As part of two traffic safety events in Kutná Hora, policemen checked the driver

On Friday, June 7, 2019, and on Saturday, June 8, 2019, traffic safety events were held in Kutná Hora, focusing on drivers for whom the police banned the use of alcoholic drinks and other addictive substances.

 

These traffic safety actions took place on the basis of preventive measures to ensure road safety and smoothness, in an effort to reduce persistent discipline and the number of road accidents under the influence of alcohol. From the beginning of this year, Kutná Hora’s traffic police officers saved 15 cases of traffic accidents when the culprit affected by an addictive substance. In the same period in 2018, there were 18 cases where the culprit was under the influence of an addictive substance.

 

The police checked a total of 123 vehicles and imposed 13 fines totaling CZK 2,800. These included, for example, non-attachment of a seat belt, non-marking of a pedestrian with a reflective element, the unsuitable technical condition of the vehicle. There was no evidence of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages.

 

TISPOL is an organization that brings together European police forces in the field of transport issues and is based on the transfer of experience and information. The main goal is to implement traffic safety actions across Europe. Actions are always focused on specific issues such as alcohol and drugs, speed, freight, and bus.

 

Security-preventive events of a similar nature will be held in Kutná Hora all year round.

 

Traffic police officers and police officers in the Kutná Hora region also focus on pedestrians in traffic. They are not indifferent to their safety. Traffic safety events focused mainly on places where pedestrians can expect to travel on the road outside the municipality, or the movement of other non-motorized road users in relation to their visibility is ongoing and will take place repeatedly.

 

It is our visibility that fundamentally influences whether the driver avoids us or collides with us. Reflective vests are very important under reduced visibility.

 

Pedestrian visibility

Especially important is the lower part of the body, the color of the trousers and shoes and the stroller, which we are pushing in front of us, so we can see first. Reflective materials are best placed on the most moving part – attracting more attention.

 

Cyclist visibility

The bicycle must always have a reflector on the front, rear, side, and pedals. In addition, the front and rear lights are reduced in low visibility. Reflective tape on the ankle is the ideal accessory.

 

Do not drink and drive

Alcohol is gradually released from the digestive system into the blood after ingestion of the beverage containing it. Because it is not commonly present in the body and can be considered a foreign substance – the drug – the body tries to destroy it. It depends on many factors that affect the rate at which alcohol is eliminated from the body. Excretion of alcohol occurs through breath, sweat, and urine. The rest is processed in the digestive system. The main factors influencing the mechanism of alcohol elimination include height, weight, and sex, as well as the rate at which alcohol is taken. In an hour, the body can get rid of about 0.1 per mille. It is not important whether one sleeps or sports. Neither black coffee nor fatty foods have the necessary effect. And there is no miracle pill.

 

Another danger that many drivers often underestimate is the sneaky residual alcohol and the subsequent “hangover” with the overall downturn. The results of the research have clearly shown that a value of around 0.2 per mille in the blood is already proving to impair the ability to drive. Risks tend to increase, self-confidence increases, the ability to recognize moving lights deteriorates, and distances are poorly estimated.

 

Serious traffic accidents occur through unsafe driving, driver recklessness, and non-compliance. All road users must realize that road safety cannot be ensured by violating traffic regulations and rising aggressive driving. Despite all the efforts of police officers to carry out traffic actions and increased surveillance on the roads, it is not entirely safe on our roads, as drivers and all road users in particular need to be considerate and have a common interest in reducing road accidents on our roads.

Nine out of ten reflective tapes do not comply with regulations

Nine out of ten reflective tapes checked by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority this year did not comply with the regulations. The tapes most often did not meet the requirements for photometric parameters and did not have a mandatory CE marking.

 

Inspectors of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) inspected 37 kinds of reflective tapes and found 33 deficiencies. The Inspectorate imposed 27 fines of CZK 317,000 on distributors.

 

During the check purchase, they interested in reflective tapes designed to protect consumers when traveling in low visibility on the roadside or on the roadside in a place that is not illuminated by public lighting.

 

Based on the results, the CTI recommended to consumers who use reflective tapes in low visibility to buy tapes with the necessary data, such as CE marking and manufacturer and product identification data. The inspections showed that at the same time, products meeting these legal obligations were also reflective. The CE marking is a declaration that the product complies with all applicable regulations and has undergone all appropriate assessment procedures.

 

Huge differences in the ability to reflect light revealed two years ago a joint test of 26 reflective tapes MF DNES and BESIP. At first glance, the strips look virtually the same – light green, plastic, retractable. In fact, it is not the color of the tape, but the amount and density of the special glass mass that provides a reflection of the light in the tape. The test showed that the ability to reflect light is the best of the sixty times the last. Complete test results HERE.

 

“At present, it is a regulation that pedestrians moving outside the village in low visibility at the roadside must wear reflective material or reflective vest to make it more visible to the driver. The area of such marking should correspond at least to the dimensions of the reflective tape,” says Eva, Press Spokeswoman of UNIQA Insurance Company.

