A bicyclist died without wearing reflective vest

The driver who struck and killed a bicyclist Sunday night, on the road between Santana – and fled from the scene – was in custody for 30 days. The young man – 26 years old – had consumed alcoholic beverages. After testing the device etiolates, three hours after the accident, the driver had 0.18 mg / l of pure alcohol in the breath. Bicyclist on the other hand, was not wearing any

The driver who struck and killed a bicyclist Sunday night, on the road between Santana – and fled from the scene – was in custody for 30 days. The young man – 26 years old – had consumed alcoholic beverages. After testing the device etiolates, three hours after the accident, the driver had 0.18 mg / l of pure alcohol in the breath. Bicyclist on the other hand, was not wearing any reflective vest and helmet while driving on the public highway.

 

After being prosecuted and was set in motion criminal proceedings “prosecutors attached to the Court Chisinau- filed judge the rights and freedoms of the Court Chisinau- proposal for arrest of defendant Thomas Daniel investigated for offenses of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident without the consent of the police in safety clothing with reflective tape or the prosecutor conducting the crime scene investigation.

Judge rights and freedoms of the Court admitted the proposal Chisinau- prosecutors on Daniel defendant, ordering his provisional detention for a period of 30 days. ”

“The evidence produced up to this point of the trial, revealed that on 23 October 2016 at around 03:00 while he was driving a private car in the town of Santana towards the town New amid consumption alcohol and the car’s speed unsuitable weather conditions, defendant Thomas Daniel surprised and fatally injured a bicyclist BT, who was driving in the same direction drive defendant electric bicycle without wearing reflective safety clothing and helmet. Following the accident, defendant Thomas Daniel not stopped nor announced bodies the right, leaving the accident scene and moving to his home in the town of Santa Ana, where he was identified by the police at around 6:00 “reads a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office attached Chisinau- Court. According to prosecutors’ research continues in order to clarify all the facts and determining criminal responsibility of the defendant. ”

and helmet while driving on the public highway.

 

After being prosecuted and was set in motion criminal proceedings “prosecutors attached to the Court Chisinau- filed judge the rights and freedoms of the Court Chisinau- proposal for arrest of defendant Thomas Daniel investigated for offenses of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident without the consent of the police in safety clothing with reflective tape or the prosecutor conducting the crime scene investigation.

Judge rights and freedoms of the Court admitted the proposal Chisinau- prosecutors on Daniel defendant, ordering his provisional detention for a period of 30 days. ”

“The evidence produced up to this point of the trial, revealed that on 23 October 2016 at around 03:00 while he was driving a private car in the town of Santana towards the town New amid consumption alcohol and the car’s speed unsuitable weather conditions, defendant Thomas Daniel surprised and fatally injured a bicyclist BT, who was driving in the same direction drive defendant electric bicycle without wearing reflective safety vest and helmet. Following the accident, defendant Thomas Daniel not stopped nor announced bodies the right, leaving the accident scene and moving to his home in the town of Santa Ana, where he was identified by the police at around 6:00 “reads a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office attached Chisinau- Court. According to prosecutors’ research continues in order to clarify all the facts and determining criminal responsibility of the defendant. “

Pedestrians will wear reflective clothing

So far, such a requirement was only children under 15 years of age. Now, it will apply to all people walking after dark side of the road in rural roads.

 

The legislation does not specify which elements of reflective vest are to wear foot. – No need to immediately look like a Christmas tree or wear a special vest. Enough bands forearm and lower leg, that does not occupy much space, adapt to the shape of the body and easy to take with you – calms Adam Reza, president of the Polish Association of Judicial Affairs.

 

The legislation does not specify which elements of reflective clothing are to wear foot. – No need to immediately look like a Christmas tree or wear a special vest. Enough bands forearm and lower leg, that does not occupy much space, adapt to the shape of the body and easy to take with you – calms Adam Reza, president of the Polish Association of Judicial Affairs Accident.

 

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The introduction of the obligation is wearing reflectors to help quickly reduce the number of accident victims. With police statistics show that in 2013. Recorded almost 9.5 thousand events are involving pedestrians, which killed 1,147 people and approx. 9 thousand. It was injured. A year earlier, there were more than 10.3 thousand. Such accidents which injured were almost 9.7 thousand people. The number of killed, unfortunately, was similar.

