Category: reflective vest

how to prepare for your trip?

Equipment: reflective clothing and shoes suitable for hiking

To dress in “onion”, with clothes that can be removed and put back easily is very important. It is hot in the climbs. It is necessary to cover up when taking a break and often remove a layer again during the descent.

Whenever possible, avoid sweating too much, as moisture in clothing may promote the risk of hypothermia. Plan a spare dry t-shirt if needed.

If you plan to go out for more than half an hour on snowshoes, comfortable shoes that insulate cold and moisture are essential. Furry boots or hiking boots will be the most suitable.

Be sure to come out equipped with a first aid kit, a reflective vest that will allow you to see more easily on the snow in case of emergency intervention.

It is also recommended to be equipped with a DVA (avalanche victim detector), a transceiver device that must be worn under the outer layer of clothing. It is essential to check that your DVA works well before any release and to know how to use it.

Also has at least a passive reflector on you. It is an unbreakable mini transponder, sometimes integrated with ski equipment or snowshoes that works continuously and require no prior training. You will find them in sports shops.

Also, bring a snow shovel and a probe that will free you from an avalanche or allow you to clear someone caught in the snow. Gloves, hat, reflective jacket, scarf. Be aware that time can change quickly, pack a backpack with clothes to cover you when needed.

After only fifteen to twenty minutes of burial under the snow, the chances of survival are considerably reduced. Be careful!

We made the choice to ensure our own safety

At the national level, this tragedy had concurred with another involving also five firefighters in Paris, victims of flash over (blazing generalized flash). Interior Minister Nicolas Sarcoxie then launched a municipal security inspection. “It has led to the development of a health and safety commission for all Sid at the national level, and the birth of an accident prevention investigation bureau” with a predominance of experience feedback.

And if the Dome was content with these measures, she did not content herself with it. “Work has been conducted with the ASF on the procedures for interventions on motorways”, with the birth of the one that becomes part of the daily firefighters Dome: the safety vehicle. Yellow in color, similar to that of the Canadair’s, it is positioned upstream of the interventions. “It is visible day and night, sunny weather as fog. It is equipped with LED reflective vests, ramps, a variable message sign. We took the choice to ensure our own security while awaiting the arrival of the protection services. ”

The utility of the security vehicle quickly asserted itself on the national and departmental roads. “We have 20 that benefit from reinforcement, especially in rural areas, of multipurpose light-duty vehicles with a markup function. ”

The outfits have also evolved. “From now on, every firefighter has his own high visibility vest, yellow or orange. It is compulsory for each intervention. “Consideration of new equipment was accompanied by a rise in power of our health and safety department, with action recognized at the national level – territorial price of the Gazette does communes in 2007 – what is the plan? Road risks.

“It’s a global approach intended to limit accidents, both in intervention and training, or during personal time. For volunteer firefighters as professionals. All the employees of the structure are concerned. “explains the service manager Alain Judge. “Let us hurry with caution or wear a safety clothing” is now the watchword of a whole profession. Or how a tragedy saved lives.

To make children more visible in the dark through safety vests

The days are getting shorter again; it is the time of the year when safety vests are increasingly used again. In addition, rightly so: The eye-catching items of clothing help to prevent accidents and to protect your children from the dangers of road traffic.

 

Especially in the dark season, it is advisable to equip children in traffic with safety vests. Therefore, other road users much more likely perceive them.

 

This is what the ideal safety vest for children looks like

Safety vests are made of a breathable and lightweight material. They are easy to pull over the normal jacket and do not hinder. It is best if they are closable with a Velcro fastener: So the vest is quickly put on, fastened, and stripped off again. Characteristic is the reflector strip, which should be at least one centimeter wide and once around the reflective vest should be around: Only this way it is ensured that the child is clearly visible from all sides.

