Category: Reflective tape

This is what you need to have in your car if the crisis hits

On Tuesday, several landslides took place in Sogn and Fjordane and Hordaland, after heavy rain showers.

Over 150 were evacuated from their homes, and 1,500 households lost power.

“If dangerous weather is reported, we do not recommend that people are driving. But if you still are, it is important to be prepared,” says Haavard Stensvand, emergency manager in the county of Westland.

Here is Stensvand’s advice on what you should have in the car, should the accident occur.

1. DAB radio

It is important to get updated information about the situation you are in.

“People trust that the mobile network will work, but then we see during this incident that it can be false security. Then it is important to have an alternative,” says Stensvand.

Then a battery-powered DAB radio may be wise. At least if you can’t use the radio in the car.

NRK P1 is the official emergency channel and a good source of information for crises and accidents.

2. Warm clothes

It is not stupid to have extra clothes lying in the car if you get stuck.

“There should be clothes that allow you to either get out of the car and keep warm, or stay in the car for a few hours without the engine and heater working,” says Stensvand.

3. First Aid Box

If you or someone around you get minor cuts or injuries, it is a good thing to be able to help yourself.

“Fortunately, it comes with first aid cases in many cars. It is very good to have something like this in the car,” says Stensvand.

5. Flashlight

If it is dark outside or the power goes off, a battery-powered flashlight is your best friend.

“Everyone should have this, both at home and in the car. Maybe the lights around you are taken by the avalanche. If you have to go out and go in the dark, this is useful,” says Stensvand.

6. Antibac

It is important to take care of basic hygiene, even in the car, so that no one gets unnecessarily sick.

“In recent years I have always had Antibac with me, to be on the safe side,” says Stensvand.

7. Reflective vest with reflective tape

Everyone is required by law to have a reflective vest with reflective material in the car. If you are stuck somewhere, it is wise to make yourself as visible as possible.

“Reflective vest is important, so you can be seen if a search is made,” says Stensvand.

A Man Find was Hired as Police because of His Called “Mr. Police”

An Indonesian construction worker has been employed as police because of his name – Polisi, which is Indonesian for “Police”.

He fined by traffic police with safety uniform for riding without a license on the road. But after checking his identity card, local officers decided to adopt him as their celebrity mascot. Then buying a driving license and offering an office job in their station house for him.

Polisi said that he didn’t expect it to bring him good luck. As the breadwinner for the family after his father died, Mr. Polisi was unable to afford a driving license. Now he hopes to save money to afford his younger brother’s schooling.

Starting his office job at the police station, a renew Mr. Polisi said “It’s a new experience for me, I will try to adapt to working in an office. I will do my best to ensure people’s safety on the road.” He has passed his motorcycle test with the help of the local officers. Now he is fully road legal. He will help officers conduct driving tests from now on.

As a construction before, he has to wear a safety vest sew on reflective tape during the job. Now, he is also required to wear the safety vest during the duty. But the cloth on the body means more to him. He needs to be more responsible for his job and the public than before.

Why in the dark the driver is always right

The new Traffic Rules, which are being promoted in the draft law on traffic and its safety, have not removed the obligation from the pedestrian to make themselves visible at the pedestrian crossing. Police investigators say this moment avoids punishment for drivers who beat a man on a “zebra” in the dark. There are many illuminated pedestrian crossings in Vinnytsia, which are known both by Vinnytsia who is traveling by transport and by those who are moving on their own two. The editorial board tried to find the most dangerous of the zebras with the help of experts. And yet – to find out whether the city authorities are going to eliminate the problem of darkness at pedestrian crossings once and for all. The blood near Ferida Plaza. A motorcyclist knocked down a girl at a crosswalk. It was in the dark. And not on the darkest zebra in town. But there are dozens like this headline in the news feed 20minut.ua. Only this year, according to the regional police, 34 people were killed in traffic accidents involving pedestrians, and 6 were killed. In the same period last year, there were twice as many people killed in road crashes with pedestrians. Drivers the journalist spoke to, exploring the problem of illumination of unregulated pedestrian crossings, said: most of them in the outskirts of the city. The center helps to see pedestrians driving the street lights. And out of town – it’s dark, though in the eye. “At the bypass, near Kurochka cafe and the police department, there the cars go off at all and never stop. The only way out is to install signs that are illuminated by lanterns in the dark, or pedestrians need to wear light-reflecting vests with reflective tape,” says Vinnytsia activist Andrei Gaidai.

