Police in safety vest deal the Motorcycles in violation

It was in operations carried out since last September by the City Police and the Transit Secretariat of Buenos Aires. Motorcycles that are not removed by their owners will enter the compaction process.

 

The City Police in safety vest and the Buenos Aires Transit Secretariat seized 695 motorcycles that presented impediments to travel in joint operations carried out since September. For the procedures established motorcycle controls in fixed and dynamic points of the Federal Capital. Among the shots confiscated, the infractions that were repeated were lack of helmet, driving by minors and not having escapes.

 

Motorcyclists were also found to circulate with adulterated or illegible patents or without the use of the veneers placed. Others were penalized for not wearing the reflective vest, for breaching the insurance, problems with the driver’s license, missing mirrors, not having a green card or that it was expired at the time of control, and walking without a helmet.

 

Motorcycles in violation were derived to the beaches of the City Police with the purpose of being returned to their owners once the infractions were regularized, or compacted in the case that so required. In most cases, the bikes were not removed from the judicial deposits by their owners and will be compacted in the coming weeks. All the shots that go to the compaction process do so within the framework, which depends on the Undersecretary of Citizen Security of the Ministry of Justice and Security of the City. All of the police actives is for city road safety.

Everything you need to know about the reflective vest

The summary of the new regulations will take effect on January 1. That means the reflective vest that must have all the cars that circulate in Chile since January 1, 2016. Two decades ago, something similar happened with another road safety measure: the third brake light.

 

The information is abundant, but this is the definitive summary made by Cohasset:

“Supreme Decree No. 164/2014 adds the reflective yellow vest to the other security elements that must be found in each motor vehicle to deal with emergency situations.”

 

Failure to comply with the wearing of the reflective safety vest will constitute a slight fault, which translates into a fine of 0.2 to 0.5 UTM. In pesos, that equals 9,000 to 22,400 pesos.

 

 

 

They approve law of safety vests patented

The Buenos Aires legislators approved a norm that foresees that the motorcycle drivers that circulate in the City must carry in the safety clothing, of obligatory way, a self-adhesive with the number of the patent of the rolled one. The law, which was approved with 43 votes in favor, 13 against and 1 abstention, establishes an amendment to the Traffic and Transportation Code and the Truancy Regime related to the movement of motor vehicles.

 

The rule, which sparked a heated debate on the premises, provides that “in case of transporting a passenger. He must wear a reflective vest that has printed on the front and back the domain number of the motorcycle” and provides for economic sanctions of 5000 pesos to those who fail to comply with the regulations and disqualification to drive from five to 10 days.

 

Daniel (PRO), author of the initiative, assured the site that “this project does not violate any constitutional right” and explained that “the initiative has two objectives: the first one is to contribute to the road safety, and the other is to promote citizen security.” “This proposal can help to lower the rates of crime, probably not the only measure that makes the situation better, but if it will contribute in that same direction,” said the Buenos Aires deputy.

 

The approval of the norm was debated with vehemence in the enclosure. Sectors of the opposition accused the executive of refloating an issue already treated in advance and that did not generate positive results in districts where the measure was implemented. Others harder, denounced the subject as “discriminating and stigmatizing” motorcycle drivers; besides to raise that to discuss that subject is to generate “a curtain of smoke” to cover other more serious questions in terms of citizen security.

 

The FPV deputy Paula Penance recalled that “we have discussed this issue a lot and in depth” and affirmed that “with this regulation stigmatizes motorcycle vehicle users; It has to do with campaigning this project in favor of the ‘fight against motorcycles’.”

 

“They are willing to advance with the stigmatization only to campaign, but do not take into account that this project has many points do not contribute to citizen security,” he said and remarked. “Motorcycle drivers finally end up exposed to a situation much higher risk, because nobody goes out to steal with his own motorcycle, then the time of the robbery will last even longer since the victim will have to take off his reflective vest to give it to the thief .”