 

The color of the vest provides extra security. If you buy a model in a fluorescent signal color, such as yellow or pink, your child will not be overlooked even in daylight. The difficulty, especially in the winter months, lies in the fact that most garments are sold like warm jackets in rather muted colors. In them, a child is much worse to recognize than in a color that does not blur with the hazy background on the winter road.

 

Color and reflectors make the difference in safety vests

If the children have to leave the house and go to school in the morning, it is still dark outside in the fall, winter, and early spring. Whether they are on foot or by bicycle, they are not easy to spot for motorists, and in the morning rush hour traffic on the streets are still a bit more dangerous than usual. Buy reflective vests with reflectors for your kids, they are in the light the headlights are easy to see from far away, and the drivers drive much slower and more cautiously.

 

You can also buy one for yourself: For example, if you bring your child to kindergarten by bike in the morning, you will also be more easily recognizable by motorists. If you find the normal vests that you find in trading too boring and not very individual, you can also order special designs. Children also like to put on a vest with their name. If you find that the reflective areas are not sufficient, you can buy additional reflective strips and fix them on the vest. How your child safely gets through the traffic!

Pedestrian without reflective vest is dangerous in the country road

It is not always possible to brake in time, even when driving at the speed limit. Not only drivers should be especially careful. The same applies to inhabitants of the village, which is reminded by KRUS.

 

I am driving along the road, passing cyclists and I am happy to see that they are wearing reflective vests – the reader recounts. A few hundred meters away, I am angry, because the farmers clean the ground off the road – without any glare! Gray, because evening, they are dressed dark. It is good that they clean up after beet harvester or potatoes, but people! You cannot see it, and the driver is easily worried about the tragedy.

 

“Farmer, be safe while moving on public roads!” Autumn in full, dusk falls faster and the days are often rainy. Road traffic participants should take care of their visibility, “more than at any other time of the year they are exposed to deductions or traveling by vehicles”.

 

KRUS reminds that the problem largely affects rural residents. They often move on narrow, unlit roads, without sidewalks and paved roadsides, which are followed by unlit or insufficiently lit tractors coupled with agricultural machines, motorcycles, bicycles, etc., be indicated by the Cash Register. For pedestrians walking around dark outside built-up areas without wearing reflective clothing often means moving in the dark, and for drivers completely unpredictable circumstances – such as the sudden appearance of a pedestrian or parked vehicle on the side of the road or the edge of the road.

 

The pedestrian sees the vehicle from a distance much larger than the pedestrian can see. If we dress in dark clothing, at night in the spotlight we are visible only from a distance of 20-30 meters. “A car traveling with a permitted speed outside the built-up area of ​​90 km / h, overcomes a distance of 25 meters in one second. The chance for the driver to attempt to bypass the pedestrian is therefore close to zero. The pedestrian equipped with glare is visible from a distance of 130-150 meters.” This significantly increases the chance of reaction.

 

The reflector is recommended to be placed at knee, hand, and chest and back height

What are the rules? For the last 3 years, people who are after dark on roads outside built-up areas are obliged to have reflective tapes in a visible place. A fine threatens their lack. At night, they do not have to wear flares, people walking on a sidewalk or a road intended only for pedestrians, as well as moving in a residential area.

The car nearly drove into a group of preschoolers

On Tuesday, a Volkswagen passenger car entered the pedestrian crossing, through which a group of preschoolers passed through. The children were equipped with reflective vests.

 

The incident occurred when a group of children was on one-third of the width of the street. At some point, Volkswagen Golf entered the pedestrian crossing, which did not give way to preschoolers and their carers. After the incident, the recording went to the Police Headquarters. The officers immediately notified nearby traffic patrols.

 

After a while, one of them reported to the dispatcher that he stopped the vehicle visible on the film. 68-year-old was the driving car, who admitted that she was the one who directed the car shown on the recording.

 

The police in safety clothing arrested the woman’s driving license and made an application to the court to punish her.

