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Cycling, to be seen to run less risk of accident

Whether you are a cyclist or a pedestrian, the arrival of wintertime extends the time during which it is harder for drivers to see you, which increases the risk of an accident. One solution: reflective clothing and reflective bags.

 

We change time this weekend: at 3 am on Sunday, it will be 2h. Advantage: we will stay under the duvet a little longer Sunday morning.

 

The disadvantage is of course that it is dark earlier, which favors road accidents, especially as the time change happens at the same time as the weekend of Toussaint.

 

Road Safety also notes a peak of accidentally of 47% for pedestrians at the end of the day.

 

In partnership with France Bleu, it distributed Friday, all over France, 60000 fluorescent yellow reflective vests and bags kit.

 

The temperatures this fall are rather mild, many have kept the habit of moving by bike, like David who has noticed a change in the behavior of motorists lately: “I am often dressed with dark color and I realize that motorists usually see me at the last moment and make a gap to avoid me ”

 

David has equipped with a vest and a fluorescent bag, and too bad for the style: “it’s not super nice, it’s on, but if it can save my life why not…”

 

To be seen and to see well, essential advice

Every day, two pedestrians die and 25 are injured in accidents that occur most often in the winter. Anne, the general delegate of the road safety association, explains: “in dark color, in an environment that is not lit, you will be visible at 25 meters, with the same clothes but in a light color you will see at 40. But if you add reflective fabrics you will be visible at 140 or 150 meters.

 

It is not said that it is necessary to wear the yellow safety vest, but for example, use a backpack with retro-reflective patches.

 

This weekend, the road safety association offers drivers to check that their headlights are properly adjusted.

SAINT REFLECTION

The use of reflective elements especially in autumn and winter, when it is dark early and visibility is definitely worse, can save our lives. Therefore, wearing reflectors by pedestrians should become a habit. Pursuant to the Road Traffic Law, pedestrians who move along the road after dark outside the built-up area are obliged to use reflective materials in a visible way to other road users.

 

Correctly worn reflective elements should be placed in such a place that they are in the field of car light and visible to drivers coming on both directions (from the back and the front). If you attach the reflective fabric to the backpack (at the back of the silhouette) it is obvious that it will not be noticed by drivers coming from the opposite direction and vice versa, when the reflection will be only at the front, the driver behind us will not see him. It is safe to have two reflective elements one at the front and the other at the back or to use such types of reflectors that can be seen from both sides, for example reflective bands.

 

Because car dipped beam illuminates the path asymmetrically (more light is directed to the right side of the road), the reflective element should be placed as low as possible, then a light beam shines on it.

 

If someone often uses the road outside the built-up area, it is best if you decide to wear a reflective vest, suspenders or a headband. Motorcyclists and cyclists are more and more convinced of these reflective elements, who, like pedestrians, are unprotected participants in the movement.

Ortlieb High Visibility Bags: Visibility = Safety

Product news: The Ortlieb High Visibility bags combine the usual high quality with high practicality and thanks to reflective material, they provide an additional safety advantage that today’s cyclists can do better than ever before.

 

As a cyclist you are – on deserted country roads or in the crowded city center – a full-fledged road user. Nevertheless, one often feels a bit like fair game: helmet out, helmet ago, against the several hundred kilograms of heavy car you just have little to oppose and is almost continuously in a dangerous situation. No question, that should not be and the causes can be discussed for hours; bad traffic planning, inattentive road users or sometimes simply bad luck.

 

Ortlieb High Visibility

 

As a cyclist, you can do very little for your own safety in many situations. Wherever it is possible, you should take appropriate measures. This undoubtedly includes visible in traffic, especially during the dark season. The StVZO prescribes a corresponding lighting system. In addition, reflectors are also mandatory: front and rear, on or in the spokes and the pedals.

 

More about: StVZO lighting on the bike

 

However, especially in winter and in difficult visibility conditions, a lighting system according to StVZO is in many situations not sufficient to be recognized by other road users, even from a distance, quickly enough. This is where Ortlieb’s High Visibility products come in: Smaller and larger bike bags that, thanks to their reflective properties, significantly improve visibility not only in the dark – and at the same time are very good bags for proven Ortlieb quality.