The refractive elements on pedestrians’ belongings and clothing will not be overturned by the new Traffic Regulations, which are promoted in the draft law “On Traffic and its Safety”. According to one of its authors, human rights activist Volodymyr Karavaev, the new rules ask for pedestrian crossings to be marked in two ways at the same time – by a road marking and a warning sign. “The legislation now requires a pedestrian crossing with signs or markings. We insist – both signs and markings. This is a fundamental difference,” the human rights activist explains. “We bring back the practice that used to be when pedestrian crossings were safer. But he agrees that sometimes the signs are not visible – they cover up tree branches or over time lose the ability to reflect the headlights of cars.

“I drove from Vinnytsia along the Zhytomyr highway and paid attention to the signs – they are not visible. Either they do not have reflective properties at all, or they merge,” says Vladimir Karavaev. “These are not new routes! As for urban conditions, it is not necessary to say that the driver will see a pedestrian on an unlit road. 90 percent will not see, because no one simply rubs the signs. They are covered with dust and dirt and they do not reflect light properly. This is another problem,” continues the human rights activist. The police are not trained to give a clear assessment of the circumstances of the accident. If the car knocked down a pedestrian at such a crossing, as you say, the police will blame the driver. It will not be understood that the driver ran into the man because he did not see a sign that has not been wiped for ten years. If such cases were held responsible for those responsible for the state of the roads, then the situation would change. So do new rules change for pedestrian safety? What do they say about illuminating unregulated pedestrian crossings? They also oblige pedestrians to make sure there are no vehicles and make themselves visible in the dark before crossing the road. At the last moment, an investigator specializing in the investigation of resonant road accidents with deaths told the journalist that the suspected drivers could be avoided. The protection of the pedestrian-hit driver always tries to prove the victim’s mistake in this way. Like, he did not provide his visibility, as required by the rules, then he is guilty. “Physically, forcing our pedestrians to wear reflective vests is simply unrealistic,” says Vladimir Karavaev. There are traffic lights everywhere, one of them, near the former brewery, works around the clock, and has good lighting in the dark. However, students at this school are well aware of the fact that flickers (or fliers) were given to them by the reflectors of the liquidated service last year, and the children were used to wear them constantly. “I have flickered on my hen and my backpack,” says Maxim, a fourth-grade student at Gymnasium No. 6. “And my classmates all wear things that glow in the dark. It’s cool. And we also know that the drivers see us from afar. From a distance, pedestrians can also be seen on the crosswalks that are on Zodiac Street. No, the residents of Podillya do not wear flicker.”

“There is a need for lighting, but it must be done very carefully,” says human rights activist Karavayev. If you do not work out a single standard for illumination of non-regulated pedestrian crossings, then you can adjust the firewood. Someone would spin a 40-watt light bulb to shine somewhere in the transition area and assume that there was the lighting. This light bulb does not affect. There are now transitions, apparently illuminated, but there is still no pedestrian there. Have the only rules to cover “zebras”. We ask Volodymyr Karavaev if the number of transient accidents will reduce the lighting projects currently underway in Kyiv.

“If we don’t do the transition lighting, everything will be a plus. Definitely, without doing anything, we will not change the situation,” says the human rights activist. “In Europe, they have come up with a lot of novelties that can be borrowed. But everything is based on financing, as always in our country. It should also be understood that lighting is not the only problem,” continues the interlocutor. On the brightest sunny day, pedestrians also get under the cars. They arrange problems for themselves. They are beaten by the tens every month. And they cannot understand at all that they must take care of their safety. Here it will be winter, it will be slippery, and they will also go out on the carriageway in front of the car, with absolutely not even looking in the direction of the car. At the same time, there will be earphones in the ears sticking out, a hood will be worn on the head, which completely covers the inspection.

