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Pupils received reflective tapes

No pedestrians or cyclists on the roads are unnecessarily risk-free. Mainly under bad light conditions, drivers are poorly visible. Reflective elements were also recently received by schoolchildren in the municipalities.

 

For example, Timor Rajeev, who attends the fifth grade at primary school, praises a useful gift. “It’s super. In the morning I go to school myself, I think it will help me, I will see more, “he recounts. Just like eighteen hundred other children from the region on Thursday, he received reflective tapes and handcuffs and briefcase.

 

Safety features were handed over by representatives of Hyundai, which has been working with 13 neighboring communities since the beginning, thanks to the Good Neighbors program. “This year we have arrived with a traffic safety project, starting in the autumn, so it will soon dim, the morning is still dark. Reflective material increase pedestrian safety in many ways, making it an effective contribution to active child safety, “says Pert.

 

Policemen like this. According to them, reflexive elements are brought to the attention of both pedestrians and cyclists who can save their lives. “It is obvious that education is important. People are aware of how to protect themselves, “says Daniela of the Regional Police Directorate.” We assume that children will learn to increase their security from their parents, school, but the more they repeat, the more hope they get they remember it for the future. ”

 

While cyclists remember the law, pedestrians do not have the obligation to illuminate or to designate a reflective supplement. However, experts from BESIP warn that a black man sees the driver at night seven times shorter than a pedestrian with reflective clothing. “Any activity for child safety is welcome from us. We have other news, the village was built on the sidewalks, there is a new pedestrian crossing before the school “, says director school Igor Solvate.

Police distributed reflective elements to cyclists

The nationwide traffic safety project called we see ourselves? The project followed the first part of this preventive action, which took place in the spring of this year.

 

“Police and handed out to pedestrians, cyclists, drivers as well as reflective elements such as reflective tape, as well as bags and safety reflective vests with reflective marking,” said Kano police spokeswoman Jana.

 

The event took place at four selected locations of Kano. It was a station near the pedestrian crossing the street American, Italian, CSA and winning.

Officers in the transmission of reflective elements in addition all road users informed on how to behave safely roads.

 

“Preventive action is found with great success and was among the citizens very positively evaluated. The largest responses were mostly the elderly and women on parental leave, which reflective tape placed on strollers, “said the newspaper the Kano police spokeswoman.

 

Since February this year, pedestrians have the obligation to wear reflective material, and if moving when you are outside of the village in reduced visibility on the shoulder or the edge of the road in a place that is not illuminated by public lighting.

“Failure to meet this obligation, they face fines of up to two thousand crowns,” said Jana.

Police distribute pedestrian reflective tape

The pedestrians last week focused police. It was in connection with the amendment to the Road Traffic Act, which directs pedestrians to use reflective elements.

The obligation to pay for a reduction in visibility outside the village when moving the shoulder or side of the road in a place where there is no street lighting. The event had a preventive character.

 

Officers pedestrian acquainted not only with their duty to be outside of the village in reduced visibility equipped with reflective elements, but also the correct placement of reflective accessories. For example, in the garment should be reflective elements arranged especially on the side which is closer to the road. “Pedestrians have also been advised that the reflective vest have meaning only in reduced visibility outside of the village, but also in the community,” said Katarina of Silesian police, who stressed that since the beginning of the year have died on regional roads eleven people, including nine pedestrians . Two of them were killed last weekend.

 

Officer is handing out reflective tape to pedestrians during the event. “Reflective tape, but also other reflective accessories, or charms, are now readily available at many retail outlets, even at post offices, newsagents and petrol stations. May be sufficient sportswear, shoes and school bags, which today are already equipped with reflective elements,” added Kubota.

 

Although it was a pre-emptive action, police suggested solutions to several offenses. “Officers at eight pedestrians also found violations, but not in connection with the new requirement to wear reflective material outside of the village. These were mainly incorrect crossing the road, a police solved on the spot in a fine, “concluded Kubota.

High-visibility safety apparel

The high-visibility safety clothing must comply with the European Standard for visibility clothing EN471: 2003, Class I, Class II and Class III.

 

Garments are classified according to the visibility they provide. Each class specifies the minimum quantity of base material and retro-reflective material to use.

 

Countries requiring the presence of high-visibility warning vests in vehicles are:

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy and Spain (Spain requires every occupant of the vehicle has potential access to its vest, which must be kept on board the vehicle).

Countries recommending the wearing of warning jackets are: Norway and Portugal.