 

Proven Ortlieb quality means in particular: Robust and waterproof. All Ortlieb High Visibility line bags use a special reflective fabric. To put it simply, it is a multi-woven, special plastic that is extremely resistant and at the same time completely waterproof thanks to its PU coating. In keeping with the principles of Ortlieb, all bags are made in Germany and of course are free of PVC.

 

More about sustainability at Ortlieb

All bags of the High Visibility line are available in a discreet and inconspicuous black at first glance. However, the upper material is traversed by a reflective yarn over its entire surface, which causes the packet to illuminate brightly with incident light (e.g., car headlights). For many “reflection muffle” even a big point of criticism should be omitted, because not everyone is a fan of bright neon colors on the bike.

 

But even neon-friends will find the Ortlieb High Visibility Bags: The models Back-Roller. Sport-Roller, Ultimate6 and Velocity are also available in bright yellow, which is very visible even in normal daylight and thus improves safety.

 

The Ortlieb High Visibility bags presented briefly

Ortlieb’s High Visibility line currently includes seven bags: including six classic pannier rack, frame and saddle panniers and the well-known and popular Velocity rucksack. The luggage carrier bags can be attached partly by QL 2.1 systems, partly by QL 3.1.

Traffic safety week started

Seeing and being seen is one of the most important requirements for safe driving. The traffic safety week from 15 to 21 October is under the motto “Visibility is safety”.

 

Especially in the dark season, it is essential for all road users alike to ensure good visibility in order to avoid accidents. In the past five years, a total of 346 pedestrians and 525 cyclists on the streets of Vorarlberg have been killed in the dark and poor visibility in traffic, including 87 children under the age of 15.

 

This was taken as an opportunity to put visibility at the center of this year. The focus is on targeted information on the affected road users.

 

Awareness raising

In addition to the distribution of folders and reflectors to pedestrians, the KFV will conduct reconnaissance and radar checks in all districts with police and INTEGRA. If necessary, small repairs to the wheel lighting are made on site. Motorists are informed about the consequences of poorly adjusted headlights. “Such awareness-raising priority actions are an ideal complement to existing measures,” provincial governor Karlheinz is convinced.

 

For example, the state has been promoting awareness of the topic of visibility in the Vorarlberg schools for many years with the support of traffic education partners. “In addition, Vorarlberg is the only federal state in Austria where all school beginners and kindergartens aged 3 to 5 have received a reflective safety vest at the start of school,” adds Raiser.

 

Visibility is safety

Well-visible, light-colored clothing, and reflective materials are useful in the foggy, dark time on the road. “Dark-clad people are visible at night only from 25 to 30 meters away for a motor vehicle handlebars. With reflective clothing, however, a pedestrian can be seen from a distance of 130 to 160 meters. This makes it easier for drivers to react in good time. “explains Martin of the Road Safety Board. In everyday life, however, only a few people wear reflective accessories and clothing, they are considered especially by younger road users as unfashionable and impractical.

 

Courage for visibility

The Provincial School Board for Vorarlberg and the KFV has therefore called on the Vorarlberg high school students in a joint action to design reflective clothing and accessories according to their own taste. The winning projects, which were chosen by a jury, are then turned into reality by the designer Daniela.

 

“We have received numerous creative and innovative submissions and hope that the implementation of the winning designs will lead to a sustainable increase in the wearing rate of reflective clothing with the reflective fabric and accessories and thus more road safety,” says compulsory school inspector Ivo Walser, MA pleased.

 

That’s how security comes to light

Even car drivers must be aware that poorly adjusted or defective headlights pose a significant security risk. Headlights that are set too low to illuminate too little of the road, which remains a big “black hole”.

 

If the headlights are set too high, oncoming traffic and pedestrians are dazzled and in the case of fog, this leads to dangerous self-glare. The driving speed may only be selected so that it can be stopped at any time in the existing visual range. The adjustment of the vehicle lighting must be done regularly: Is the light correct – the view is correct.

 

Illumination of protection routes

On the part of the Province of Vorarlberg as the street owner of the approximately 800km provincial roads, intensive investment is also being made in street lighting – around 15,000 light along the provincial roads alone – and in particular by protective paths (crosswalks).

 

In the course of the modernization of the street lighting, great emphasis is placed on known hazardous areas such. Protective paths and cyclists crossing different light colors use. Due to the different light color, these luminous areas set themselves apart from the general street lighting and thus increase the attention of the road users in these areas.

