Many people have already made the route to the shrine for the pilgrimage of 12 and 13 August. This week, a pilgrim without safety vest was hit and responsible fled. Meet the safety instructions.
At a time when many people already made the road on the way to the Shrine of Fatima, we need extra attention in circulation, either walking either by car.
The GNR leaves some basic safety advice to all the faithful who, these days, are on their way to participate in the pilgrimage of 12 and 13 August.
Lieutenant Colonel Granho, GNR, begins by advising pilgrims, “whenever possible, walk in single file.”
They should “signal the beginning and end of the groups using either by day or by night, reflective vest; always walk on the side opposite to the direction of traffic and always on the side and not on the road. ”
Whenever you need to gather the group to pause, pilgrims should do it off the road and take special care when crossing any roads.
“To the drivers should pay special attention to the period starting the sun to set, always keep the safe distance for vehicles and in particular on national roads, pay special attention to speed,” advises Lt. Col. Granho.
A woman without reflective tape was fatally hit in the early hours of Tuesday in the IC2, near Condeixa-a-Nova, when he walked in pilgrimage to Fatima.
Source Territorial Command of the GNR said that this was a hit-and-run that occurred at about 6:20 a.m., in the town of Cernache, still in the municipality of Coimbra.