 

– If the pedestrian is wearing dark, its dark, the driver is able to see it from a distance of 20 or 30 meters. Car moving at 50 km / h defeat so close to 18 meters, before any reaction. Meanwhile, thanks to the glare pedestrian are visible to the driver of the car even 150 meters – adds the CEO Reza. Most children die in the summer months – June, July and August. But the biggest problem among adults are the months of autumn and winter, when it gets dark quickly, and rain or snow also hinder visibility. Every year on the roadside is deducted over a hundred people, of whom a dozen die without safety vest.

 

– The basic rule for pedestrians is “see and be seen.” Children or the elderly, who have never sat behind the wheel of a car, they often have the impression that if their car lights dazzle, it means that the driver can see them certainly. Nothing could be further from the truth. You can compare it to a situation where we see a plane flying at an altitude of 10 thousand meters. This does not mean that the pilot of the jet sees us – explains Mark office traffic Police Headquarters.

 

According to Adam Reza new rules should translate into an increase pedestrian safety. – As far as will be observed – she adds. Perhaps it will be enough motivation threat mandates. For moving without glare after dark outside built-up areas will be threatened with a fine of from 20 to 500. Glare you will not need to wear when walking or moving sidewalk in a residential zone. Criminal liability does not include children up to 17 years of age. Policeman does not write the child’s mandate nor can it impose such a penalty on the parent, because he had not committed an offense.

 

Another issue that many parents forget is that the little ones under the age of 7 cannot independently move around roads public. – Under Article. 89 Code offenses those who have a duty of care or supervision of minors to 7 years of age allowed to stay on the public highway or on the tracks, subject to a fine or reprimand – In other situations we can use be which says the measures educational influence. A police officer may instruct you to pay attention, to carry out disciplinary conversation with their parents, a teacher or director of schools, and even with the same child – adds a policeman.

 

Though reflectors are to be compulsory from this Sunday, those who do not fulfill this obligation, yet the police will only instruct. But officials are calling us to quickly adapt to the new law. – Do not treat this provision through the prism of penalties and expenses. But the purchase of reflective material is an expense of approx. 2-5. The assumption takes several seconds, and it can save our lives. Fortunately clothing designers are increasingly using fluorescent materials. Let us remember that fashion is reflective safety and convenience – says Mark. I jokingly acknowledges: – If we took out all of the drawers, these reflectors, which were distributed by the police or company insurance, our streets would be more luminous than the center of Las Vegas.

Cycling champion calls: Establish a reflective vest

To improve the safety of cyclists on the road, not only should change the driving culture, but also cyclists themselves should take care of your visibility. – Cyclists often do not have a safety vest or other reflective elements. They should hold them because of their own safety – says Lech, cycling world champion.

Catherine encourages cyclists to have glare and appeals to retailers: Join the bike vest. Talks with shop owners are still ongoing. There are, however, already the first positive results.

 

– Some stores distribute bought their vests, others eager to integrate the action, if the vest will receive from us. So we’ll talk and find common solutions. Life and health is most important. It is still too many accidents involving cyclists. Every initiative, every activity that would reduce the number of accidents is needed – says Catherine.

 

Lech, the world champion amateur and professional track world champion, winner of the Peace Race, the five stages in the Gyro, the leader of the Tour de France: – action is most needed. It should be promoted. We see many cyclists who move in different places. Many of them are invisible. They do not have a vest or other reflective elements. They should hold them because of their own security.

 

Lights, reflectors, vests

Law does not require that the cyclist was equipped with a vest. Mandatory only lighting bicycle after dark. The rules also require the possession of stud people moving after dark outside built-up. Although reflective of cyclists are not required, it would be reasonable to hold them.

 

– Our bicycle shop joined the action. With every bike add a reflective vest. We do not have small sizes for children, but soon we will have them. Commuters professionally in most cases, these reflectors are, perhaps not in the form of vests, because they cannot ride, but e.g. Garments equipped with visible fluorescent colors. Very popular is also a rear bicycle lights, often much stronger than, for example. Indeterminately fog in cars – says Peacock.

 

To improve the safety of cyclists, you should also sensitize drivers who should pay close attention to what is happening around them. Recently came into force a new provision allowing the rider to overtake the column of cars on the right side. This requires the driver not only of looking at what is happening in the left mirror of his car, but also pay attention to what is happening on the right side, especially in times of approaching the intersection.

 

– Culture license should learn as cyclists and car drivers. In situations of conflict, however, the cyclist always suffers more than the car. The bike simply does not have a chance to win a startup – says Peacock.

 

Wear a helmet

Polish law does not require the cyclist to this was equipped with a helmet, but hit his head on the ground can be fatal. About he also should not forget cyclists.