Fatal accident at DW-835

Policemen explain the circumstances of the road accident that occurred on DW-835. Preliminary findings show that the 29-year-old driver of the Toyota vehicle in undeveloped and unlit land struck a woman who did not have reflective vests. 31-year-old resident of the commune suffered death as a result of the incident. Once again, we remind you REMEMBER THE REFLECTIONS.

 

The accident happened yesterday evening at around 20:40 in the town at DW-835. Preliminary findings show that 29-year-old driver of the Toyota brand rode from the direction of Bagel towards Lublin. In an undeveloped and unlit area, the right front of the vehicle was hit by a pedestrian, which did not have reflective materials. As follows from the preliminary findings of the police officers, the woman ran across the road in a place not designated as a pedestrian crossing, from the left side to the right in the direction of the vehicle’s movement. As a result of the event, the 31-year-old resident of the commune suffered death. The driver of the car, tested by the uniformed for alcohol content in the body – sober.

 

Policemen worked on the site under the supervision of the prosecutor. Due to the incident, for almost 4 hours DW-835 was blocked, and the traffic took place on detours organized by the police. Now officers explain all the circumstances of this accident.

 

Once again, we remind you REMEMBER THE REFLECTIONS. Every pedestrian, which moves at dusk along the way outside the built-up area, must have a reflector placed in a visible way for the drivers. Remember, a pedestrian dressed in a dark outfit is seen by the driver of the vehicle at a distance of about 40 meters. However, a walking person wearing reflective elements becomes visible even from a distance of 150 meters. Reflective elements may include attachments for clothing, headbands, vests and leashes. It is important to place them: the reflective fabrics are recommended to be placed at the level of knees, hands, around the center of the chest and back – then we will be sure that they are clearly visible to other road users. We also appeal to wear reflections in built-up areas.

Motorcyclists roar their engines against the use of reflective vests

Presidents and representatives of the 63 groups of motorcyclists in León, joined on board different types of mopeds to express with the roar of their engines, the disagreement against the use of vests with reflective tapes, greater safety and road awareness among all.

 

The new traffic regulation raises the mandatory use of reflective vest with reflective tapes for motorcyclists, however, motorists do not agree with this rule, since that takes away their identity and for them it is an imposition, especially on chopper motorcyclists. They regularly wear leather jackets that distinguish them with their different patterns.

 

The meeting was convened at 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Plaza Mayor, there all kinds of motorcycles arrived, from choppers, sports and cruises and dual purpose “to the regulations and all that vehicle that have an engine and comes on two wheels “commented a motorcyclist.

 

“It is carried out because we do not agree with the new traffic regulations, where it seems that motorcyclists want to impose a fluorescent vest,” explained the motorcyclist Chopper Anaya to El Sol de León.

 

The Municipal Traffic Direction says that the use of reflective vest is only considered as a recommendation and that the document is not updated. The City Council of Leon is in the preparation of the new regulation that is about to be approved, and studies the main causes of accidents, according to the aforementioned dependency.

 

Gonzalo said that more than the use of vests, it requires “more road education and goes for everyone, we do not exempt ourselves, we carry some guilt, but education is important on both sides, both people who go on four wheels , like those of us in two, “said the motorcyclist with a high cylinder moped.

 

The drivers questioned the use of the waistcoat with the reflective fabric, because If you do not see it, with the factory signs that the motorcycle is already carrying, it is a skull on which the stop increases the intensity and the directional, in reality what you should There is more awareness.

 

Motorists asked for greater security both in the city and on the highways, as some complained of being assaulted when going out on the roads “instead of putting on a vest we want security for us,” Anaya said.

Universal Reflective Armband Becomes Better Choice

Reflective fabric has a protective function in a special field. But now it is popular in daily life. Our products have many promotion types for customers’ choice. One of them is reflective armband which is popular now due to its university.

 

If you want your clothes have reflective requirement; however reflective vest is too formal to wear. In this case, reflective armband is a better choice for you. The reflective armband is suitable for all the outdoor sports like running, cycling and etc. Also OME & ODM service is available. The base cloth is elastic, so that it can adapt different size. If you want unique logo, we can provide customized design. About the quality of the reflective tape, you can trust on us because the reflective fabric we used is Certified by major international standards such as: EN 20471, ANSI/ISEA107-2010, OEKO-TEX 100, AS/NZS 1906.4-2010; EN 533, etc., whose reflection is more than 420 and domestic washing is 50 frequencies.

