Month: April 2016

Motorcyclists only required to wear safety vest at night

Most of them, as the case of Matthew Carrillo who more than 20 years driving these vehicles, argues that the measure is good because without this element may drive with freshness, and appease partly the sweltering heat in the day They do on the streets.
He said that even serve to improve personal presentation of many citizens who had already adopted the safety vest as a garment over clothing.
However, Richardin Ochoa, one of the spokesmen of motorcyclists in Villavicencio, said it should be very clear statement of the Ministry, because although leaves will motorcyclist whether or not to wear the vest on the day itself requires avaialble, that is, to transport either in a bag in a suitcase or trunk of the bike.
He clarified that the standard does not contemplate that the color of the vest should be only orange as it was decreed in other cities. Different color, the garment should have reflective elements to be visible at night.
In this regard, the Ministry of Local Transit noted that although not require the reflective vest is day dress by motorcycle drivers, insist it is still used voluntarily and throughout the day as a vital element for safety.
By far the most affected are the manufacturers and traders vests, who say they suffer huge losses in sales bajonazo.
Direct injured
At least 200,000 pesos estimate traders reflective vests lost daily by not demanding motorcyclists to carry this element during their mobilization during the day.
Manufacturers vests as Olga Jimenez, said Llano 7 days the average daily sale is eight vests, ranging in cost from 20 thousand to 45 thousand pesos.
However, with the new decisions of the Ministry of Transport, now marketed estimate that only four or less.
Like other manufacturers and traders, it warns that although sales will be diminished, nor may lower the price of the vests, as the cloth and reflective tape that are made, along with other inputs, constantly rising price.
They note that although they have not been informed of the new measures, of course, announce that they asked to reconsider the decision to ban the vest day to the appropriate entity.
It should not be prohibited
Police Traffic and Transportation said that while accepting the changes to the requirement of reflective vest motorcyclists, continue to insist that the garment is vital for the safety of driver and passenger to mobilize element in these vehicles.

According to Major Henry Peralta, commander of the police unit, although they have not received orders from the high command of the police, when they will not punish motorcyclists not wearing vest before six o’clock.
The official said the measure should be explained, since some motorcyclists believe that other regulations such as banning the grill or helmet use, which continue to be dismantled.

Use Safety vest to improve traffic safety

Traffic safety product like safety vest are widely use in security area, also popular are reflective stickers, iron shapes, appendages or sewing plush toys of silver material. Children are worn on a backpack as a reflector. From the reflective fabric can sew anything, stickers and iron-on images in the studio are cut from special reflective film. The most common is the silver-gray color, but today they are on the market various shades. Paint contains microscopic particles that act like a mirror.
“Today is an effort to complement the reflective elements of daily use products, so it did not have as many people think. Also available are therefore umbrellas, various bags, hats or scarves, “cites Kristina Doubravová with two umbrellas in hand. One is a classic with reflective motifs, the other is full of silver.
“The law is tacky, does not fulfill the purpose,” says businesswoman
Although the amendment to the Road Traffic Act of Hradec sheltered workshop pass a large amount of orders, her boss criticizes the current adaptation. It bothers her that passage governing the movement of pedestrians on unlit roads is too vague. It speaks only reflective elements, not on their form, size or number. When you put on a backpack and zipped jackets reflective smiley face, you have met.
“The law is such a special, but better than nothing. I dare say it’s tacky. Reflective elements that are not defined, does not fulfill its purpose. In terms of safety there are huge differences. It is best to vest or jacket. These have a large area of ​​high visibility fabric that is clearly visible without illumination, and the reflective stripes. Another option is to have more reflex points, according to which the driver clearly identifies that it is a man, “explains Doubravová.
Another situation is a job for reflective vest. Their standard defines the parameters accurately, including the size of the strips, wash fastness or stitch density. Price vest ranges from fifty crowns, ribbons can be had in their twenty. However, there are sellers who offer them even ten times, and people prefer to buy than to risk a fine. The market is also a number of Chinese products, but by entrepreneurs have the necessary reflectance.
“According to the norms to be visible 200 meters. For many Chinese products that can be argued about. Price is not yet critical, especially in terms of materials, “he adds.
Who wants to feel even safer, you can get a reflective tape with flashing LEDs. Their advantage is that they do not need enlightenment car. Thus preventing, for example, a collision with a pedestrian cyclist. Light Cycle is largely conventional reflective elements neosvítí enough.
Rarity is reflective sprays. It is clear lacquers which are not visible in daylight, but when illuminated by reflected light. Most commonly used to spray the corners of houses, bars or various posts.