Reflective elements in pedestrians, design changes

There are fatal accidents when a driver strikes a pedestrian because he overlooked it. This happens especially in the village, at night, when the pedestrian moves on the road in dark clothes and on a dark background, when it is virtually invisible. I make one of the suggestions on how to deal with this situation.

Different reflective elements for pedestrians compared to one Euro coin. Reflective velcro tape. In the middle reflective tape with own source and flashing LEDs, also with Velcro. Below is the most commonly used reflective tape with an internal spring.

Special provisions on pedestrians

Pedestrians may walk along the side of the road or the edge of the road at most two side by side, provided that they do not endanger or restrict road traffic, especially in reduced visibility or increased traffic; this does not apply to persons moving on the shoulder or on the edge of the road on skis, skates or similar sports equipment, which can only move in a row. From sunset to sunrise and in poor visibility, a pedestrian walking on the road or the edge of the road, inside and outside the village, shall have visibly placed reflective elements or wearing reflective safety clothing, so that it can be seen by drivers coming from both sides. This obligation shall not apply in the case of the transverse passage of the road at controlled pedestrian crossings or illuminated and uncontrolled pedestrian crossings.

Rationale:

By extending the obligation of reflective elements from outside the municipality to the municipality, pedestrians will be especially visible in villages where there are no sidewalks and use the road to move.

The obligation to be seen by drivers from both sides will eliminate the deficiency when the pedestrian had a reflective element only on his back, most often on his backpack. As a result, when walking along the opposite road surface not seen for incoming drivers.

By using the terminology from sunset to sunrise, which is common in aviation, we can easily and accurately determine the time from when to when it is required to use reflective materials.

To avoid unnecessarily burdensome pedestrians in well-lit city centers, this obligation is not at pedestrian crossings, in addition to footpaths. This also means that pedestrians without reflective elements will have to use pedestrian crossings as a priority.

Road Traffic Code Stricter, Fines and Violations Collected

Strengthening the Road Traffic Code, applying the principle of proportionality between the risk of infringement and its impact on road safety and the grouping of fines and infringements, the Ministry of Transport proceeds with the draft Law on Passenger Traffic Regulations.

According to the ministry, the infringements of the KKO are not a means of collecting fines, but with the new KKO, the imposition of fines has another conceptual meaning.

The main changes to the new CMC are the following:

Application of the principle of proportionality between the risk of the infringement and its impact on road safety

 Rating offenses according to their risk to:

 1. Low Risk (E1)

 2. Medium Risk (E2)

 3. High Risk (E3)

 Further and irrespective of the category of risk, the above infringements may be classified in the following categories:

 1. Very high frequency of accident (S1).

 2. Anti-social behavior on the road (S2).

 Direct removal of license plates and driving license for 60 days in cases of:

 A. Using a cellphone without the use of a headset or without placing a cellphone in a dedicated position for open listening.

 B. Preventing Disabled People (Disabled) Ramps or Parking at Exclusive or General Parking Facilities.

 C. Use of the emergency lane (ESA)

 Direct removal of license plates and driving license for 60 days in cases of:

 A. violating the provisions on the use of a seat belt or a protective helmet

 B. violating the provisions on the use of special means of restraint and protection in the transport of children

 C. Throwing objects or substances that may cause a fire, such as a cigarette.

Direct removal of license plates and driving licenses for 30 days on heavy-duty drivers who are constantly moving in the left lane or using it for overtaking.

In the event of a repeat offense, the license is removed for a double period and the offender is subject to review for re-issuance.

Registration of the removable plates in a computerized system of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

The sanctions, according to the ministry, should be touched by all citizens to be proportionately burdened and administrative measures to deter everyone from today.

One fine for everyone and a three-fold increase, through the Treasury, depending on income.

Horizontal reduction of 40% of all fines, except for alcohol-related offenses, the P2 license plate, and the red traffic light, as well as the violations of the provisions governing vehicle access.

Rules for 4-wheel motorcycles and outdoor activities vehicles

Prohibition on public paved roads on light and heavy four-wheeled motorcycles as well as on outdoor vehicles designed for use on the road or across the road.

The regulatory framework for bicycle traffic

Road markings with bicycle signs

Horizontal road markings: longitudinal stripes, wide stripes, special stripes, reflective tapes.

