Category: Reflective tape

Reflectors can save lives

Rain, snow and strong wind accompany us in the autumn and winter. Road conditions are considerably worse then. Although there are less than 40 days to the beginning of astronomical winter, it is worth taking care of your safety now.

As it gets darker and faster, remember about reflective vests. Thanks to them, pedestrians are visible from a greater distance. Even the youngest know it. “You can see us in the dark and the person is more visible,” says one of the students, “We are then more secure and visible,” his colleague adds.

Let’s also remember that outside the built-up area, we have a duty to have a reflective element. “Regulations impose an obligation on pedestrians who move outside built-up areas after dark. Then we have a duty to have a reflective material with us, ” informs Dolan, a spokesman for the police.

There may be a fine of 20 to 500 zlotys for breaking this provision. According to the police spokesman, a driver traveling at 80 or 90 km/h, there is no chance of slowing down and he notices the pedestrian practically at the time of the deduction. The situation is different when the pedestrian has a reflective tape on clothing. Then the driver sees a pedestrian from a distance of about 130 – 150 meters, which is five times faster. In other words, such a reflective element can save our lives.

Roadmaps should also be prepared for changing the conditions on the roads. It’s time to change tires. There is a major difference between the summer and winter tires on wet and slippery roads. “The summer tire, under the influence of low temperatures, hardens and becomes very slippery. The winter tire gives you a better grip. It has more incisions that drain the water squeezed out of the snow, and allow it to be pressed down on the ice.” explains Karakas.

Drivers should also remember to check the technical condition of their vehicle. When slippery roads are on the road, it is also worth maintaining a greater distance between cars.

The autumn and winter weather introduces many hazards on the roads. They affect both drivers and pedestrians. Although the regulations require to have a reflection in an undeveloped area, it is worth having such an element in any other situation. Drivers should also be more cautious with worse visibility and more difficult road conditions.

How to get through the winter safely

Dusseldorf Police Dusseldorf gives tips for seniors and children: Reflective clothing helps.

In winter it is – mostly anyway – dark and cold. Due to the darkness, it is on the streets not only for motorists but also for pedestrians and cyclists much more dangerous to be on the road. On Friday, the police gave Joachim Tabatha and Michael tips for seniors and children. It was all about the visibility in the dark. All ages can benefit from the tips.

Reflective clothing is visible up to 140 meters.

Luminous clothing has been known for decades for its silvery reflective tapes and its yellow or orange main color. Reflective clothing is visible up to 140 meters in the car’s headlight, which is a significant difference compared to dark clothing (25 meters) and light clothing (40 meters). Reflectors work as follows: The white silver strips have about 15,000 glass balls per square centimeter, which are mirrored on one side. This causes reflected light to be reflected back to the source.

Especially seniors are frequent accident victims. According to Joachim, 66 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in Düsseldorf between 2006 and 2018, of whom 41 were older than 65 – that is 62% of deaths. In the darkness, however, only 16 of the deaths were due. This reflects the lifestyle of many seniors: they often do not go out after dark. Nevertheless, they belong to a risk group. Here are more tips:

There are shopping bags that are made of the same material as the reflective vest. In addition, handy “mini-reflectors” help. The small stripes are about five inches tall and can be attached to all zippers.

Safety is yellow

Yellow safety vests are given to the students in the new school year on the move, because now, a few weeks after enrollment, the dark season begins. Now it is very important to make the young road users particularly visible. Because of road traffic on the simple rule applies: Visibility is safety.

 

Mayor Hubert, representing the municipality and supporter of the “First Grade Safety Campaign”, is also assisting the ABC marksman along with the class teacher and headmistress Kerstin. He gave each child a neon yellow safety vest. As a result, the children immediately started to love the cool safety vests with the reflective tape.

 

Not only does the vest looks great, but it also provides extra protection for the schoolchild. A child who regularly wears a safety vest over his jacket on the way to school, to friends and to sport, will be visible from other road users already from 140 meters.

 

The self-evident wearing the safety vest with reflective materials could avoid accidents, the headmistress said.

The Channel calls for the yellow vest

As long as it was within its competence, the Department of the Channel was distributing yellow reflective vests to students using school transport. The Normandy Region did not follow…

 

The departmental councilor of La Manche delegate for road safety, Dominique Morel, is angry with the regional council of Normandy, which took over the organization of school transport.