Safety vest join forces with the world of fashion

Fashion designers are convincing that it saves lives, and our reporter checks it in practice. The reflective vest is the hero of the clip made by road builders. The action “A2 that it is safe to bet on reflections!” is to convince young people that although the vests are not too stylish, it is worth to wear them, because they improve safety. The TVN24 reporter checked how much night wear this piece of clothing. A pedestrian with a reflection is visible from almost 100 meters, while a man in a black jacket appears in front of the mask unexpectedly, several meters in front of the vehicle. In this situation, there is no time to react.

 

How important is visibility on the road, also convinces Josef, head of the Road Traffic Department of the Municipal Police. Appropriate visibility is above all a guarantee of safety. Then when we are visible, the driver can react and avoid an accident. Safe distance is a standard range of traffic lights, or 150 m. This distance is enough to control the vehicle, but only if we are visible.

 

The safety vest has the same cut for years, but it is still attractive because it has saved people’s lives for years. This is what we intend to promote – says Sophia. Fashion people, the founder of the Risk brand, will help in this. The result of cooperation is a short film with vests in the main role. – We want to persuade most people to have such vests – says Olin in the video. For the promotion of hi vis vests, the well-known fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was once invited. “It’s yellow, it’s ugly, and it does not suit anything, but it saves lives,” he argued in the campaign. So you can say that road builders follow fashion.

First aid kit in the car will be obligatory

The Ministry of Infrastructure reviews drivers’ regulations and plans to change them. One of them is to introduce the necessity of carrying a first aid kit in a car. The resort justifies that its lack on the list of mandatory car equipment is in conflict with the regulations that force drivers to help victims of accidents.

 

Currently, we must only have a fire extinguisher and a triangle in every car registered in Poland. Meanwhile, in many European countries on this list there is also a reflective vest, which must be used in the event of immobilization of the car on the road and first aid kit – necessary to provide first aid. In many countries, law already requires a vest and first aid kit.

 

The Ministry of Infrastructure, as part of activities to reduce the number of victims on Polish roads, wants to soon introduce the obligation to carry a first-aid kit in each car. Work on appropriate changes in law is already under way. Regulations must specify not only the penalty for the lack of a first aid kit, also to calculate its content in detail. The cost of the first aid kit will certainly not be high, because bandages, patches, and tourniquets are not extremely expensive and usually everyone has them in their home medicine cabinet.

 

Recall that now the penalties threaten to lack in the car properly marked fire extinguisher and a warning reflective triangle (with the approval mark). Remember that the extinguisher is better to carry in an easily accessible place in the cabin, and not in the trunk under a stack of packages. The fire extinguisher should be easily accessible.

Police action to prevent accidents involving pedestrians

Over the coming week, road police officers in reflective vest across the country will step up their actions to prevent road accidents involving pedestrians! The traffic police will act on a national level between 6 and 12 November, under the coordination of the Romanian Police Road Directorate, to save lives and to prevent road events involving pedestrians.

 

Activities are aimed primarily at combating pedestrian traffic violations. Particular attention will be paid to roadside potential areas as well as to road traffic occurrences caused by these deviations.

 

Romanian police in safety vest recommend pedestrians:

– To engage in crossing the public road only through specially arranged places (on the pedestrian crossing) and in the green color of the electric traffic light, where there is

– To ensure, even when in the pedestrian crossing, that the crossing can be safely (the vehicles are stopped before pedestrian marking, especially when the road has several lanes on the way)

– Never run across the pedestrian marker regardless of the emergency at any given time

– Not to move on the roadside, where there is no sidewalk or vestibule (predominantly in the countryside), move on the left side of the road as close as possible to the edge of the road

– In bad weather or dark, wear open-color clothing and / or reflective tapes to be visible

– Not to cross the front or rear of the public transport when they are stopped at the station

– Children should not be allowed to cross themselves – they are unpredictable and cannot appreciate distances and speeds correctly. Do not forget!

– Children imitate the road behavior of adults.

Vehicle drivers must reduce travel speed and travel with great care.

