Category: Reflective tape

180 reflective vests with reflective tapes went to children from schools in Narcoleptic and Sonatina Nanobot. This is the result of the activities organized by Ukase Marciano in cooperation with three companies from the Sleepless commune.

– It is not always safe to go to school for children who live in villages far from the city. The youngest inhabitants sometimes have to move along the side of the road, without a road or pavement. It is therefore important to carry out initiatives aimed at improving safety on the way of the youngest inhabitants of our commune. We decided to take this initiative – says Ukase Marciano, the originator of the action.

A total of over 180 reflective vests were handed over. Nearly 140 went to pupils from grades I-III from ZSP in Narcoleptic and kindergarten students from Katowice, Tokugawa, Grokking and Narcoleptic, and 45 to preschoolers and pupils from grades 1-3 of the Primary School in Sowing Nanobot.

In both institutions, sleepless policemen also appeared, who explained to children how to behave on the road, what to avoid, and the importance of reflective materials.

The initiative was organized by Ukase Marciano and forwarding and transport companies from the Sleepless commune: Ma-Sped, Chrystal, Kudu Slugging Transponder. – I would like to thank the companies and the Aviator Police Headquarters in Sleepless for engaging in this action – says the originator.

These are the most common accidents. Vehicle and pedestrian clashes. Experts from the BESIP and the police report that guilty – albeit inappropriate on both sides – is often the poor visibility of pedestrians. This is true not only in the morning darkness and evening darkness. Therefore, reflective clothing is still very important, such as reflective vests.

“The law, which applies to unlit areas of communications outside the community, requires pedestrians to wear reflexive elements in these places. But it should be paid everywhere, and our legislators should definitely take care of it, “said regional expert BESIP coordinator for our region, Gavel Karakul, at a recent security event.

The police, along with him, during weekly activities across the county debated pedestrians at selected busy places, alerting them to the need to be “seen” and giving them safety reflective tapes.

“Every security element, in this case, reflective materials, we welcome. Pedestrians often underestimate this, and we also agree with the extension of the law, “said police spokesman Latitude Monrovia.

STOPPERS DO NOT HAVE PRECISION!

But pedestrians are not only often “not seen”. The mistake is also their crossing of the road outside the marked transitions, a very common mistake is also a complete misconception of the fact that people have absolute priority on the transitions.

“The pedestrian must not enter the pedestrian crossing or on the road immediately before approaching the vehicle. The pedestrian must prefer the tram, “Martin Farář of the press department of the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic quotes from the relevant law.

The same law says the driver has the obligation to reduce speed or stop before pedestrian crossing, lowering speed or stopping drivers of other vehicles traveling in the same direction. In addition, the driver must not endanger or restrict a pedestrian who crosses a pedestrian crossing or obviously is about to stop and stop the vehicle. Attention! This does not apply to tram drivers.

“In short, the driver must not endanger or restrict the pedestrian in a situation where he or she is obviously about to go, not to mention the tram driver. The pedestrian must not suddenly enter the road ahead of the passing vehicles and must prefer the tram, “the deputy of the Ministry of Transport specifies.

The Ministry of Transport adds that at present, the Working Group also deals with the law on wearing reflective materials. “However, there has not yet been a concrete introduction of the surface wear of reflective tapes under certain conditions. For the time being, discussions have been going on to solve the issue properly, “the Farad said.

The reflective vest that I carry next to the driver’s seat has been making me nervous lately. It’s orange. If I had to change my bike, I would look like that in the orange as a slipper, someone who is happy with a ridiculous retirement, does not mind the freezing homeless and leaves the usury for the cold. The rebel-wearing man wears a yellow vest. This outdoor supplement of a self-confident middle class comes from France, which traditionally dictates fashion and revolutionary trends.

The orange vest is all right as a luxury Ferrari, driven by someone who runs in a carcinogenic pesticide business, hormones, and monocultures, or profits from the privatization of public property. If I walk through the orange, not the yellow vest, no one thinks I could have anything against the tax frauds of the ultra-rich, that I am for the separation of normal banking from investment banking and against participation in aggressive foreign wars.

Rather, I will look like someone who, by rejecting the yellow vest, demonstrates support for “migratory waves that can not be accommodated or integrated because of the civil crisis we are facing”, and still enjoys the pollution of the world with plastic packaging!

My orange vest with reflective tapes does not miss anything. It is perfect, unspoiled. As a person who does not like throwing away the stuff, I would prefer if our representatives would come to fashionable yellow. After all, it is in their interest to ban the participation of lobbyists in political decision-making. They cannot be interested in the media monopoly and their interference with politics. And their health is also influenced by the policy of large pharmaceutical companies. Who else than my deputy should fly in a yellow vest for civil liberties and face public interference in education, health, or family?