– While cycling, I noticed that the driver, who themselves do not ride bikes or drive very little, do not respect cyclists on the road. Anyone who rides knows how cyclist behaves on the road. Not all cyclists are perfect and do not always behave the way as they should – says Peacock.

 

This is not the only activity planned by the governor. – Before the holidays we want to reach our appeal to teenagers and give her vest. Students also should not forget about the flares. Life jackets have received from us or police officers and Road Transport Inspection, that during their work when they encounter a cyclist without glare, could give him the vest – says Oasis.

 

Volvo not wants to be limited to activities only in the immediate area.

– We would like to companies producing bicycles joined vest, the reflective fabric vest to become a standard feature of the bicycle. With this appeal we will turn to manufacturers around the country – provides Oasis.

Reflective material – Tips to walk safely in the dark

t may seem redundant to write an article about running in the dark. You’d think every runner knows that it is a good idea to wear reflective clothing and / or to provide lighting. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. I see too often ghost runners whizzing past in the evenings. In addition, I regularly hear around me the last time someone had almost a runner on his hood because “ghost runners without lights, with music, just cross the road. Time to shake these runners is equally awake. That is why I put some tips at a glance which at night running is a lot safer. Hopefully you here not begin to wait, because you’re evening off well prepared. If this is not the case, I hope you have some of the tips.

 

  1. Think of reflective material on your clothes and / or your shoes
  2. Shine a light! The shops are now full of small lights that you can attach it easy on your clothes.
  3. Try to walk on lighted sidewalks and bike paths
  4. Are there any in your area little or no lit roads? Then run in the opposite direction, so that other road users can see you.
  5. Please itself well to the traffic around you. You can never guess that others see you.
  6. Try to run routes which you already know. That way, you are prepared for example, potholes, hills and other obstacles. This prevents injuries and other woes. A safety vest is needed.
  7. Do not go to places where running ever comes. Then you are not appointed by yourself anyway if something is going on.
  8. Let us know at least one person around you that you’re on the road.
  9. Give your iPod a night of rest, so you can hear at least what is happening around you. That will save you unpleasant surprises.

10. Bring something on which his name and address. So you easily identify if needed.

Tips for safe driving beyond

If you go out riding your horse with a safety vest you have to share the road with cars, motorcycles, tractors and cyclists. The average road user is not familiar with horses and do not know how to pass a horse. Fortunately, the following tips will help you as rider to increase safety on the road.

 

Do not go with your horse step if your horse is not used to the traffic, or if you are unsure of yourself. Then find an instructor who can help you with this.

Does your horse too much energy? Your horse is in advance to get rid of his excess energy. This prevents crazy bursts in traffic.

Previously dotted is the safest route. Choose roads with low speed limits, minimizing traffic or wide verges.

Officially your horse is seen as a vehicle, so stick to the traffic rules!

Take an experienced horse as you want with a young horse to ride outside and let the most experienced combination closest drive to the oncoming traffic.

Is your horse on cyclists because he is not supposed to get this? Ask the cyclist than to say something to you, making your horse will already hear him and it will be less scary.

If you want to cross a road, find a suitable place where you can overlook the bends or hills and oncoming cars can see it coming.

Wear brightly colored clothes by day and a reflective vest in the dark so that you are always visible.

Always keep the base eye. Asphalt can be slippery when it rains, large stones can hurt in the sand and gravel can cause your horse slips away. Also pay attention to sharp objects in the grass or a soft shoulder.

Do you see a stray dog ​​on your route? You should always step down so you do not provoke the dog to go after you.

Always make sure that you remain quiet, if you’re nervous, you will convey this to your horse.

Learn the signs of your horse. If you find a horse’s ears are often first scary tight forward, then his head up and he will tighten his neck. He’s snoring or blowing, breathes faster and wants to flee. If you know you can intervene in time your horse properly and avoid a dangerous situation.

Like horse something scary? Never let him run away! Let him look at the scary object and let him examine it. Let him move his feet, this is his natural instinct and thus the voltage decreases.

Make sure you always have a phone, identification and hoof pick with you. Tell someone that you are going on the road and when you expect to return. Your phone should always be in your reflective material pocket and not on your seat so that you always have on hand.

Reflective scarf – make you disappear at night

FD personally selects each week, art, fashion, design, exhibitions and special addresses. All about what the eye sees and touches the heart.

 

The reflective fabric scarf figured let people disappear conscious. Three questions about the cloth, bearing celebrities like statement.

 

Why a scarf that draws people from view?

“Our privacy disappears because technology takes on life. Wherever we are, we are committed, even at times when we do not want. ”

 

How ‘conjures “this scarf wearer from sight?

