look out for myself.
And there lies the crux of the problem in my opinion. A lack of individual responsibility/accountability vs. a CYA mentality and one size fits all policy that just plan sucks.
Also good on the Marines, never saw them wear the RB once, heard their CO said hell no my Marines are not wearing that crap.