 

Bus crushes head to cyclist without reflective vest

A man identified as Ricardo Sosa Retina, 32, died when a bus hit him while riding his bicycle without any safety equipment. This happened in front of the Hotel San Isidro in Villa, on the South highway.

According to the story of several witnesses, the cyclist was on the side of the road to Buenos Aires and the San Isidro-Palmaris bus was behind him, but for reasons that are still unknown, he lost control and he ran over him.

 

These people said that the public transport vehicle passed over him and one of his tires crushed his head, causing him to die instantly. The absence of a helmet, lights, and reflective vest influenced the bus driver not to observe him.

 

The Red Cross was the first to arrive at the site, verified a head injury and for that reason they declared him deceased. William Murillo of the Traffic Police added that the bus driver was given the respective exams to rule out any sign of alcohol. “The bus is in order, while the driver was tested for alcohol and came out negative,” he said.

 

Sosa lived in San Francisco by Daniel Flores, worked in a supermarket in the area with wear a safety vest, and was the father of a girl. In the comments of his neighbors, they remember him as a humble, hard-working, responsible, respectful, and loving man of his family. The investigation was carried out by the Judicial Investigation Agency.

 

A national safety project to combat motorcycles

The initiative of the government of Marci proposes that motorcyclists circulate with high visibility vests where the patent appears.

 

On Friday night a group of motorcyclists armed robbery assaulted a Capital supermarket and in just 60 seconds they managed to take money, cell phones and drinks, luckily everything was registered in the security cameras and the police managed to stop them this weekend. That type of situation is what the National Government hopes to combat with a modification of the regulatory decree of Traffic to which San Juan plans to adhere once the measure announced and approved. To apply the change in the province, it is necessary to pass a law that, according to the Executive, they are willing to take forward although they assured that they still do not know the detail of the modification.

 

The initiative of the government is that all motorcyclists should use a reflective vest permanently and that the placard should appear on the road, either for the driver or for the case that has a companion. From Nation understand that with this measure, along with others, will manage to reduce the crimes committed by motorcycles and therefore requested their peers from each district to adhere to the initiative. Patricia Bullrich presented the proposal this weekend at the meeting of the Internal Security Council, that took place in Mendoza and where the Minister of Government of the province participated.

 

As explained by Emilio “one of the points to be addressed at the meeting is a modification of the regulatory decree of the National Traffic Law that should occur, the province should adhere to a law. The proposed amendment proposes that motorcycles cannot leave the dealerships without a patent and that the motorcyclists must circulate with a vest where the domain of the vehicle is registered, as well as for the companions.” In addition, the official said, “we are waiting for the details of the modification but it is feasible that we can join. I understand that the President will announce it in the next few days. ”

 

Currently, in San Juan there is a schedule where the use of reflective safety vest or shoulder strap is mandatory from 20 to seven in the morning, both for users of motorcycles and bikes. On the other hand, from Transit of the province they explained that today when buying a motorcycle, the concessionaires give the mobility now with the patent or with a certificate of circulation that lasts until the patenting process is finished. They also confirmed that if the amendment was approved and the law passed, there would be no problems for the implementation to be immediate.

 

Regarding the number of crimes that are produced by motorcycles in the province, Minister Emilio told the press yesterday that there is no established number, but in general, terms, the number of events has remained between 2015 and 2016, with the difference that last year there were more detainees.

Use of a reflective vest on motorcycles at night

In Medellin, it is no longer mandatory to use the reflective vest on motorcycles throughout the day. However, what is missing is going to do to avoid road accidents and safety problems.

 

That is part of the reflection made yesterday by the mayor of Medellin, Alonso Salazar Jaramillo. After accepting the resolution of the Ministry, that requires the use of this garment to motorcyclists only between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

 

Although the resolution of the Ministry occurred several weeks ago, only until yesterday, the Mayor decided to apply it in the city. The situation had generated discomfort among several motorcyclists who felt violated by sanctions from the Traffic Department for not wearing the vest during daylight hours.

