Month: November 2016

Students dressed in safety vest practice with DRC and police

The accident in mid-December with a seriously injured primary school student has gone well: the boy goes back to school; several safety precautions have been taken at the place of the accident. And for the primary school students of the primary school, everyone dressed in safety vest, there was a special day of transport safety with DRC and police.

 

On Tuesday morning, the boys and girls from the three first classes of elementary school, with the rescue forces of the DRC, used their age-appropriate measures to deal with an accident. In addition, the men of the DRK presented their two vehicles brought along.

 

The focus was on the right behavior in road traffic. The first years were practiced directly at the Bella. It was especially clear to them how important it is for them to be seen in the dark season. So they activated the reflective warning vests, which the traffic watch had once donated to them.

Test in the dark

 

There has all noticed that two children – one with dark clothes and one with a reflective vest – were lit in the dark with a flashlight. The child with dark clothes could hardly be seen.

It was also important to point out that the children in the area of ​​bus stops and school way behave in such a way that nothing can happen.

 

The traffic safety day was also important for the children who had experienced the accident: it was a follow-up. The most important message is that rescue vehicles and police are part of the task of underlining the role of the police as a friend and helper.

 

They provided a good example, as did all those involved. He had a lot of questions to answer. Likewise, his colleague Nicole and the police officer with reflective vest Dennis as well as the DRK Krause, Guido and apprentice Daniel, not to forget the class teachers Werner and Sabine.

 

Idea comes from parents’ evening

The idea for the traffic safety day came up with a parent-evening conversation with teacher DRK-man Krause.

A lot of things have happened in the area of ​​the accident site: the local road light has been repaired and is to be equipped with more luminosity, children silhouettes have been set up, the bus route has been partly changed and a tempo panel has been installed. And the police announced tempo measurements

The safety vest in the car is compulsory

In Germany, carrying a warning waistcoat is so far only compulsory in commercial vehicles and only recommended for individuals. So far, for the latest from 1 July next year must in any vehicles a protective safety vest is present such a decision of the Federal Council.

 

The new regulation concerns all cars registered in Germany, trucks and buses; Motorcycles are still excluded. In many European countries already, however, applies a high visibility vest duty on the Agency for Technical Surveillance (GTÜ) draws attention in Stuttgart. If not obeyed, threaten partially tangible fines.

 

Here there is a single European standard. The approved wests have the European control mark EN 471. According to the ADAC the obligation to have a reflective vest in the car and to contribute to an accident or breakdown is already in Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Hungary.

 

Penalties for infringement can be quite high in the individual countries. In Portugal motorists should expect a fine 120-600 Euro. Note: From one country to other part different rules on the number to accompany the West and their use apply. One should check before driving through the respective provisions therefore.

 

The reflective clothing is not harassment, but safety-related accessories, the experts reassure GTÜ. Who wears such a vest, is five times perceived earlier because of the luminous material, the security experts.

 

It is particularly in accident assistance, when setting up the warning triangle, when changing tires or on the way to without vest a significantly higher risk of being overlooked about in the dark