Category: reflective clothing

Advocate for cyclists share the road: reflective clothing is important

Advocate for a city with various means of transport, clean air and in its low carbon emissions: in other words, it is not set around the car, is the slogan of cycling groups, environmental organizations, municipalities and diplomats.

Thus, proponents of this idea take to the streets to demonstrate, by example, that it is feasible to leave the car at home and travel by train, bike or foot.

In that sense, from Sunday until next Tuesday activities will be conducted under the World Car Free Day to be held on September 22.

The first one is today, Sunday, when a “cleteada” due out at 9 to be made. M. Spain Park (downtown San Jose), San Pedro will tour and will culminate in Curridabat.

The activity is organized by the municipalities of these cantons together with ARCA, ChepeCletas, Kick Bike, fireflies, Action 2015 and ARA groups.

Roberto Guzman, head of ChepeCletas, asks participants to take bikes in good condition, helmet, and reflective clothing, solar and moisturizing lotion.

For those who do not have bicycled group The Fireflies (www.biciamigable.com) rental units. To do this, you can call the following numbers: 2280-6516 and 8703-0799.

As the route is 25 kilometers, it is recommended that children who participate are older than 10 years.

“It seeks to raise awareness about the urgent need to transform our model of urban mobility, based on the intensive use of private cars; and is characterized by high levels of traffic congestion, air pollution, noise, emissions, urban stress, high rates of cardiac disease and sedentary lifestyle, “said Jorge Mora, of fireflies.

In this sense, the groups of cyclists in safety vest have a number of petitions to the authorities.

The first is to promote the use of bicycles as a means of transport as required by the Traffic Law Article 118.

Also they asked developing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure that enables secure and inclusive movement in our cities (wide sidewalks, pedestrian boulevards, bike paths, bike lanes, etc.).

The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) will seek to fulfill its obligation to cooperate with municipalities in enabling routes for bicycle traffic on Sundays and holidays, and thus prevent road deaths.

Also comply with the obligation to promote the placement of bicycle racks in all public buildings.

As for the traffic police, they asked to comply with the duty to regulate and punish reckless and drunk drivers; make operating especially on Sundays and holidays in the high traffic areas of cyclists and pedestrians.

Today, Carthage will be visited by the ambassadors of the European Union, who will travel by train to the old metropolis, then move cycle or walk to the campus of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica.

There they will participate in a panel discussion entitled Citizenship, local governments and urban mobility, which is open to the public and free.

For its part, the University of Costa Rica invites students, teachers and administrative employees in safety jacket to use bicycles, skates or scooters, or walking. This action will remind people died in road.

There will also be a series of conferences on mobility.

Reflective clothing for visually impaired people

The event was presented reflective clothing that is specially designed for people with visual impairment.

Models show “Step into the light,” made by visually impaired people and several collections of clothes were presented to experience serious vision problems. These people know the personal example of the necessary requirements to clothes.

A prerequisite is the presence of a plurality of pockets and a special pocket for sticks, reflective elements. On the legs and chest should be to strengthen the elements that can soften the blow of a collision with sharp objects and surfaces. Specific requirements – for shoes, summer and winter collections of great attention is paid to strengthening in the area of the fingers.

To participate in the program “Step into the light” was filed more than 20 applications from designers, including designers from normal vision, but who feel fashion in the literal sense of the word.

During visually impaired designers nicely captures the mood of the room and the attitude of the collections created in the dark. Many of them do not distinguish the color, do not see the reflective fabric and create masterpieces to the touch. The audience was struck by a bright collection of designer Alana, is colorblind.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of two European designers – Anaya Briton and Christine Wolf. They shared their experiences and spoke about the attitude towards this issue in Europe.

Reflective clothing to guard your walking

Through the windows in the Lodz region snowing, it gets dark earlier. The police like too should wear reflective clothing. Walking has invisible threat.

Approaching the autumn and winter period, in Lodz Province in the morning it snows. Increasingly, it gets dark earlier and more frequent adverse road conditions. In Lodz and the surrounding area every year there are several hundred accidents involving pedestrians.

Their cause is often inadequate visibility of pedestrians – says mobile. Joanna Kącka, a spokeswoman for the Regional Police Headquarters in Łódź. – It is often so that pedestrians walk the road shoulders in a dark suit and no reflective elements. The problem is that such proceedings are putting their, and only their safety.

For this, it reminds com. Kick, wearing reflective elements is mandatory. With their lack of a pedestrian who moves after dusk outside such areas, may pay a fine in the amount of 20 to even 500 gold says a spokeswoman for Lodz police.

The dark jackets and coats for the winter bought a Polish standard. Grays, blacks and browns placed to rain and snow, because, of course, do not require such frequent washing. Except that pedestrians in these costumes are risking more than you wearing bright colors.