 

In some degree, it is like detachable reflective tape. So our reflective armband has a wide range of application in daily life even in the safety field. Chinastar is a professional reflective and safety clothing manufacturer having over a dozen year history. We sincerely welcome your enquiry and hope to cooperate with you!

Police officers appeal for safe returns from holidays

Holidays are slowly coming to an end. All travelers have the same goal – a safe return from holidays. Let’s be careful! May increase vigilance and common sense accompany us on our way back from summer rest. Excessive rush, bravado, fatigue, absentmindedness, routine are just some of the factors conducive to unhappy accidents.

 

Police officers appeal for increased caution to all road users!

 

Remember the principle of limited trust in relation to other road users. Try to anticipate situations that may find you on the road. Stay alert. Do not let yourself be surprised by routine. Adjust the driving speed to road conditions. Remember the elementary rules of traffic: adherence to road signs and signals, fastening seat belts, carrying children in car seats, driving with lights on, preventing excessive fatigue at the wheel.

 

If you are riding a bicycle, remember: the bike must be properly equipped – a red light at the back and a pulsing white light in the front, an efficient brake and a bell. You should also have a helmet and reflective elements such as a reflective vest or headband which is made of the reflective fabric. This significantly increases your safety when riding a two-wheeled vehicle.

 

If you are walking, especially after dusk, be sure to wear a reflective vest or other reflective clothing. You become more visible and increase your safety! Remember that when there is no sidewalk and you use the roadside or roadway you have to move on the left side of the road, so that the arriving vehicles are in front of you.

Reflective vests cleaning tips

Nowadays, the use of reflective safety vests in life is more and more common, and the consumption of reflective clothing is also increasing. How to use correctly and wash it to prolong its service life is everybody’s concern. Now let’s talk about the items that should be paid attention to during the cleaning process.

Reflective clothing was made of reflective fabric which was used in a use of special technics in its’ production process. So we cannot rub and wring while cleaning the reflective vests, because it can damage the reflective fabric, thus affecting the normal use of the reflective vests.

Second, it cannot soak in water that over 30 degrees, with too high temperature water immersion will damage the reflective effect of clothes, while the reflective vests cannot be placed in the washing machine.

Finally, when drying, it cannot be placed under the sun exposure, sun exposure will weaken the effect of the reflection of clothes. If there is a little mud stain or stain on the safety vests, just wipe it with a soft fabric. When you really need to wash, you must choose to use neutral detergent to wash, and then placed in the shade to dry.

Therefore, in order to make the life of reflective vests longer, we must clean clothes according to the correct way.

Do you have reflective elements?

Pedestrian is the least protected participant of road traffic and they are often the victim of tragic road accidents.

When bad conditions prevail on the road, and the pedestrian is not equipped with reflective vests and is wearing dark clothes, the driver notices him only when he is within reach of his light. It is very often too late and even the immediate reaction of the driver will not save his life.

Pedestrian crossings usually occur in the evening hours, from September to December, when the visibility of a person moving along the road is significantly reduced.

After dark, a driver driving with low beam light on can see a pedestrian from a distance of 20-30 meters from the car bonnet. However, if it travels at a speed exceeding 80-90 km / h, most often there is no chance of avoiding the deduction, because it moves at a speed of about 25 meters per second – explains press spokesman of the police. – When the pedestrian is equipped with any reflective material that reflects the light of the car, the driver will see it from a distance of 130-150 meters, which are about 5 times faster! The conclusion is obvious: such  small reflective fabric sewn-on our clothes, which can save our lives or the lives of our loved ones.

Reflective vests are required to be worn by all, regardless of age, who move around outside the built-up area after dark. The obligation to wear a reflective vest is exempt pedestrians moving on the road intended only for pedestrians or on the sidewalk, as well as in the area of residence, where pedestrian takes precedence over the vehicle.

Police officers from the Municipal Police Station, constantly visits schools and kindergartens, giving the youngest children reflective vests and realizing how important it is to wear them for life and health. In addition to passing the vests, the police teach the youngest rules of safe movement on the road, especially after dark – he adds.