 

In a message communicated Friday, September 30, she does not go in four ways:

 

“I note, for the start of the 2018-2019 school year, that student safety is not a priority! The regional council has decided to no longer make the yellow vest with reflective materials mandatory in school buses. How can we make such a decision, when they have not yet distributed a single yellow vest since September 1, 2017! ”

 

“It worked well”

The Manchester election exposes the context that exasperates him all the more:

 

When we take a skill, we do not wait. It should have been prepared upstream. In addition, staff who intervenes on this competence for the Region cannot ignore what we were doing in the Channel, they were already in charge of transport for the Department, including awareness. ”

 

In January 2014, the departmental council of La Manche had made it mandatory to wear the yellow vest for all schoolchildren and users of a school bus or a regular line of the department.

 

Until the fall of 2017, he funded and handed yellow vests to all students returning to sixth grade.

 

The Region argues on the time to harmonize practices between the five departments, deplores the elected. But is there not rather a will not continue this action deployed by the Department of the Channel since the others did not? I do not see where the complexity of the thing is; it worked well. ”

 

We see the child at 150 m, against 30 m if he does not have a vest.

The elected representative wishes to recall:

 

A person wearing a yellow vest with the reflective tape is seen 150 meters against 30, for those who do not wear it! ”

 

For this school year, the departmental council of La Manche suddenly made the choice to take again this load and for a budget of € 12,500, will distribute about 6,000 vests after the holidays of All Saints to middle school students in 6th in the 73 establishments of the Channel.

 

Contacted on the subject, the Regional Council of Normandy did not respond to our call.

Wearing reflections can save a life

On October 2, the “Be Visible” social campaign initiated by the Ministry of Transport and Communication took off in Lithuania.

 

Rojas Marsalis, the head of the department, initiated a nationwide campaign near the Lithuanian Post Office building in the town of Vievis, where as part of the month-long campaign, local residents will be distributed to 20,000 reflections – an indispensable attribute of pedestrians of road users and cyclists. Thanks to reflective materials on an unlit road, the driver will notice the pedestrian even from a distance of up to 200 meters.

 

The goal of the “Be Visible” social campaign is to encourage residents to take care of their safety on the road when it is dark. On 5-31 October, intensified inspections will take place on national roads, during which road police officers will check if pedestrians and cyclists are wearing reflections.

 

“In the period when the dark part of the day is a major part of our lives, the number of road accidents among pedestrians increases significantly. Almost always the victim has no reflection. The Lithuanian Road Administration, in order to persuade the public to pay attention to the increased risk, calls for children and adults not to forget about reflections. It is not recommended to have flares in the dark of the day, but it is necessary. It is very important that both the youngest and their parents remind them of this duty. “said Vitiates Grays, head of the Lithuanian traffic police service.

 

The officer is reminded that all road users who do not comply with traffic regulations and do not have flares in the dark are punished with fines ranging from 20 to 40 Euros. In this year 81 people were punished.

 

“Pedestrian safety is a serious problem. In 2017, 192 people died on the roads of Lithuania. 68 of them are pedestrians, who usually have no reflections “- said Vitiates Grays.

 

Especially in autumn and winter, pedestrians are obliged to take care of their own visibility.

 

Police remind that every pedestrian who moves along the road after dusk should have a reflective element placed in a visible way for drivers. People who do not comply with the regulations endanger their lives. Pedestrian dressed in a dark outfit is seen by the driver of the vehicle at a distance of about 20 meters. Reflective elements increase the visibility to a distance of 150 meters, and the vest up to 200 m. The lower the reflector is placed, the better the car’s headlamps will illuminate it and the driver can see the pedestrian earlier. The optimum height at which the user should wear a reflector is the height of the headlamps falling on it.

Make sure that the reflective accessories that you wear are not covered, such as a scarf, bag or backpack.

 

Going on the left side of the road (in the opposite direction to the movement of vehicles), it is best to wear reflections on the right hand or leg (from the direction of vehicle movement). When we move in the column, we should go to the right side and wear a reflection on the left hand or leg (from the direction of vehicle movement).

 

When buying reflective vests, make sure that the product meets the quality standards. The most important thing is that it should be marked with the CE symbol and comply with the European Union’s security standards. Depending on the quality of the product, the reflection can perfectly fulfill its role for several years. However, every autumn you should consider whether it still provides maximum protection. You can do this by illuminating the flashlight at eye level with old and new reflections from a distance of 4 meters. If the old reflective tape reflects less light than the new one, it’s time to change it.