 

“It is best to place the tape on the moving parts of the body, that is, the wrist of the hand and the ankles of the foot closer to the center of the road, because the motorists will notice them,” he advises and warns that a pedestrian who does not have reflective equipment on the equipment can be fined up to CZK 2,000.

 

“In the dark, there is even three times the risk of killing in an accident than in the daytime. Of course, the greatest risk is for pedestrians, two-thirds of them die on the road in the dark,” concludes Eva.

In the Omsk region in the middle of the night, a pedestrian was shot down to death

A man was walking along the road in the Muromtsevsky district. The driver of the VAZ “top ten” did not notice him in the dark and knocked him down. The pedestrian died on the spot.

 

Today, at four in the morning on the Omsk-Muromtsevo highway in the Muromtsevsky district, a pedestrian was shot down to death.

 

A 42-year-old man was walking along the road in the middle of the night. Apparently, there were no reflective vests on his clothes. At this time, a 50-year-old driver of the VAZ “ten” was driving toward Muromtsevo. In the area of 214 kilometers of the highway, he knocked down a pedestrian.

 

According to the press service of the regional department of traffic police, the downed man died at the scene of the accident before the arrival of the ambulance.

 

On this fact is being tested.

Backpack, not bag

On the eve of the new school year, Roskostvo together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia summed up the results of a study on the quality of clothing for schoolchildren.

 

It is gratifying that the proportion of irregularities in the school uniform market decreased by 20 percent, noted in Roskostvye. However, the problem of unreliable marking remained relevant: the actual composition of the fabric in half of the cases did not correspond to that indicated on the label. In addition, there are fewer violations of safety, in particular, hygroscopicity and air permeability.

 

Special to the beginning of the new school year, departmental specialists launched a project to study the quality of school bags. Most of the proven goods were Chinese, but there were also samples of production of the Russian Federation, Germany, Japan, and Serbia. The correct school backpack for children of the junior and middle school group should be equipped with a solid, inflexible back, it evenly distributes the load on the back, without harming posture. In addition, a good school “satellite” is equipped with wide straps (at least 3.5-4 centimeters) and the ability to adjust the straps, and also must fit snugly to the body. The material of the backpack should be lightweight, durable, with a water-repellent coating, convenient for cleaning, and its body – form-resistant. Outside must be reflective tapes.

 

However, in practice, it was more difficult to find such an ideal school backpack than it seemed. Manufacturers use the fact that the knapsack cannot indicate that it is intended for the child, and do not always follow the strict standards that are set for products for children. Another important weight. According to the norms of technical regulations, such a product should not exceed 700 grams for primary schoolchildren and one kilogram for middle and senior classes.

He walked in dark clothes without reflective elements: a pedestrian was shot down near Yekaterinburg

Yesterday, May 3, at the 53 kilometers of the Ekaterinburg-Polevskoy highway in the late evening, the driver of a VAZ-21214 car knocked down a pedestrian who was walking on his way in dark clothes without reflective materials or safety vest.

 

Behind the wheel of the car was a man born in 1937. In a sober state, he was driving at a speed of 55-60 km / h. In the middle of the roadway, in the opposite direction, I saw a pedestrian, braked sharply, turned the steering wheel to the left, but did not manage to get away from the collision.

 

Currently, on the fact of an accident, traffic police officers are checking. As a result, a pedestrian was injured and was hospitalized.

In the Smolensk region, traffic police officers presented drivers with reflective vests

Traffic police officers conducted a preventive event, during which they explained to drivers the essence of the new changes in traffic rules.

 

In March 2018, amendments to the Rules of the Road come into force, obliging drivers to use clothes with retro-reflective elements when stopping a car outside a populated area.

 

Employees of OGIBDD MO Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Pochinkovsky” in the service area held a preventive measure, during which they explained to the drivers the essence of the new changes and distributed reflective vests.

 

According to the new paragraph 2.3.4 of the Traffic Regulations of the Russian Federation in the event of a forced stopping of a vehicle or a traffic accident outside human settlements at night or in conditions of limited visibility while on a roadway or curb, the driver must wear a jacket, vest, caps with stripes of retro-reflective material that meets the requirements of GOST 12.4.281-2014.

 

Unlike pedestrians who can use a variety of reflective accessories, drivers are offered only a few options for retro-reflective clothing. Moreover, both the jacket and the vest should be initially manufactured using reflective fabric. For example, use a retro-reflective bracelet, a key chain or independently sew reflective strips on his jacket. The requirement of the new item applies only to car drivers. those. passengers retro-reflective clothing is not required.

 

The changes are primarily aimed at improving the safety of people on the roadway. If there are light reflectors, the probability of getting under the wheels of a moving car is much less, because the person on the roadway can be seen from afar.

 

If the driver will be on the roadway without a vest (at night outside the city) and he will be driven by another vehicle, then the driver himself, who has neglected safety requirements, will be guilty in an accident.