TEST: Reflective vest Safety Kalenji – arrange to respect both day and night

Temperatures started dropping below freezing point and weathermen promise that he will be better. With time, we have a full fat autumn and with him ever shorter day and dark and dark evenings. We runners do nothing else than to accept the situation and change to the dark side of the Force – to start running in the dark. Whether we give our portion of kilometers in the morning before going to work or coming home from her evening, the dark queen of our favorite lines, because the darkness is probably unavoidable. Let’s test it one of the reflective vest to increase its passive safety!
When enclosures in this weather is no good to think well on your comfort level. It may not be exactly shrouded as Eskimos, but the T-shirt he also will not be right. A good portion of the thermal protection as well as excellent passive safety ensures a reflective vest in the decathlon.
Reflection eyes to merge
For cross-country vest that I was still wearing, this is no exaggeration best equipped in reflective tape. Reflective surfaces found on the back, shoulders, armholes, at several points on the hips, abdomen and lesions on the cover fasteners. Runner becomes one huge, visible in the distance reflector.
The manufacturer guarantees a minimum visibility from a distance of 120 meters, in the range of 360 °. While according to some sources, the 120 meters was a personal vehicle enough to stop even a speed of 130 km / h on a wet road. Reflective material manufacturers certainly spared no expense, moreover, it used high-quality production from 3M.
Delight but also a selection of other materials and their processing. The entire back, with the exception of the uppermost parts reflexive implementation are led in meshové fabric. Decently mesh are also areas in the armpit. Which is not used or reflective mesh material, you’ll find a bright yellow polyester fabric. It adds to the visibility and safety as well as daylight.
Indeed for runners
In testing, I felt as if the man who designed this safety vest, was himself a runner. He thought about everything. Vesta adequately ventilated while the right places to protect athletes from the wind. The back is nicely extended and more so protects some parts of the guard.
Pockets, mesh inside, are large enough to accommodate even the largest mobile phone, handkerchiefs or a handful of energy gels. The entrance is guarded them quality YKK zippers and cover extention. In addition the pockets are sewn so that it can also be used inside in which actually consists of two other pockets. Though not closing, but if necessary, represent an additional storage space.
Quality and sturdy zipper is also used to fasten the vest. Cover Legum form a mutually reflective material. In addition, placket at the upper end creates a so-called garage, so after you complete tensioning zip will not rub on the chin. The collar is worked into the collar. Protection from wind and nowhere neplandá nor avoids stiffness.
The vest is available in four sizes: S, M, L and XL. My person short little over 170 cm size M fell like a glove. A very pleasant surprise was the price. Less than 650 crowns came to me for this piece more than folk. Basically for the same price I was on sale (!) Once he bought a reflective running vest from one world tinged manufacturer. Scanty reflective elements and bad treatment from her soon made a hated piece of equipment. This jacket Kalenji happen.

Maurice said no to yellow vest

Sensation in Mauritius: more than 1,500 bikers parade on January 7, against the requirement to wear retro reflective vest for motorcycles and scooters drivers vest. A fight that is not unlike the one led by the French Motorcyclists is in Anger between 2011 and 2012.
Obligation rejected!
In Mauritius, the Government has decided to impose wearing a retro-reflective vest to motorcycle drivers from 1 January 2014, according to the newspaper The Daily. Difficult to understand under these tropical latitudes, on an island where the purchasing power does not already allows everyone to travel with a safety helmet …
The same problems the same remedies
And in Mauritius as in France, when the government proposed a draconian measure of road safety, the two-wheeled users show. And they are successful!
“The Mauritian authorities have declined by announcing that the jacket of the port would not be mandatory in broad daylight,” says The Daily. In France, mobilization of bikers under the banner of the FFMC has enabled the transformation of the cuff vest with reflective tape and its abolition. This info end of the world allows us to remind us of good times (click on the links below)…

 

On the sidewalk of the wire

Strange atmosphere … In the silence of the downtown Strasbourg, closed to cars since Friday, we still hesitate to walk on the road. Guided by her collator, she walks with short steps to the crosswalk. Her tiny feet barely resting on the first white band, the old lady looks up, seems to hesitate a moment, then slowly rotates. What’s the point? The shortest path from point A to point B is a straight line. And the street is empty. The old lady goes diagonally its careful progression.
The sound of silence placed on the bitumen

