From July 1, a reflective vest requirement also applies in Germany, and then there must be in each vehicle a safety vest. Shortly before the deadline, however, know 42 percent of motorists still unaware of the new regime, as evidenced by a recent survey of the portal “deals.com”.
Although Of the more than 2,000 respondents have three-quarters of female (75%) and two-thirds of male car owners (69%) already have a safety vest. However, more than one in four still has to be retrofitted (28%).
One reason for the poor interim result could be that 41 percent of respondents consider the safety vest unnecessary. This could, however, soon revenge, because who from July 1, has no safety vest in the car, which may be a fine of 15 Euros will be imposed. And who contributes to an accident no safety clothing, who even risked his insurance coverage.
Available are the red, yellow or orange vests, which are in other EU countries for year’s duty, on the Internet or at Dakar. However, many gas stations have safety vests. But beware: The vest has the standard DIN EN 471 or EN ISO 20471: 2013 match.
In a joint test of “Auto Bald” with the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA) has been found, for example, in the past year that some of the 13 audited vests do not meet the requirements.
Four of the tested west – MBW, Help and Aral – did not meet the German standard for undersized reflective material or poor reflectors and were rated with 10 Euro, the protective clothing of Aral was also still the most expensive “deficient.”.
Rated “sufficient” and therefore also not recommended are the west of Calf and ATU The predicate “good”, however, was six times awarded, including the reflective stripes on protective clothing of ADAC, Shell, Leona and Obi.