Something tells me, however, that deputies and senators will not come to the parliament in the yellow vests. More likely, annoyed citizens in yellow vests of one beautiful day of parliamentarians will bring to frugal reality.

According to my life experience, those who say today that the yellow vest is a fashionable fad that does not look, they have one for sure in the closet. In order to fit, the yellow will win. I’d rather leave an orange for the general revision of the outfit. There must be a reflective material on it.

On Tuesday (22 January) from the early morning hours, Alejandra’s policemen carried out their own actions on the roads of the Alexandrian poviat. “Safe walking.” Activities lasted mainly in places where traffic incidents usually occur.

Pedestrians are a group of people who are more vulnerable than other users. Unfortunately, not everyone who moves on the road applies to the rules contained in traffic regulations. The main reason for pedestrian behavior resulting in traffic incidents is careless entry onto the road before a moving vehicle, moving on the wrong side of the road, crossing the road in a forbidden place and moving without reflective materials.

Any contact of a pedestrian with a vehicle in motion at the moment of impact exposes him to very severe effects. These people are not covered by the car’s body at the time of the event, they can not count on airbags. Therefore, special attention should be paid to this group of traffic participants. Unfortunately, there are still people who do not comply with traffic regulations. The road police officers revealed the most cases of passing in a prohibited place, but there were also pedestrians who move the wrong side of the road and do not use reflective tapes.

In front of 24 pedestrians committing offenses, the officers used instructions, while those who did not have reflective elements, police officers handed out reflective vests.

Last Sunday the regulations began to work. However, the fines for cyclists for not wearing the reflective vest and the lack of a decree have generated doubts and inconveniences for users.

The law of road coexistence that began to govern this Sunday, November 11, has generated several doubts and some criticism from cyclists, who have been forced to get off the road and comply with some rules such as a reflective vest, despite that these provisions were already in force in the transit law.

According to what is established in law 21.088, it is the Ministry of Transport that has to dictate a regulation with “the technical specifications of the safety elements for occupants of cycles, such as helmet, reflective tapes, brakes, lights and other accessories of security”.

However, this regulation has not been issued yet, so that for the time being, what the traffic law establishes in this sense continues to govern.

What’s wrong with the reflective vest?

In article 6 of the regulations for bicycles established in Decree 116 of the current traffic law, “from half an hour after sunset, until half an hour before departure and every time the weather conditions require, the drivers of bicycles that transit on a public road must wear a reflective vest, harness or shoulder strap. ”

That is to say, that its use is not necessary throughout the day, but only in the hours established in the aforementioned standard.

Meanwhile, as for the other elements of security, while the new decree is not issued, what is stated in article 5: “every bicycle must be equipped with plastic plates or reflective huinchas on the front and rear edges of each pedal Likewise, these will be located on the front and rear forks or, in the form of a circular arc, on the spokes of each wheel, in any case, red or orange reflective material cannot be placed on the front fork. “

Snowfall, which accompanies us in the last few hours, makes it difficult to drive a car. It is very slippery on roads, and the weather forecasts for the coming days do not fill us with optimism.

Remember to adjust the speed of the car to the conditions on the road! It is the maladjustment of speed to the conditions prevailing on the road that is the reason for the formation of the largest number of serious traffic incidents.

Slippery road surface significantly extends the section on which the vehicle will stop. It is worth remembering that at a speed of 50km / h, the car travels about 14 meters within 1 second. The stopping distance at this speed on a dry surface is 26 meters, on a wet road 30 and on a slippery road 46 meters. However, at a speed of 90km / h within 1 second the car travels a distance of 25 meters. The stopping distance at this speed on a dry surface is 70 meters, wet on 90 meters and slippery 140 meters.

Faster collapsing darkness also adversely affects the comfort and safety of traveling and our psychophysics fitness. On an unlit road, drivers mainly see strong lights of vehicles approaching from the opposite direction and horizontal signs painted on the road.

The silhouettes of pedestrians and cyclists are noticed at the last moment, usually at a distance of 30-40 meters. In bad weather, visibility gets worse. If the pedestrian is equipped with a reflective vest and reflective tape reflecting the lights of the car, the driver will notice it already from a distance of 130 – 150 meters, which are about 5 times before! It can save a living life! Unprotected road users are often under the illusion that if they see an oncoming vehicle, then the driver sees them. This is a mistake, the consequences of which can be tragic.

All this speaks to the widespread use of reflective materials on the outer garments regardless of their age. Correctly worn reflections should be placed on the front and rear of the garment, in a way that allows them to be seen in the lights directing oncoming traffic from both directions. Every child traveling on the road should use the reflective elements, regardless of which part of the road is moving – the sidewalk, roadside or road.