Enhancing road safety

Holders of any category of driving license, who have reached the age of 75, are required to pass a qualification and conduct test for each category they wish to renew. The renewal lasts for 5 years and then the process is repeated.

Another category included in the draft law is the changes to the Road Traffic Code. What are our goals? Our goals are to say that we do not have a road traffic code which is a means of payment, but we do have a road traffic education code. We must pass this on to our citizens, to our fellow citizens, to the drivers of every medium, and we strive to achieve this with very significant changes.

We want to make an effort together with citizens to build new code of social behavior and values, we must all realize that a bad habit can cost the life or health of a fellow citizen. We need to realize that the stress and rush of everyday life cost us the daily life of a fellow citizen who is denied accessibility, especially for people with disabilities.

And we have to create a system that is understandable to everyone. Today we have a road traffic code with hundreds not to say thousands of violations. Each infringement has its own fine, so it is not understood which infringement is dangerous, very dangerous, less, which costs the most in our daily behavior in society. The same people we go to in the Mediterranean and Kifissia, we go to Eleftherios Venizelos airport.

The State must create that framework, the institutions, the infrastructure that the citizen will respect in the public sphere. But we all need to realize the bad habits we have. And of course, let’s move on to the education of the Road Traffic Code, our road education and conscience.

Our goal is to fulfill the obligations of the Ministry of Transport, namely educational material and to educate people on training and lessons, brochures, interactive games. A lot of work has been done in the Ministry of Transport on these issues and we should in the next school year, that is our goal, to start in all elementary classes and in most of the country to do such lessons.

It is in this logic that the imposition of fines that we want to acquire with the new traffic code has another conceptual content and is released from our mind by its thoughtfulness. The fine is not an end in itself for traffic offenses, our priority is prevention, conscience and the cultivation of road education.

I wish we had zero revenue from fines, that is to say, no violations. Let us all realize what our own negligence, our own transgression, can cost our fellow citizens.

In this context, we codify and classify offenses that have not existed so far in three categories: Low-risk, medium-high and high-risk. This classification is foreseen to be made following the recommendation of the statutory competent Road Safety Committee that exists and operates.

There are also two additional categories, one very high frequency of accidents, one antisocial behavior and the other. In these last two infringements, any infringements classified there by the competent Commission, there will be no fines, no fines, no driving license for 60 days.

Some of the violations provided for in the draft law are the use of a cell phone, without the use of a headset and the placement of a cellphone in a special place for an open hearing.

Preventing the passage of people with disabilities, parking in dedicated general parking spaces for people with disabilities, and using the emergency lane. Let me tell you that even in Constantinople which is a city of over 15 million, the LEA is open, and we have not been trained in it in the city.

We believe that these kinds of violations are violations that have to do with our quality of life, have to do with the potential neglect we have in our daily lives or the bad habit as it is for us to smoke too much, it is very easy to throw it away. your cigarette out the window, but you are most likely to burn a man and get killed by the engine behind him, right? Beyond pollution.

The same applies to the provisions on the use of a seat belt and a protective helmet, the use of special means of restraint and protection during the transport of children, so there are zero penalties, it is not a matter of fines for these infringements and administrative measures that you said.

The same applies when heavy vehicles drive only on the left lane or use the left lane for overtaking while there is traffic on the left lane. It’s something we all live on the highways. There, the license plates and driving license are removed for 30 days and the driving license is also removed for a double period.

In all these cases, in the event of a second relapse other than removal, it is obliged to review and re-issue the driving license.

400 dogs with reflective collars to prevent collisions

In an attempt to save dogs from falling victim to traffic accidents, a Mangaluru-based animal rescuer has set out on a mission to tag the animals with reflective collars. 31-year-old Tauseef Ahmed, an MBA graduate, and a realtor have come to be known as Mangaluru’s animal rescuer. He has already tagged 400 dogs with the reflective belts in the coastal city, he says.

An activist with the city-based Animal Care Trust (ACT) in Surathkal for over a decade, Tauseef says he wanted to prevent accidents and reduce the number of deaths of animals. “Based on my observations, I gathered that most of these accidents occur during the night time due to the lack of visibility of the stray animals. Especially close to the highway, there is an unaccounted number of deaths of these animals on the road,” he says.