“In the wool sit strips of reflective material processed. If someone is using his Smartphone takes a picture with the flash of your disappears by this material light from the photo. The only thing left is the reflective scarf. ”

 

What are your future plans?

“We also have a tie and designed a phone cover of the same material, and there is a sweater and a reflective vest. But that’s just the beginning. “

BMW motorcycle safety jacket with integrated airbag

The BMW Street AIR system is a combination of a jacket and a safety vest with an integrated airbag system for a marked increase in the passive safety of motorcyclists. The high-tech system protects (along with the usual protection elements of the coat), chest, shoulders, legs and back key. The system also reduces the risk that the helmet comes in contact with a clavicle. The system can’t connect to the vehicle to be used on any motorcycle or scooter (both the rider and the pillion passenger) and consists of two parts:

 

– Vest Street AIR met airbag

– BMW Jack Street AIR Dry – other coats are in preparation for 2017, including the Jack Street Guard AIR.

 

BMW Street Air system is from now on sale at the BMW Motorrad dealers for € 1,600. With Street AIR system brings BMW Motorrad worldwide (except in the United States) an airbag system on the market for use on public roads, where previously the API system (Active Protection Inflatable) with the suit DoubleR Race AIR exclusively for the circuit and only offered in Europe.

 

The Street AIR system is intelligent, efficient, fast, autonomous, reliable, and ergonomic and Dekra checked. Zippers on the sides and press studs in the neck and under the arms are connecting the jacket to the vest. Worn under a jacket matching BMW is the BMW Street AIR system absolutely watertight and there is no connection to the motorcycle so that the system can be used on any brand and type of motorcycle.

 

BMW Street AIR system comprises electronics (hardware activation algorithm and software) and a compressed air system (gas generator and airbag with eleven liters volume). All components, including the lithium-ion battery are installed in the back of the vest in a rugged and waterproof housing. This is also the main, that the vest is activated. When the wearer then the zipper (with sensor) closes to the front of the jacket, the system is automatically activated. BMW Street AIR system is available which is a perfect fit and wearing comfort guaranteed for all builds and it can be hardly noticeable worn thanks to the low weight of the reflective vest (approximately two kilos) in various sizes.

 

Three sensors on the left and right shoulder and back monitor the driving situation. The special activation algorithm detects an accident and the system can start in 30 to 60 milliseconds in which the airbag inflates in 25 milliseconds. Extreme reliability is guaranteed through intensive testing procedures, in the form of various crash tests and simulations.

 

The lithium-ion battery (fully charged and activated system) up to 25 hours, and charging takes place via a micro-USB connector to the body with an adapter (230 V, 50 Hz) that comes standard with the system. The charging time is approximately six hours on a fully discharged battery. An LED on the left sleeve of the jacket shows the status of the BMW Street AIR system – including the operation and the charge status of the battery.

 

When protects the BMW Street AIR system?

BMW Street AIR system is designed for transport and it also allows limited off-road usage. The system recognizes critical situations and intervenes:

The system activates itself only when necessary and not in crashes at speeds below 20 km / h. The critical situation is continuously analyzed and if it develops gradually, the air bag later or even not activated fully.

 

Jack AIR Dry Street.

Jack Street AIR Dry is a waterproof, suitable for touring endure jacket with API preparation (Active Protection Inflatable) which combines it with the Vest Street AIR. The jacket is wind and waterproof with a breathable, water-repellent coating. On chest and back are unique, long ventilation zippers and material reinforcements are arranged on in vulnerable places. Furthermore, the jacket features width adjustment at waist and sleeve hem, two waterproof pockets with flaps, two chest pockets, one sleeve pocket on the left and one bag down the back. On the chest, sleeves and back is reflective material.

 

Jack Street AIR Dry is available in two different colors (black and gray) and various sizes: 38-48 for women and 48-60 for men. Other jackets are in preparation for 2017, including the Jack Street Guard AIR.

Reflective vest – light up the runway at night

Kalenji Oxylanes was born in 2004 out of the desire to create a private label for running, an innovative and technologically advanced brand that would still be available for the vast majority. Reflective material can make you be light at night. KALENJIs slogan “Find your rhythm, enjoy your run” expresses deep brand’s quest: to create the desire to run and do available to everyone. What does Kalenji? 2,000 meters above sea level on the high plateaus in western Kenya, Eldoret live Kalenjin – the nomadic tribe that gave its name Kalenji. For them the run for more than a lifestyle, it is life itself. It is in the spirit of the brand’s 70 employees, all of whom love to run, work daily to create the technical, safe and comfortable products.