 

The state traffic inspectorate recommends that now every driver should have a retro-reflective vest in his car and put it on when leaving the carriageway.

A pedestrian died in Berezovsky district: crossed the M1 highway

On Friday, March 29, at the 122 kilometers of the M1 road accident occurred with a tragic outcome.

 

According to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, in the Berezovsky district at 20:45 a BMW 325сi car, driven by a 35-year-old resident of Birch, hit a pedestrian.

 

A 50-year-old local resident, who crossed the road in an unspecified place with a bicycle in his hands, hit the wheels of the car.

 

It is noted that the man had reflective vests, but this did not help to avoid an accident.

 

The driver did not notice the man and hit him in the left lane of the road. From pedestrian injuries died on the spot.

Children were reminded of the importance of traffic rules during the holidays

Children should learn the rules of the road from an early age and constantly observe them, including during the May holidays. This is the opinion of the Ministry of Education of Russia.

 

The child must learn the rules of the road and get the skills of safe movement, starting from pre-school age, RIA Novosti quoted the press service of the department.

 

The special attention of children on the observance of traffic rules should be paid on holidays and on the eve of the summer holidays. For this purpose, the specialists developed and sent out three leaflets to all regions of Russia: for students, parents, and teachers.

 

The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation participates in the implementation of the federal target program “Improving road safety in 2013–2020”. The department conducts advanced training courses for school teachers, employees of institutions of additional education and kindergarten teachers. They explain how to properly teach children about safe behavior on the street.

 

Experts stressed that the rules should be mastered gradually, starting with permanent routes. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account age-related peculiarities and psycho-emotional development of the child.

 

In addition, parents of schoolchildren should remember the importance of a personal example and abide by the traffic rules, that is, correctly perceive traffic lights and cross the “zebra” road. Children under the age of 12 should be transported in a car in a special chair, and reflective materials or reflective tapes should be attached to children’s clothing.

 

Earlier News.ru reported that the head of the traffic police, Mikhail Chernikov, at the conference “Safe Road. Road safety strategy until 2024” stated that he had made a proposal in the main committee of the department to reduce the maximum allowable speed for cars with children at 20 km / h.

Light in the dark kingdom. Where to buy a reflector for pedestrians

In the black-and-black city, black-and-black people walk on dark nights. Sometimes, even on the illuminated streets of Pskov, pedestrians literally fall out of the darkness onto the “zebra”. A lone figure hiding in a lampshade jumps out onto a crosswalk. What to say about the unlit roads in district centers. Yes, and in Pskov, there are enough dark streets and even avenues.

 

Suddenly warm November and December, a short light day turned snowless Pskov into the realm of dark streets, weak lanterns, and pedestrians in dark clothes. “People, you are not visible!” I want to shout to every person whose footsteps on the roadway.

 

Flicker: what is it and what is it eating with?

 

For those who do not know. Light reflective material makes the pedestrian more visible in the dark. According to official statistics, in the dark and when the dipped beam is on, a black body without a reflector can be seen in 30 meters. With a reflector – for 130 meters.

 

The citizens of Pskov who have visited Estonia with enthusiasm speak about the wonderful tradition of neighbors to wear reflective fabrics on their clothes. The survey results on the Pskov News site (507 people participated) showed the following:

 

4.93% of respondents wear flickers themselves.

 

10.06% answered that their child was wearing it.

 

3.75% reported that “the whole family is wearing.”

 

43.39% do not wear flickers.

 

37.87% do not know what it is.

 

We decided to find out: what about the light reflectors in Pskov. In search of “fireflies,” they phoned and walked around the Pskov shops. The search took place in various retail outlets: from small shops to supermarkets, gas stations, and auto parts stores.

 

I had to walk a lot and ride around the city. For example, at three Pskov gas stations could not find a single reflector. At the Pskovnefteprodukt gas station, they said that recently there were reflective badges and reflective vests on sale, but now they are over.

 

By the way, not everyone knows the word “flicker”. “How, as you said?”, “What is it?” Is the most common reaction of sellers. In fact, why use a foreign word, if the manufacturers came up with a Russian equivalent – light reflectors? Official speech and official slang are more suitable “reflectors”. Better and ask.

Owners required to hang reflective strips on livestock

Mangistau police ordered livestock owners to wear reflective tape on animals. In case of refusal, the owners face administrative liability. This was reported in the police department of the Mangystau region.

 

The action “Attention, animals on the road!” The police held from 23 to 27 November. They met with pet owners and talked about the importance of using reflective elements.

 

“As the analysis shows, the main share of accidents involving pets takes place at night, when the driver is not able to see an animal that has suddenly entered the roadway. This element will allow better notice of the animal at night. Feeds pet owners will have to make or purchase on their own. But at a meeting with the owners, we brought a few ribbons with us and showed what fabric they were made of. If the animal is found without a special tape, the owner will be held administratively liable,” the department said.