After dark, in bad weather, pedestrian dressed in dark clothing is seen by the driver car from a distance of about 20 meters. If wearing bright clothes, it can be seen from a distance of 50 meters – says mobile. Kick. If we assume that the minimum stopping a car traveling at 50 km / h is about 30 meters and at a speed of 100 km / h – 80 meters, it may be that an accident cannot be avoided!

And calls – “reflectors are necessary, they can save lives.”

Walking with reflective elements will be the driver noticed from a distance greater than 150 meters. Therefore, the reaction time will be much longer and the risk of accidents smaller.

How to “shine” effectively?

It is not enough to have a glare; you still need to know how to use them, to make them most effective.

We must remember that glare is best to assume as low as possible says mobile. Kick. – The headlights do not illuminate the entire body of pedestrian, usually are set at a height of about 25 centimeters. Therefore, the lower will be set up reflectors, the faster it will fall on them headlamp of the vehicle. As a result, the operator will have more time to react – says a spokeswoman.

Therefore, in the first place reflectors should be submitted to the lower parts of clothing, such as boots, trousers or pants cuffs.

It should also be recalled that it is not enough to set up glare solely on the child’s reflective backpack, because they are only visible to those following behind him, and not for drivers from both directions – like phones.

Police appeal not to underestimate the obligation of wearing reflectors, because pedestrians are victims every fifth road accident in Poland. The worse the weather conditions, including a higher risk.

Reflective clothing is necessary in bad weather

The rain, like the wind, can be an incentive that will help us to make our training more intense tad. Wear reflective clothing is very necessary. Although the weather is likely to reduce your speed, if you are in good physical condition, use it to your advantage to work endurance; greater efforts to involve the legs and lungs. To do this, shorten your stride; the more time you spend without your feet touching the surface, the greater your resistance.

Prepare your routes. Logically, you should adjust the itineraries to weather conditions. Not just jogging in spring by a decamped area that I do in the rain. Avoid roads where many puddles and if you allow temporary refuge becomes more intense. On the other hand, it is not recommended going out on stormy days, if must go out, then wear a raincoat with reflective tape.

Dress smartly. Bring a first layer (a thermal shirt, for example) and other outside as windbreaks, waterproof material such as nylon or the like. It is essential to keep dry when the rain surprises us and also maintain body temperature. You can also consider wearing a visor with reflective material, there are plastic to keep the rain bother your eyes. Do not forget gloves to protect your hands from the cold.

Bring neon elements. The winter light is scarce; especially when it rains, and makes worse the visibility for drivers. Try to always wear a reflective band, yellow, pink etc. Even some sports garments are made with reflective fabric. Check your footwear. Maybe you are too worn or slipping because of the rain, and you need to invest in some new shoes. It is important that the feet are kept warm and dry; there are models made for it in impervious materials such as Gore-Tex.

Police check Reflective clothing for cyclist

Police in Pilsner surprised cyclists on one of the busiest bike paths in the city. Because it has long dark morning, the patrol checked if people run on machines with the required reflective tape and lights. For three cyclists began the week fines.

U Prazdroj is a strategic cycle route for riders heading out of town Doubravka to the city of Pilsner. It was here, near the stop urban traffic, where signs instruct cyclists dismount from their machines and about 50 meters round lead at half past six in the morning appeared patrol traffic policemen.

Flashlight with red light in the hand of a man in a reflective jacket is uncompromising cyclists. “It’s a very big surprise; at first I did not understand it at me. I’ve never while riding a bicycle policeman did not check, “says John Velcová.

The policeman stopped her, because when driving at dusk lit up a front white light. On the bike he had assembled. Cyclist apologized. She thought he was on the cycle it may not be illuminated. No red light was turned on while driving.

After talking with the officer turned on the white light, the police spokesman Haney Štefflová got like all halt cyclists reflective material, a cyclist with a reproof from the police continued on the way to work.

For the first hour of police officers fined two cyclists who had the lights on bicycles at all. The third was fined Marot Picher “This is the first time I’ve checked on the bike. It’s one of my recent trips this year, I buy a light spring, “said the young man, who after stepping on a bike without a rear red light stokorunovou paid the fine.

After Pilsner on a bicycle said he was too afraid because of increasing bike paths. “Maybe there along the main road from the center of Plzen towards Prague’s done well,” says Mares Picher.

Why did the police focused on the bike right now? Night is prolonged dawns around seven in the morning, when many people begin to shift work, night is dark already around eight o’clock.

Vaclav Irking of BESIP Company says that the lights on bicycles together with reflectors and reflective elements on clothing are now vital for cyclists and pedestrians. “Even an ordinary white plastic bag highlights the drivers pedestrian on 50-70 meters, reflective clothing and alerts the driver 200 or more meters,” says a specialist in road safety Vaclav Irking.