Third advice when choosing a tape is purely practical, try to get the widest reflective stripe. And when you have the option, choose to purchase also proven vendor. The idea is to get the strap with the logo BESIP among the top three also received two products from the offering of Czech Post.
In my purse tape will not help. Where to put it?
Best for your safety would be if the reflective elements follow the contour of your character front and back. However, who would like to walk in the evening the pub or on a date in a reflective vest.
“Reflective tape we put toward the road, to the right side of the body, on the ankle or wrist,” says Martin pastor. If you, however, is available only one band is better placed on her ankle. “The car’s lights is illuminated from below, and enlighten so strap on the ankle before the wrist,” says Head of Road Safety. If you have reflective tape affixed to the wrist, then be careful you do not block his sleeve.
If you feel that as good a job as reflective tape performance, such as lighted cell phone, remember that not only fail to meet legally required, but also risk that the phone is charged, and the driver cannot see you.
Conversely, if you wanted to underline the effect of reflection yet, you are in the twilight rain or shine clothing with fluorescent colors. Although it does not provide the reflection of light, but increase the distance at which the driver sees you.
Decides each extra meter
Although it looks like a merchant recount of bounds centimeters, it is unnecessary pettiness. In addition, every meter that has a driver available to halt or you safely avoided, on the unlit road counts.
Know therefore that a pedestrian visibility reflective elements record driver at a distance of 200 meters. At a speed of 65 kilometers per hour therefore it has enough time to cope recognize possible dangers decided exactly what to do, and performed a maneuver comfortably finishing it.
In dark clothing range at which you can see on the shoulder shrinks to just 18 meters. They swoop at the same speed car in a single second. “The driver has virtually no chance of pedestrians ahead and react safely avoid it,” says Martin pastor.
And it is still talking about the speed with which drags outside the village just a few. At a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, the driver no longer needs to secure pedestrian miss at least 90 meters, while in the white clothes that after reflection the best, you only see at a distance of 55 meters.