When walking along the road outside the village at night or in poor visibility must have people wearing reflective vests or belts. The amendment to the Road Traffic Act, which imposes the obligation, acquired while efficiency this year on February 19, fine for this offense, the police began with the advent of autumn.
If it is now a pedestrian without reflector caught that it was in poor visibility along roadsides in a place where there is no public lighting, can receive fines up to 2000 crowns. Until recently, these policemen and pedestrians only spoke to them at roadside checks handed out free reflective tape.
Most of it ignores
Awareness, however, was not very effective. As for Tuesday’s press conference, said Head of Road Safety Ministry of Transport Martin Parson, most pedestrians ignore this new obligation or has reflective elements badly set. “From 1 to 24 October, there killed 56 people on the road, three more than in the same period last year. Of this, 13 pedestrians killed, “the director of traffic police Tomé.
Meanwhile, if the walker equipped in reduced visibility the reflective element of safety vest increases the distance at which the driver can recognize it, up to 200 meters. And that gives sufficient time for the driver to react in time and safely avoid pedestrians. The reason why she was required to wear reflective elements enacted is the fact that in the years 2012 to 2015 died on Czech roads total of 523 pedestrians – 303 of them at night.
Buy it without problems
“People mistakenly think that the reflective elements must be only in the dark. But it is not accurate, because clearly labeled and must be in the dark, such as at dawn or after sunset. The fog is advisable to have with you yet light source such as an electric torch, “recommended the pastor. Take the reflective elements can, for example, stationery, sporting goods stores are often even at the supermarket, in a newsagent, a post office and a gas station.
Price Reflective tape is usually between thirty and forty crowns. Even cheaper are Internet e-shops that offer them ever since fifteen crowns and reflective vests for adults from 100 CZK. It is necessary, however, to amount to credit for the service, which is often higher than the prices of the reflective element. Pedestrians who fail to comply with the obligation imposed by the law, not only threatens fines.
“They should also remember that without reflective material products run the risks that they will also have to pay some medical or other costs incurred in connection with a traffic accident,” said Roman Boesky Team of road safety.