Last year, Tauseef was the youngest recipient of “Best Street Care and Rescue” award at India for Animals (IFA).

The belts work similarly to the reflective signs on the road. When direct light (from vehicles) is emitted on these strips, it reflects the driver. The activist hopes that these reflectors will catch the attention of the drivers from about 50 meters away and make them slow down. As per the 19th Livestock Census (Karnataka) in 2012, Dakshina Kannada has the highest number of dogs at 1,46,510.

“The reflector belt on dogs not only saves the lives of these animals, but it also saves the lives of the drivers,” Tauseef says. He points out that there are multiple incidents involving stray dogs and two-wheelers in which both the vehicle topples, injuring both the rider and the animal. A simple reflector can aid in preventing such accidents, he added.

Pegged at the cost of Rs 40, Tauseef says he used his savings to buy about 500 belts from Indore. “We have already distributed them to a few residents and animal lovers to identify stray dogs and protect them. Inspired by the initiative, few locals have also taken into sponsoring ‘stray’ animals with belts,” he says.

Born and raised at Kudremukh in Chikmagalur district, Tauseef moved to Mangaluru about 13 years ago. After growing up in a place where animals of all kinds were cared for, including dogs, cats, cows, and elephants, he was shocked to see the numerous animals killed in road accidents.

Initially, Tauseef wanted to tag cattle with reflective tapes as well since cows are also frequent victims of road accidents. However, he says, “I was concerned if they will be misused by the perpetrators to identify cattle for meat purposes.”

Tauseef works go beyond just reflective collars as he tried to treat injured animals in the city as well. The activist says he spends about 30 to 40 percent of his salary for animal treatment, including buying medicines or injections. “About 80 percent of cases are treated on-site,” he says, “If the cases are severe, then with help of a team from ACT, we take the animal to the hospital for further treatment.”

Fluvial Captaincy intensifies preventive actions on vessels

The Fluvial Captaincy of Santarém, west of Pará, intensified this July preventive actions that show the importance of salvage equipment on boats. The goal is to ensure that trips and tours in the region are safer, so inspections have also increased in water transport.

The Navy conducts Operation Summer every year so that during this period, which has the largest influx of people on trips and outings, the safety of boats can be enhanced.

According to the CFS commander, Captain Fábio Benincasa, the operation aims to inspect the regions of resorts and boats that make trips around the region. “The most frequent records are unqualified drivers, lack of salvage material, and it is important that there are sufficient life jackets for everyone on the boat and crew,” he said.

Passenger capacity needs to be monitored, as trips must be made with the number of people allowed for each vessel. The minimum mooring distance is 200 meters from the shore so that the safety of swimmers is respected, especially at this time that the beaches receive the largest number of visitors. However, it is possible to dock with 50 meters respecting the speed limit of 5km per hour.

According to the commander, the guidelines are for the total safety of the people. “There are rules for watercraft because drivers need to be qualified, wearing the safety vest with reflective tape is indispensable. And that adults have full attention to children,” he said.

Campaign for Child Safety vest

Volvo Cars Korea will hold a “Children’s Traffic Safety Campaign” to make the safety vest wearable for the family month in May.

This campaign is designed to prevent traffic accidents caused by outdoor activities of infants and young children as a car company that cares about people and safety.

Volvo Cars will provide children with difficult-to-predict behavior patterns with free-to-view safety vests with a visible fluorescent background and a reflective tape to help reduce traffic accidents for children under 6 years old, We expect to be able to.

This campaign also aims to introduce the European children’s safety culture widely in Korea.

Currently, European countries, such as Norway and the UK, are obliged to wear fluorescent vests and reflective items for outdoor activities of infants and toddlers to identify children wearing safety vests with reflective material.

The safety vests produced by Volvo Cars will be offered to 24 childcare centers and kindergartens selected by the Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Bureau from this month, and last year Volvo Car Korea was awarded a grant from the Pure Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit foundation, The foundation will also be distributed to special daycare centers for disabled children in Seoul.

What is the evidence that wearing hi-vis clothing makes you a safer cyclist?