The problem in the near future may be not only the aura or the technical condition of the car but also snow and ice lying on the body and panes. It happens that all windows are frosted, and the front is only cleared of snow, thanks to which the driver can see anything in front of him. Whatever, because his field of view is practically nil. The driver of such a vehicle is not able to see a pedestrian, even in full light, he does not see other vehicles well. Moves on feeling threatening all road users.

Often, when driving from such a car, pieces of ice or snowfall off, then fall on the vehicles behind it, causing damage to windows or forcing the drivers to brake hard. At higher speed, they can be a deadly threat. Police officers remind that in accordance with road traffic law, the vehicle participating in the traffic should be equipped and maintained so that the use of it does not jeopardize the safety of people driving it or other road users. It cannot violate the order of traffic on the road and expose anyone to damage. Using the vehicle in motion is also to provide a sufficient field of vision for the driver and easy, convenient and reliable handling of the steering, braking and signaling devices.

So let’s remember to take care of your own safety and other road users before you leave your car. Sometimes it takes just a few minutes to properly prepare the car for travel and ensure the same comfort and safety of driving, and even avoid tragedies on the road – police officers call.

Variable weather with snow or rain does not make it easier to drive, especially in the morning and evening, when the temperature fluctuates around zero.

Sudden snowfall, a slippery surface or lack of driving skills in such conditions causes that there are numerous road accidents. Unfortunately, we do not have any influence on weather conditions, but by adhering to traffic rules, driving techniques, responsible behavior, and proper equipment of our vehicle, we can increase our safety.

With the change of weather, the roads are becoming more and more dangerous, not only for drivers but also for pedestrians. This is the time when the probability of road events increases several times. Deteriorating road conditions: the occurrence of fog, rainfall or snow, slippery surface and low temperature, significantly extend the braking distance, which with high traffic on our roads adversely affects the safety of road users.

Reason first and foremost

Remember that falling snow or snow with rain and frosts makes the road slippery. Drivers have to take into account that they will not be able to stop the vehicle immediately. The braking time of the car then increases significantly and it is not difficult to collide or offset. Each of us is a participant in the road traffic, only our roles change sometimes. It does not matter, however, whether we are traveling by car, by bike or walking, then remember that we are responsible for the safety of ourselves and other road users. Unfortunately, we do not have any influence on weather conditions, but by adhering to traffic rules, driving techniques, responsible behavior, and proper equipment of our vehicle, we can increase our safety. Let’s adjust the speed to the conditions on the road. Unfortunately, not everyone remembers that when the temperature is on the small plus or drops below zero, and on the road there is snow or rain or drizzle, the conditions on the road are extremely treacherous and you should drive slower, more cautiously and more wisely.

Let’s take care of our vehicles.

The better we take care of our vehicle before departure, the more our safety and other road users will improve. The driver should have an adequate field of view. Snow cleared, cleaned of ice and other dirt must be windows and mirrors. Also, external lighting and registration plates may be dirty and covered with snow. Also, the snow lying on the roof of the car or the cover of the engine compartment poses a real threat to us and other drivers, because it can slip on the windshield during braking or fall on the other car behind us.

It is also worth changing tires for winter, it will certainly affect our road safety. As the last days’ show, the first snowfalls have already appeared in our region and in many cases, winter tires seem to be an absolute necessity.

Let’s remember about reflective materials

A special appeal is also directed at pedestrians. Even if you are in front of a pedestrian crossing, make sure that the driver can slow down. Of course, the pedestrian takes precedence over the passage, but here the principle of limited trust is most applicable. Let us remind you that during the autumn and winter weather we are less visible. Pedestrians and cyclists should remember about their safety and take care to be visible. Road conditions suggest common, absolute use of reflective elements not only outside built-up areas and regardless of age. Every reflective element, regardless of whether it is a reflective vest, key ring or headband with reflective tapes, will make it easier to see the oncoming driver when moving on the road.

The driver remembers:

Thoroughly clean the vehicle from the snow before you leave the road, the snow should be removed not only from the windows but also from the roof, bonnet and from the front and rear lights, make sure that the windows are not fogged up and the visibility from inside the vehicle is not impeded.

Plan your trip, in case of bad weather conditions, leaves 10 minutes earlier. In the case of possible difficulties in traffic, this creates unnecessary stress and, as a consequence, may lead to aggression, remember that in the event of any precipitation, speed should be reduced, at low temperatures, the road surface freezes. Avoid sudden maneuvers and sharp braking, pay special attention to pedestrians who are less visible during this period.