The dark season starts and it brings especially cloudy weather and poor visibility with it. Children are among the weakest road users in road traffic. They are particularly vulnerable if they are not sufficiently “visible” to other road users.
In order to be better seen in rain, fog or dusk, children should wear bright and contrasting clothing. The trade offers – quite practically – even jackets with reflective tapes. For jackets or vests without incorporated reflectors, reflective motifs can be ironed on later for little money.
Also, a good choice is reflective tapes that can be worn around wrists and ankles and are quickly put on when needed and find a jacket pocket.
For children who ride their bikes, there are even bicycle helmets that light up. Not to be forgotten is the control of lights and reflectors on the bike, which are often used in the dark season. Because: Especially with clip-on lights, after a long summer in which the lights were not needed, suddenly the battery is empty.
The school backpacks also have reflective materials. But if these are “pasted” with stickers, they do not serve road safety.
The classic “blinkers”, attached to jacket or bag, are often lost. This is also what Ulrike Margraf, Rector of the Westerhausen Primary School, stated: “They are quickly tearing down.”
That’s why the first graders of the school have been wearing bright yellow safety vests from the ADAC hooded for several years now. Not only are they pretty glaring and well visible a few meters away from other road users, but they also have reflective stripes and look pretty fragrant. The I-males from Westerhausen also find that. “The vest is cool,” the students have stated. Class teacher Cornelia Mandley has distributed the reflective vest a few days ago in her class. Almost all of the 20 children have been wearing the vest since then. With the traffic safety training at the elementary school, they become the right little traffic detectives. And that’s the way it should be in the best case.