Roads minister suggests making bright kit mandatory for cyclists in Britain, but what’s the evidence to back up the claim that this could help increase safety?

For several seasons now hi-vis has been fashionable for bike wear. But last month roads minister Jesse Norman suggested that the government’s wide-ranging review of cycle safety would consider if cyclists should be compelled to wear high-visibility clothing if there was evidence for it.

What evidence is there that supports wearing hi-vis clothing?

There’s not a huge body of evidence but there was a Danish randomized trial involving 6,793 cyclists, published in scientific journal Safety Science in August this year.

It found a 47 percent reduction in incidents involving other road users where the cyclist was injured when cyclists were wearing a hi-vis jacket with reflective tapes.

So, does hi-vis clothing work?

It’s not quite that simple. The limitation of hi-vis clothing is that fluorescent colors work by converting UV light in sunlight to something we can see so they’re bright in daylight, but street lights and headlights do not give off much UV light, so it makes little difference in darker conditions.

A 2006 review by health network Cochrane of 42 studies found that drivers were more likely to see pedestrians and cyclists in fluorescent clothing during the day.

It also said that the use of lights or reflective clothing improves cyclists being seen at night.

More recently, in 2010, a study in the Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety detailed a series of controlled experiments with cyclists in different clothing to see which was most recognizable to drivers at night.

It found only two percent of drivers recognized cyclists in black clothing; this rose to 15 percent for those in a hi-vis vest but reached 90 percent for cyclists in a reflective vest and ankle and knee reflectors – the movement of the cyclists’ legs aids being seen.

However, Cherry Allan, campaigns and policy coordinator at British organisation Cycling UK, points out: “The research suggests that it may help drivers to spot pedestrians and cyclists more readily, but there was no evidence by how much and it was impossible to say whether that made them safer, as spotting them was one thing and driving safely around them another.”

What else can be done?

A 2013 Danish study in Accident Analysis & Prevention found cyclists who use flashing daytime lights had 47 percent fewer collisions with other road users, so running them seems a good idea.

It is also perhaps instructive to heed the results of a 2017 study in the same journal that found drivers who are cyclists tend to be better at spotting cyclists, so perhaps training is the answer.

Dr. Graham Hole, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Sussex says: “Those who advocate hi-vis clothing think of it in terms of cyclists being small and therefore hard to see but the real problem is when someone pulls out in front of a cyclist.

“Under those sort of conditions cyclists are very large on the retina of the person who is pulling out. It’s not that the person is hard to see in terms of physical characteristics, it’s that people are not expecting to see them.”

Students in JD Lever Safety Patrol become official with new safety vests

Local police deputies were at JD Lever Elementary School on Thursday morning to meet with students who are part of the school’s Safety Patrol, giving them supplies to help make them more official.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office joined with SAFE KIDS Aiken to provide students with the JD Lever Elementary Safety Patrol with safety vests, said Sgt. Mary Frantz, with the Sheriff’s Office.

The students also were each sworn into the Safety Patrol officially.

“I heard that JD Lever had a Safety Patrol, but that they did not have any vests,” Frantz said. “SAFE KIDS Aiken donated money to get vests with reflective material to the kids. They work very hard, going above and beyond what other kids at their school do. These are the students who get to school early and have responsibilities like raising and lowering the American flag each day. “

Most schools with safety patrols acquire equipment like safety vests with reflective tapes from AAA but can cost the schools a lot of money.

“When I learned how much a school has to pay AAA to get stuff, I was shocked,” Frantz said. “So, we decided it would be more fun if we do not buy gear from AAA and create our program.”

Trophies Unlimited made and donated badges, which say “JD Lever Elementary Safety Patrol” with the word “Deputy” and each has a picture of the school’s mascot, a lion, in the center surrounded by an outline of a star.

The badges will only go to those students who show leadership skills, Frantz said.

Over the next month, the students will each be evaluated by deputies on how they perform their duties, how they treat others, their grades, and their leadership skills. Based on the evaluation, each patrol officer who shows all of these skills will be issued a badge, she said.

“I just wanted the kids to know how proud we are of them and appreciate what they do,” Frantz said.