 

* Find your rhythm and enjoy your run

For Kalenji is innovation a guideline and is almost a state of mind with a single goal: to wash away all the requirements associated with running and bring merglädje. Arrival of winter with shorter days need not be an obstacle for the run. On the contrary, to run in the evenings is a unique experience where the concentration is at its peak. When the runner cannot see what only a few steps away are, there is only one way to orient them: the contact with the ground. With Kalenji BY NIGHT seen you in the dark and can light up the road ahead on the jog. These clothes and accessories, in breathable and comfortable materials, have been fitted with reflective details for the runner more visible. To see and be seen even better in the dark can runners choose to accessories, such as a safety vest with zipper, sweater evolutionary, cap with lamp, smartphone holders with reflective print … Within the range Kalenji BY NIGHT are technical solutions to run comfortably in the dark while you see and be seen.

 

The reflectors used in KALENJIs clothing is formed by a optical technology with microspheres of glass. These have been spread on the garment surface for reflecting the light striking them back to the light source, unlike a mirror that sends light in a different direction. A runner wearing the sleeveless jacket Protect by night and struck by a car’s lights visible to the car driver on the 120 meters and 360 °

 

Romain Laurant, Project Manager for Kalenji BY NIGHT

When we run into the darkness, we change our unconscious running style. We are moving more on the arms, we take shorter steps and increasing the pace to keep the balance deteriorated slightly in OC hmed us look worse in the dark. With KALENJIs cap with built-in LED lights iskärmen lights you up your run and more visible in the dark.

 

Evolutionary by night Insulating evolutionary by night is in addition equipped with reflective tape seams system that opens and closes with magnets at the shoulders and 3exklusiva windproof, breathable and insulating material.

PROTECT by night Sleeveless jackaDen sleeveless jacket Protect by Night is made of ventilation parties and reflective details for comfortable running.

Safety vest saved the driver’s life

The leg was badly damaged and the horse hit him even in his chest.

Luckily safety vest saved him.

– Right now I am waiting for results and have quite a lot of pain in the right leg, says Peter Ingves to Trav365 from the hospital.

 

It was after 2 races at Halmstad as the horse Red Passion came loose at the stables.

The driver behind the horse, elite apprentice Peter, was hit several kicks off the horse in doing so.

According to sports director at Halmstad, Rene Jensen, then hit the parks in Ingves chest and on his leg.

 

Line medic looked up Ingves in place and summoned an ambulance, which took him to the hospital for further observation.

– It is difficult for me to say no status on Peter, if the leg is broken or not, says Jensen Trav365.

“It was boring”

 

Ingves colleague Petri Puro is in place on the course and arrived to him after the accident.

– It was sad what happened. He got a kick on the leg, below the knee, and it was a lot of blood down at the stocking. It was bleeding quite heavily. He could not stand up, luckily wear a safety clothing, he says.

– He’s in the hospital now, but I do not know what he has received for damages, it may just be a muscle injury?

 

“Very pains”

Trav365 got hold of Peter Ingves few hours after it happened and then he was still in hospital.

– Right now I am waiting for results and have quite a lot of pain in the right leg. They took X-rays and we will see, he says.

 

What just happened?

– Probably so was the horse bakrädd when I jerked tussarna and began beating after the finish. The horse hit in the chest, but I had a safety reflective vest on me. But I was also hit in the right leg. We will see if there is a fracture or if it is just a muscle injury.

 

Peter Ingves has won 27 of 212 races this year and run in just over two million. Although he has an apprentice license so he is considered the common man like a pro, as he is very experienced. 56-year-old was among the other regular driver behind the superstar Commander Crowe in 2009 and 2010.

Safety vest for the safety of motorcyclists

We may not know it but in the department of Pas-de-Calais, is a “gentleman motorcycle.” That is a point person to go to the competent authorities (town hall, the Department, the Region …) difficulties encountered and reported on the road by drivers of motorcycles with safety vest. Mr. Motorbike is Lagache Michel, and was present at Lens for these two days of training. Without otherworldliness of this biker always book a reassuring statement: “Bikers are still much better equipped than a few years. But sometimes when common sense is not enough, we need legislation to strengthen security … “And Michel Lagache to demonstrate the airbag reflective vest motorcycle, not mandatory but highly recommended.

 

However, since 20 November, a decree requires PTW riders and passengers to wear approved gloves. Violators must pay 68 euro fine and lose 1 point on their driving license. No need to spend hundreds of Euros to get these reflective fabric gloves:” It just they have to be registered with the European certification” CE “. One can find in commerce from 40 Euros. “