 

Standards of safety clothing Class I

Wearing these clothes is enough on private road. High-visibility trousers fall into this category if they are mismatched with a jacket or a safety vest. The minimum surface base material is 0.14 m², the minimum area of ​​retro reflective material is 0.10 m².

 

Standards of safety clothing class II

Wearing these clothes is suitable for roads open to public traffic. The minimum surface base material is 0.5m²; the minimum area of ​​retro reflective material is 0.2 m².

 

Standards of safety clothing class III

Wearing these clothes is required on motorways, dual-channel or airport areas. The minimum area of ​​base material is 0.8 m², the minimum area of ​​retro reflective material is 0.2 m².

 

This information is for guidance only. Always make sure your visibility clothing is appropriate in any given situation.

A surprising range of reflective bike clothing

The English brand Proves has developed clothes of reflective material that are both very comfortable and highly visible to accompany cyclists during their various cycling excursions, day as well as night.

 

Distributed today in 40 different countries, Proviso was born from the spirit of two London brothers. In 2008, as they regularly go to work by bicycle, they begin to realize the limits of cycling clothing. They decided to embark on the Proviso adventure to create innovative equipment. Innovative, powerful and highly visible! The brand is notably spotted thanks to Trivia. This is a light-emitting, electroluminescent and waterproof illumination that makes it possible to gain visibility. Then it builds a reputation thanks to high-quality, highly reflective clothes, to be used daily for bike rides as well as for any other sporting activity.

 

Highly visible cycling apparel

To enhance safety on the road, Proviso created the Nightrider clothing line consisting of pants, short sleeve t-shirts and long sleeves. Thanks to a fluorescent yellow color, easily visible from afar, and reflective piping edges, they significantly increase the visibility of the cyclist. Comfortable and breathable, they also adapt perfectly to the morphology of each.

 

The Reflect360 jacket

The Reflect360 jacket is made from a special material made of tiny glass beads on the entire surface. This guarantees the cyclist a great 360 ° visibility since as soon as it is dark; the jacket becomes extremely reflective in front of a light source like the headlights of a car. Perfect for a safe bike ride! Not to mention that the jacket is also very comfortable. Waterproof, it has several pockets to carry with you its keys or its telephone. It also tightens at the wrists and on the bottom to prevent air from entering when you are pedaling.

 

The Switch vest

The Switch vest is very handy to cycle under all circumstances. Indeed as it is reversible, it is possible to adopt the fluorescent yellow side to be spotted by day and to return it at night to enjoy its reflective tape side. Sleeveless, it slips on the clothes and adjusts with elastics at the shoulders and the waist.

Equip with reflective vest to keep visibility

Center General Inspectorate of Romanian Police informs that the A2 motorway – Constanta motorway traffic conducted in fog, visibility was at times below 100 meters. For the same reason, it is difficult and circulating the A4 (less than 100 meters visibility), don’t forget to wear a reflective vest to keep visibility.

 

Also, the traffic is difficult to implement in dense fog conditions in the county of Constance, the DN22 between Constance. On this portion visibility is less than 50 meters, and the roadway is wet. Also in Talca County, visibility reduces haze in the 200 meters and 50 meters isolated as the entire road network. It’s very dangerous without any reflective material, be careful about the road safety.

 

To prevent serious accidents, drivers are advised to drive cautiously, slowly.

Fog, as well as reducing speed, increasing the distance walking and proper use of lights, in terms of highways and other specific rules must be respected:

– turn off the lanes and the emergency lane!

– in case of power failure or technical failure, turn on hazard warning lights, equip yourself with reflective vest, remove occupants off the roadway and place reflective triangles, one after the other, at greater distances!

 

Cyclists required a reflective jacket but no helmet

Effective from today there is the new rules of the road. Take the obligation to wear a reflective vest in the evening hours and in tunnels. Deleted, however, the compulsory use of helmets for children under 14

 

Pedaling in the evening? It can, but only with a reflective vest. And ‘one of the major changes in force from today, the new rules of the road that forces cyclists to wear a mandatory vest or suspenders reflective high visibility in the evening – by half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise – and always in the gallery. The new provision extends the obligation, already envisaged in 2004 for car drivers, to use the high visibility warning clothing. For bicycles the vest will be mandatory on the open road, for those who break the new regulations are provided for fines of 23 Euros.