 

“I am tired of being told at the roadblocks that the use of the safety vest for the motorcyclist is mandatory because the Mayor has not yet given permission to remove it,” Juan Guillermo, the typing agent, said recently. However, for Mayor Salazar Jaramillo, although motorcycle drivers who do not wear their vests on the day will no longer be punished, “I call on them to continue using the garment voluntarily as a contribution to safety.”

 

Salazar Jaramillo recalled that unfortunately bikes are often used to commit criminal acts and the vest helps the authorities identify the vehicle from which the crime would be committed. In addition, he said that wearing the vest on the day “is a bet of the motorcyclists to the citizen culture that not only the Administration appreciates but the citizenship in general”.

 

For Save lives

Unfortunately, it is that motorcyclists are the ones of who contribute most of the dead and injured in road accidents. Not in vain, according to data from the Municipal Traffic Secretariat, in the city have been sanctioned 77,080 motorcyclists who committed traffic infractions.

 

One of the biggest causes of accidents, drunkenness, leads the fines with 919 motorcyclists without wearing high visibility vest sanctioned so far this year. It is followed by traffic on the road with 582 submissions and overcrowding with 414 sanctioned motorcyclists. The Mayor said that thanks to road campaigns, in the city have decreased by 12 percent deaths in road accidents or 21 fewer people so far this year.

 

 

The cat that steals the eyes with his reflective vest

The particular feline returned to vitalize in social networks in recent days. He arrived at the work when he barely eight days old and quickly gained the love of all.

“Black” is the name of the cat that in recent days has returned to vitalize in social networks for his particular attire: A reflective vest that accompanies him on a construction site.

 

Last August, Estella de Antofagasta told the story of this charming feline who stole the love of those who work on the project “Puerto Buenos,” a future urban center that is built next to the current mall in the northern city.

 

As they said at the time, this little kitten received his first attire with reflective tape “from the hands of the cleaning lady” to protect him in the middle of the works.

“Black” arrived at the work when he barely had eight days. “Among the guards we gave him milk and he made himself a gift from here,” said Eugenio Euglena, a local worker.

 

The construction of “Puerto Buenos” will conclude in the second semester of 2017 so they are already wondering what the destiny of the beloved “Black” will be. The reflective material is a good protection for it. Don Eugenio himself told the regional media: “There are several people who want to take him, they grab him affection, and he is well-adjusted with all the people.”

 

Good reflective signage would prevent many accidents

Last year was the first since 1989 when the number of traffic accident victims increased. A figure that had been decreasing non-stop for 13 years and that, apparently, thanks to the fact that the crisis overcome, has caused it to grow again.

 

Because the action protocol establishes that, in case of suffering a breakdown or accident, the obstacle in the road must be signaled for what the driver must put on the reflective vest when leaving the vehicle, mount the triangles, and place them. This procedure involves the risk of walking along the shoulder of the road for at least 50 meters. Then you can return to the vehicle to make a call and receive assistance.

 

The protocol that establishes the current road safety regulations causes many accidents to occur in areas with poor visibility, given that a large number of drivers do not know that, in case of vehicle immobilization by accident, it is not mandatory to put the triangles if the conditions to perform this action are not safe.

 

The long signaling process is compounded by the lack of lighting on the roads: 90% of accidents take place on roads with insufficient light. In addition, 40% of road accidents are electrical faults that prevent the use of warning and / or wired devices to signal the vehicle before placing the triangles, with the danger involved.

 

In that task of reducing traffic victims, innovation has a lot of work to do. Over the last few years, numerous solutions have made a great advance in the prevention and reduction of road accidents. If the belt represented a before and after in the reduction of victims due to traffic accidents, the importance of the airbag or the child restraint seats should not be overlooked. In the same way, you want to contribute Help Flash, a reflective material and lighting device to signal emergencies on the road without having to leave the vehicle.