The tips for a safe “back to school”

The emergency service 112 of Andalusia has published a series of tips focused on self-protection and respect for road safety rules to avoid, as far as possible, incidents in the “back to school”. Tomorrow, Monday, September 10, classes begin in the province of Jaen and will return to be habitual the journeys by car, bus or walking from the homes of schoolchildren to the educational centers. In the case of any emergency, you must call 112.

 

If you go by car

If the journey is made by car, it is necessary to avoid parking in double rows and in non-authorized places such as garage doors as they can cause dangerous situations for other drivers and pedestrians. If we do not park well, we can block several lanes and even increase the risk for the minors since, to get to the car they will have to avoid badly parked cars. Also, due to their height, they can suffer an accident with a car that is maneuvering and not aware of their presence.

 

It is necessary to take child restraint chairs approved in the rear seats to transport children. They must be appropriate to the child’s age and weight. Although the trip to school is short, they always have to go in their special seat with the seatbelt. If the child is less than 1.35, he will always have to go back and can only go forward if he is over 18 or over 135 centimeters tall. In addition, it will be the person who drives the person in charge of placing the child correctly in his chair, without the backpack and fastening the belt. It is recommended not to go back when there are children in the vicinity and who are not on the other side of the road as they would be forced to cross the road.

 

If you go by bus

If you go by bus, you have to exercise caution when getting on or off the bus since it is the time of greatest risk with what you have to teach the child to go up and down in an orderly manner. The bus must carry, back and forth, the “School Transportation” signs and, if there is a companion for the students, you must wear a reflective vest with reflective tapes and get off the bus stops as well as keep an eye on the students.

 

The helmet and reflective clothing, for the bike and the motorbike

If you go by bike, you must wear a helmet, drive along the road and not on the sidewalk or on the bike lanes. Children have to wear reflective garments. It is also necessary to signal the maneuvers and be aware of the rest of the users circulating with caution. It is also recommended to make the tour in advance to warn the minor of the most dangerous points.

 

On the other hand, children under seven cannot travel by motorcycle and when that age is exceeded, they must go with parents, guardians or an authorized adult. They always have to go with an approved helmet to their size.

 

Tips for pedestrians

If you are walking, an adult must teach the child the basic rules of road safety education: cross the pedestrian crossings or with a green light, look at both sides of the street (first left, then right and last, again, left) to check that no car is coming. In the event that there is no sidewalk, you should walk along the edge of the road and, if possible, use elements that allow the child to be seen quickly as, for example, reflective vests.

 

Schoolchildren should walk, not running, jumping or playing near the roadway to avoid accidents with what they most likely will be on the side of the shoulder closest to the wall, away from curbs and with attention to the exits and entrances of parking and garages. In addition, it is recommended not to walk between parked cars to avoid collisions.

“Safe Road to School” action

As every year, from September the police action begins: “Safe way to school”. The officers will watch over safety and order in road traffic, in school areas and on roads that lead to schools and upbringing facilities in the initial period of education, after the summer break.

 

A constant element of the “Safe Way to School” activities is inviting police officers to meet parents and to learn communication with children. Classes with a police are always a big attraction for children, which encourages them to learn about traffic rules. The knowledge of officers from “roadsters” who, apart from discussing the most important regulations, are able to give practical advice to children and point out the most dangerous places in the school area, cannot be overestimated. Shaping the right habits in children is tedious work, but it pays off, because these habits stay for life.

 

We remind parents that not every first grader can be an independent participant in road traffic. According to art. 43 of the Road Traffic Act, a child under 7 years of age may use the road only under the care of a person aged 10 or more (this does not apply to the residence zone and the road intended for pedestrians only). A very important factor increasing road safety is wearing reflective tapes or reflective clothing. Parents who bring children to school should also remember about the obligation to carry them in protective car seats or special seats. The child under the school should be taken out of the car from the side of the pavement or shoulder, not from the side of the road.

 

The campaign “Safe way to school” is addressed both to children and to all adults, in particular to parents and teachers who have an educational obligation.

 

This year, Radio Olsztyn joined the activity giving away children who started the school year with reflective vests.

 

The “Safe Way to School” campaign will last until September 9.

Reflective vest to give police a cool summer

In the past few days, the temperature in Hangzhou has been rising. The public security traffic police stood against the high temperatures and continued to adhere to front-line posts to maintain traffic order. The professionalism of the police has moved many citizens.