Around her floats a rumor we did not know: the sound of silence lying on the asphalt. It is 15 hours, though in full week. And it lacks that roll so familiar in non-pedestrian area that of moving vehicles bouncing off cars stopped. The parking spaces are empty. No mirror or current niche to avoid: cyclists with reflective vest ride on a pool table. But never too far paint dots that mark the paid parking. One likes to slalom, smiling.
The car park next door, St. Peter-le-Jejune, is not quite deserted. A sedan parked at the curb, as to not disturb the order of the empty spaces between the road markings. Leaning against the car, a man waits. “My parents had an appointment with the cardiologist. I could go through the appointments and macaroon disabled, but it was limited, “he said, nodding towards the check-point in the Stone Bridge, 200 meters away. “The time I accompanied them to the door of the doctor, the municipal police was already there, trying to call the pound. But I could not do otherwise, they still have 84 and 87 years old, my parents … “So there is next to the car,” this is what I was told. It’s an hour that I’m here … “
“And the parking meters? All this is money that not fit! We will pay, that, at a time!”Look at this street, it looks like its war,” added her husband, looks scared. “There are 12 guys who were dead in Paris and suddenly it’s a mess everywhere. This is nonsense. We’re clueless. I’m not going to vote on Sunday, y ‘fed up, “he continues.
Approaching the place of Iron Man, the sounds cape becomes familiar. The screeching of trams, car and two engines – one ambulance and utility of a medical laboratory: service requirements. Here, the nerve center of the transport network and Strasbourg Mecca of anarchic street crossing, pedestrians will give heart to joy … but never far from the sidewalks. Nature abhors a vacuum, but it needs a little time to take his ease …
The legend of St. Nicolas for smokers a PMU bar
In the narrowest street in the Game-of-children, we let more readily tempted by the ride in the middle of the bitumen. Speakers installed along with the Christmas market broadcast a song by the Company Creole over by a children’s choir that no noise is covered. “It resonates in the stairwell … It’s pretty unbearable … It’s not too much music I listen to,” sighs a young man with long hair, pushing the door of his building. Further, similar pregnant song tells the legend of Saint Nicolas smoking a PMU bar, lined up on the sidewalk. They did not dare go down the path.
A postmistress raises the rear platform of his truck. “Ah nickel for us is: we have the whole place to park!”She laughed, kissing Eye dozens of unoccupied parking spaces. White reflective stripes, red signs: no cars, it still takes far more abundant signaling dedicated to them. After three hours of wandering, seeing a pedestrian light turn red in a new traffic-free street, one wonders why they have not just been arrested.
“There’s not happy residents, there’s those who have made repress above …”
On deck St. Nicolas, a man in a reflective vest keeps barriers. It has the caliber type that we do not try to confuse, and before him to build muscle more shoulders. Picking ask. Open close. From 10am to 20pm. “But here it’s only for cars coming out. I cannot let those who want to return. But hey, they are people who are trying … There’s not happy residents, there’s those who have made repress above …, “he said, pointing to the nearby checkpoint, on the deck of the Raven.”This morning I also had electricians who had come to work in the city, with all their equipment into the van … They were very annoyed …” he continues raising the barrier for three cars that are presented.
In the pedestrian area, everything seems normal. The large crowd less. Never the Christmas market had been so breathable. On patrol in the middle of the tourists, a CRS takes a gentle look at the illuminated angels that open the way to the cathedral.
Suddenly, two joggers emerge from behind, carried by the smooth carpet of the open street. “Oh I say, I want to type one of these sprints!
A shop left his door open. It is mild despite nightfall, and “there is no traffic noise, no honking people to move in the lane next door … It was weird at first but it’s really nice,” smiles the saleswoman.
At the bridge of the Post, six armed military police accompany that controls all flashlights outside, sacks of pedestrians and cyclists passing by. No sign of reluctance.
Further along the Stone Bridge, are the coffers of vehicles that the police open? Upstream, a colleague controls the papers to leave or not allowed to pass. 200 meters, then 300 … Prevented to pass by a police officer with reflective uniform, a woman pulls over to the side; it will not have long to wait. These are not the controls causing this influx is the clock: it is almost 20 pm. suddenly the signal sounds: “It’s good!”A man closes his chest: his van registered in Lorraine will be the last open day. CRS move barriers. The bridge is open. And the line of cars rushed to the Big Island, to go hide in car parks. Night as the streets must remain a desert…

 