 

Now the startup of Galician origin aims to make available to all drivers a device specially designed for breakdowns at night and in conditions of low visibility, which makes the vehicle visible up to 1 kilometer away. Its mode of operation is very simple, in case of a stop due to breakdown or accident it is enough to place it on the roof on the outside of the vehicle in contact with the sheet and, thanks to its magnetic activation, it will start up. Help Flash is a signaling device for legal use, compatible with current road safety regulations and with usage autonomy of more than 2 and a half hours in emergency mode.

 

It is, therefore, a device of special interest for vulnerable groups at the wheel such as the elderly, pregnant women, people with reduced mobility or disability, or motorists, who do not have a signaling system.

Road Police applied 130 fines in three days of operation

The Road Police says that the lack of reflective vest in motorcyclists and the absence of the first aid kit in cars are the main infractions.

“I left in a hurry for work and did not bring it,” the motorcycle driver, who was not wearing a reflective vest, was justified while the traffic inspector took out his notebook to record the infraction in writing, behind him most motorcyclists. They did not even have one on Route 8; few used reflective bands and others, eight years after it became mandatory, still not incorporate the use of a helmet.

 

In total, since the beginning of the inspection operation of the new traffic law, on Saturday, March 28, until yesterday afternoon, the police officers had applied about 130 fines to drivers throughout the country. Although there is not data by type of infraction, from Coalminer informed Observatory that the preliminary figures indicate that the circular without a vest was the violation of the most registered norm.

 

The use of this security element is stipulated in article 7 of Law 19.061, which indicates that it is mandatory for those who travel by motorcycle or similar “permanent use during its circulation in all public roads” of vest, jacket, or reflective strips. If not used, the fine amounts to about $ 403 (0.5 resettable units) per person.

 

“If you do not come with anything reflective, you are a shadow,” because the vest “comes to reinforce visibility,” the Public Relations Officer of Road Police, Daniel Segovia, explained to El Observatory, regarding the need to use it, especially at night. On the other hand, the spokesperson of Coalminer said that although it is even in the whole country, the infraction becomes more noticeable near populated places. “There is a big difference between the motorcyclists who is going to do the long distance from the one who is going to make the cut. The problem is the one that left the neighborhood to the service station. “In that kilometer someone does not see me or something crosses my path and most likely does not tell it,” he warned.

 

Although most of the drivers expressed knowledge of the new norm, not all were clear about its scope. Although the inspectors in safety vest pointed out to each of the offenders the corresponding article and the text of the rule that be applied, they were inflexible when setting the fines.

 

 

The use of helmets with patents and safety vests

This confirmed by the Secretary of the Government of SFVC, Herman Martel.

The municipality of SFVC will not adhere to the modifications in the Traffic Law that requires all bikers to wear the helmet with the patent and that the passenger wear a green fluorescent vest.

 

This confirmed in the early hours of Tuesday by the Secretary of Government of the commune, Herman Martel, who assured that “we do not plan to adhere to the law” because “we consider that it does not attack to reduce the crime rate.” At the same time, he said: “It does not mean that some councilor through a project requests that accession, but as regards the municipal executive, we do not plan to accede to this regulatory decree at the moment,” he said, making clear the intentions of the greater dome of the municipality of the Capital for the road safety.

 

Meanwhile, he acknowledged that: “We are working on other situations and measures that have to do with the objective of this decree, which is precisely control over the facts of insecurity.” In the continuity of his statements to Radio VV, Martel explained about the actions of traffic agents: “Culturally, people violate the rules of the road, in many cases the agents are unable to do their job because of the violence of the users, because it is necessary always the support of the police of the province.”

 

The national government established at the beginning of the month by presidential decree that “in 90 days the motorcyclists will be obliged to carry the patent of the road printed or engraved on the helmet, both the driver and the passenger, while the latter must also use a reflective vest with the domain.”