Keep reflective vest in snow days

Obligatory cleaning of cars from ice and snow, pedestrians with reflective vest and the possibility to ride a cyclist even on a full line – these are the changes that the amendment to the Road Traffic Act wants to bring. We have released some planned rules for cyclists, said MF DNES chief BESIP Martin.

 

What sanctions do pedestrians do when they do not have reflective material, and drivers in the case of an unclean car from snow and ice?

In the case of non-cleaned vehicles, there is a penalty of up to two thousand crowns in place, in the case of administrative proceedings up to CZK 2,500. As far as the pedestrian duty is concerned, there will also be sanctions there, but there is mainly an accident investigation on steps. That makes it easier for decision-makers to make decisions.

 

Must it be a duty to clear snow and ice from a car strictly defined in the law, if, according to our debaters, it can be penalized for this day? Is not it unnecessary denial of drivers?

I read the posts in the discussion under the article and I think that one who cleans the car and does not have a problem with it must say that it is nonsense because we are introducing a thing that is clear. However, just such a person does not limit the amendment. And the person who does not do that should learn from it and take the best of it. This is not about doing something to anyone. It is the result of a work that is based on a practice where there has always been a discussion whether snow and ice on the car are all right or not.

 

Of course, it is said that the instrument is in the law, but the police have a big problem in enforcing it. If it is precisely defined what is to be done with the vehicle before the ride, such as scraping the windows to provide a good view of the vehicle, which is one of the most important elements of active safety, it is absolutely well-founded. It is very unpleasant to drive a vehicle in front of you in winter, which has a higher layer of snow on the roof and gradually drops off at higher speeds. And because there was a discussion about whether the driver is in the way of looking at the fragrant tree on the mirror or something else at the window, then I personally think that a strict definition will help what we all want, and that is to make the operation safer and keeping the road safety.

 

I would like to emphasize that all these are just considerations because it is not a law signed by the President, but a proposal in inter-departmental proceedings. Therefore, it is not a loose coin, and the other thing is whether it will finally come out in the law.

How can I be seen without a reflective vest

Walking in the darkness of the street without having a reflective vest is not safe today. Not only can you hit a car, but you could also get a fine. But what if you do not want to wear a reflective vest? Alternatives are reflex sprays that can be used for clothing, metal and animals.

 

In the dark, with reflective elements only

In February of this year, an amendment to the Road Traffic Act came into force, which many of you and especially those who enjoy taking evening strolls for the city, have surely registered. For pedestrians traveling at the side or on the edge of the road outside the village in low visibility (where there is no public lighting), they are required to wear a reflective vest.

 

Decreased visibility is not only darkness, but also darkness or fog. The purpose of the regulation is clear – to prevent the impending collision of a pedestrian with a passing car. Pedestrians who violate this regulation are subject to a fine of up to CZK 2,000. When the reflective elements are said to be, you will probably recall the neat, lustrous yellow or orange hi vis vest, which is an obligatory part of the first aid kit. Fortunately, the law does not require wearing it directly, but it is said to be sufficient for any visible retro reflective material – a reflector that reflects light.

 

You can buy a reflex tape, for example. It protects you against the fine, but because of its modest size, it does not face all the dangers of road traffic. A more sophisticated alternative is the ALBEDO100 Reflective Spray (available at the 4MS.cz e-shop), with which you can produce a reflective element almost everything. Various types of reflex sprays are available, which can be applied to different materials.

 

Classic are reflex sprays for textiles, which can be used for clothes, shoes or for a bag or backpack. Although waterproof, it can be washed without any problems in the machine. You can also get different templates for reflex sprays, which make the mandatory reflective material, transform into a stylish adornment.

 

ALBEDO100 also produces reflective sprays for metal, wood and plastic, suitable for example for bicycles, prams, helmets, but also for fences or winches. Color is resistant to sunlight, wind, and rain, but does not damage the surface. Those who are afraid of their pets at night would be able to use waterproof reflex sprays for animals that can be easily washed with shampoo.