Objective: To prevent accidents

At the time of the return of spring and therefore motorbike tours, gendarme’s Prefectural squadron conducted yesterday in Moseley South, a major control operation. Objective: To prevent accidents.
The site was not chosen at random. Yesterday afternoon, the police squadron Prefectural road safety (RDHS) Metz chose a particular area of ​​Moseley-South to conduct a large road safety operation: roads Dab and Donjon.
Popular routes on the weekend are at the return of spring, including motorcyclists with reflective vest. Spring is coming and become milder temperatures have led the police to act quickly to meet them, with their two hands: one for all, for prevention; and the other, if necessary, for repression.
And the stakes are high. “After the winter season, the first outputs are riskier because the bikers are slow to recover their driving reflexes on two wheels, ensures Captain Jean-Jack Tipsier, commander of the BSDE Metz. There are 27 times more likely to be killed in motorcycles by car. Yet many bikers take many risks, feeling in control of situation. ”
In motorcycle, the slightest inattention can be fatal. The recent news is there to confirm. “Last year in Moseley, in the first quarter, there were three motorbike accidents and three wounded, said the captain Tipsier. This year, the same period, we recorded eight accidents, with one killed and ten wounded. These accidents involved five motorcycles and five tours. ”
Also, faced with these worrying figures, the police with reflective uniform decided to strike hard. Sixteen soldiers Bo (motorized Brigades) Metz, Chateau-Salons, Sarreguemines and Pomp (motorized squad) Phalsbourg were deployed between the two passes of the Moseley Vosges, stopping all cross riders on their way.
They handed them a good conduct guide. “There are tips to be well equipped, adopt appropriate behavior, not complacency, respect the rules of conduct, etc. Since January 1, it is for example required that all two-wheelers have a reflective vest, to be an accident or breakdown.

All those who were in good standing are left unmolested. The others, including cars, were caught by the patrol. Especially since, for the year, the RDHS had also mobilized two of its most effective and powerful weapons for offenders: the unmarked motorcycles and unmarked car, capable in particular enter discreetly each speeding in hand traffic.
In the end, 150 motorcyclists were checked and all were in order. Twenty violations were against motorists been seen in: 18 speeding (identified with the dreaded unmarked car with onboard radar), a phone while driving and driving under the influence of alcohol. The presence of the police force has not, however, reason enough to everybody. A motorcyclist with reflective clothing lost control of his vehicle in the rise of Donjon in Abreschviller. He and his passenger were injured, suffering a fracture of both, and taken to the hospital Sarrebourg.

To see, be seen: many controls this Monday in Maryanne

This is one of the golden rules of road safety. The police will conduct numerous checks, essentially preventive throughout the department.
Captain Pascal Vidrequinest the commander of the squadron departmental road safety. It exposes the device that will be in place this Monday, January 25, in Maryanne.
Why organize prevention “Well see and be seen”?
The days are getting shorter and unfortunately every year accidents occur involving pedestrians or cycle. Many people are unaware that since 2008, wearing retro-reflective vest is mandatory for motorcycles and cyclists with reflective clothing, open road. Not to notice her on a road at night or in foggy  weather, may cost you your life, and endangering the lives of others, whether by car, bike or on foot.
How will unfold that day?
Eighty police will mobilize. They will be present throughout the day and basically when visibility is reduced from 7 to 9 am, and 17 am to 20 pm. Motorists, cyclists, pedestrians will be sensitized about thirty checkpoints set up throughout the department. We also recall the importance of controlling its visual faculties: the view is the most sought direction for driving.
What do you monitor?
The lighting of vehicles is in particular, the proper functioning of traffic lights. We will also verify that people put out their flashing at intersections. This is a preventive action. Moreover, we propose an alternative to prosecution; people will have five days to come into compliance. This, however, concern only minor offenses: all is not allowed. We will, as a safety vest for people who do not have and give to schoolchildren neon keychain to hang on the satchel.

Unlit cyclists with safety vest pay a fine

Traffic policemen on Thursday light the riotous cyclists on the city main road. In the words of the head of the Traffic Police in reflective uniform Charles Kati eight cyclists had to pay a fine. “Most often it was the lack of equipment, driving on the wrong side and so on,” said Karle Kati.

Although cold again subsided, so people on a bicycle without safety vest as transportation funds remain, they must reckon with poor road conditions and especially should pay attention to the lighting of the bicycle.

“Checks on the cyclists will continue. Even people on bikes should obey the law of traffic on the roads, “said Charles Kati. Now motto See and be seen is true for cyclists and pedestrians in winter twice. That’s why police in the prevention in some roadside checks handed out to participant’s traffic reflective tape and warning vests. It is reflective element, the driver can see at night now 200 meters.

Vodafone: a jacket to protect cyclists

Many cyclists use their portable, which makes them obviously vulnerable, especially when they do not wear reflective vest … Vodafone takes the subject head on, and solves both problems!
April 15, at the TEDxDelft, Vodafone Netherlands will unveil its smart jacket to cyclists. Originally a simple observation … and rather universal: biking, we tend not to protect as necessary. Not to mention the traditional helmet on which the majority tends to overlook, it is here to address two other issues. The first is that cyclists regularly use their phones while pedaling. The second is that much at night are invisible fault to wear a safety vest or light to attach to their cars.
With its proposed “Smart Jacket” Vodafone attack both problems: in order not to be tempted to look at his phone, simply slip it into a safety jacket pocket once you have entered your route there. The jacket will take care of the store, and using an LED system, it will indicate directly to motorists what path you take, in addition to using GPS. Ingenious!