 

On the morning of June 7th, a love high-tech enterprise in Hangzhou held a condolence event for the new-technology products of the public security policemen sent by the front-line policemen in the Xincheng brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of Hangzhou Public Security Bureau, sending 30 new R&D productions for the brigade’s public security traffic police. The police used sunstroke- reflective cool vest to express their love and support for police officers on duty. They called on the whole society to pay attention to this respectable and lovely person. I hope that all citizens will start from me, start from now on, obey disciplines and observe disciplines, and travel in a civilized manner. Unimpeded traffic adds to your strength.

 

The heatstroke cooling vest, also known as the cooling vest, is used to provide a comfortable cooling and protection for people who need to work in high temperature environments. There are several new-technology cooling modules on the inside of the vests and also have reflective tapes on vests. The body heat is taken away by the evaporation of the water by immersion, in the high temperature environment. The use of cooling can be kept cool for about four hours each time, to achieve the purpose of preventing heatstroke and cooling. It is particularly suitable for use by traffic policemen in countries where the climate is hotter.

 

At the same time, this policy sunstroke-reflective cooling vest also has the function and function of an ordinary reflective vest. The reflective materials on vests will play safety and warning role at night or in special weather, and it will have a very good protective effect on front-line traffic policemen.

Tips for a safe way to school

The new school year is in the starting blocks. This marks the beginning of a whole new phase of life for many first graders in the district of Leer and in the city of Emden this week with a series of new challenges – on the way to school. So that the little ones on the way to school are not overwhelmed, they need a lot of support especially in the early days. The traffic safety advisors of the police inspection Leer / Emden, Garret Hendricks (district of Leer) and Holder Gartner (city of Emden), appeal to parents and road users to pay attention to some tips to provide the little ones as safe as possible on the way to school.

Tips for the safe way to school:

  1. Avoid school stress: Plan enough time in the morning. Hustle and time pressure lead to carelessness. The safe way to school starts with a good breakfast.
  2. Planning the best routes: Plan and practice the safest way for you and your child together with your child. The shortest way is not always the best. Take a little detour in order to arrive safely at the destination.
  3. Wear bright and high visibility clothing: Equip your child with a safety vest, reflective satchel, reflective jacket or reflective tapes. The motto is: safety through visibility!
  4. Pupil transport by car: Walk and practice the way to school with your children on foot. This is how the child learns to actively and safely participate in road traffic. The daily “parental taxi” with the car carries danger. Many dangerous situations at the schools are caused by the turning, the reversing and the getting in and out of the children.
  5. By bike to school: We recommend that the children go to school only after the theoretical and practical cycling training. This usually takes place in the 4th class. At this age, (about 10 years) of the physical development and the responsiveness are sufficiently well developed.
  6. By bus to school: Children should never cross the road in front of or behind the stopping bus, but wait until the bus continues and visibility is clear. When getting out, children should pay attention to passing cyclists as well as passing pedestrians and should not jostle when boarding.
  7. No distraction by mobile phones / smart phones: The accessibility of children is important for many parents. Nevertheless, the cell phone / smart phone should be safely stowed away in the jacket pocket or bag on the way to school, so that the children can focus on the traffic.
  8. Looking ahead and ready to brake: For motorists, special attention will be paid in the coming weeks. Foresighted driving and a constant readiness to brake are demanded of them in particular in the vicinity of schools, at stops as well as crossing points (for example traffic lights, pedestrian crossings).

In 2017, it came under the jurisdiction of the police inspection Leer / Emden to 18 school road accidents. 14 people suffered light injuries and two injuries. School-related accidents are recorded on the way to school with the participation of children until their 14th birthday. Compliance with traffic regulations on school routes will be a particular focus of police officers in the coming days, so that road users will have to expect more controls in this context.

Preventive plan in busy roads

Staff of the Ministry of Public Security (SSP), in coordination with the Municipal Police, began the delivery of 250 reflective vests to motorcyclists and cyclists, who travel daily to towns, ranches or milpas.

On Tuesday morning in the morning municipal police performed this work in control posts installed on the roads mentioned.

William Piña Carrillo, deputy director of the Municipal Police, said that this program is part of the security device promoted by the Alfa Group of the SSP to prevent accidents that involve people traveling daily to communities or work centers on motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles.

Reflective vests with reflective tapes were already delivered, he explained.

“People are recommended to wear the safety clothing for their safety when traveling on those roads,” he said. – M.C.B.