 

The vests and suspenders, according to European standard UNI EN 471, must be of a durable color to rubbing, perspiration, washing and ironing and have to endure the outbreak of knitted materials, water vapor, traction and tearing of coated and laminated fabrics. As for the marking and information to be provided to the manufacturer, the standard refers to the requirements defined in the UNI EN 340 and states that on the garment is applied to a pictogram in which they reported the class of the garment and the class the retro reflective material performance. These other innovations of the Highway Code in force today:

 

The bicycle helmet, no longer mandatory for children under 14

Mandatory for younger children under the age of fourteen, in the final version of the law 120/2010 has been completely deleted.

 

In motion only with helmet

Now riders can no longer wear the old helmets ‘to bowl’, out of business since 1 September 2004 and no longer verifiable by 2003. Under only the whole or jet helmets (with adequate side protection) approved according to UN-ECE regulations. The reform of the Code also provides for the testing of electronic helmet (connected to the motorcycle via Bluetooth).

 

Revision, bikes as cars

All motorcycles are subject to review every four years after enrollment (the first) and every two (successive). Also the safety vest is required.

Beware the scams of technicians fake with reflective vest

In recent days, two individuals pretended to Hera technicians dressed in suits and jackets with yellow reflective material, they played at the door of a building via 24 Maggie, asking to enter to carry out some of the control technology heating. A woman, however, did not confide and threatened to call the police, resulting in the immediate escape of two technicians fake with reflective vest. But not only were they also made attempts to telephone scam with the car crash gimmick. Elderly achieved with calls from fake members of the police informing them of an accident in one of their children or a relative, uninsured: with this excuse the elder is asked to pay a large sum, up to 500 Euros, to prevent the person involved in the incident have trouble with the law. Attempts are always intensified at the beginning of the month, when the elderly have greater availability of money, after the withdrawal of the pension.

 

To combat scams, the Carabineer organizes information events to the population: the last to the weekly market, frontlines Officer Silvia Guerin in reflective clothing, Captain of the Society, just at the end of November. They are also printed leaflets were also part of the Provincial Command of Rimini with all the advice to defend them better by fraudsters and raiders from the apartment.

 

Marinette invented the baby safety raincoat by bike

It is the story of a frog who did not like the rain. Marinette is also the name of the reflective clothing brand that Bihar, a resident of the Lilacs, imagined, exasperated not to find a cape adaptable to her daughter’s bike seat. “I looked for something on the Internet to protect her and I found only a sleeveless poncho in which the child was a prisoner,” says the former casting director. To launch a larger-scale production and be able to market its invention, it is now seeking funds on the kiss bank site. The subscription ends this Wednesday.

 

Before arriving at the prototype, Bihar turned to his mother-in-law, a former “exceptional” biology teacher, smiled Bihar. The two women together will work for months before getting a first result. “But technically, we were blocking,” says Bihar. I then found a model maker who agreed to give me a hand. In fact, this project of reflective material is a collective adventure. Everyone adheres. “Including another friend who created a logo for her brand,” Marinette “- which comes from English,” rain “, rain, and also reminds one of the frog.

 

“All materials are European,” says the designer. The fabric is Italian, the buckles, German and braces, Belgian. The cost price is 59 € per garment. Three prototypes are available: a dry fleece-lined apron, a waterproof windproof jacket with a wide hood for a helmet, and a 100% retro-reflective raincoat for night trips. “They fit on all the bicycle seats and allow the child to have a free hand,” says the designer.

Traffic cop checked out reflective vest of residents after dark

We are going to work. It’s just a piece – explained to the men, who were detained by the aspirant Robert. Gentlemen moved after 17 on a roadway one of the more busy roads White Bor. None of them had at least one reflective element. In addition, they were all dressed in dark jackets, pants and hats. They were instructed. – You realize that incurs mortal danger? – He instructed the policeman. – In these costumes driver sees you from a distance of only about 30-40 meters. Time to react is small. Gentlemen humbly promised to supply the glare. – It’s a small cost; the reflective elements are widely available – instructed asp. Robert – And you can save your life.

 

Reflectors save lives

The research shows that the leading driver the car is able to detect a pedestrian who has a glare, even from a distance of 150 meters! These additional meters allow you to bypass the safe deceleration and people. Recently, wearing reflective vest after dark in the area is undeveloped duty and failure threatens his mandate. Despite this, the number of residents does not make much impression, as we noted during a joint patrol “Pomeranian” and “traffic police.”

 

Mandate or instruction the police still conducts preventive actions in schools and kindergartens. As they pointed out, as long as the children quickly and willing to absorb knowledge, and most importantly, wear reflective vests or armbands, is to persuade adults is much more difficult.

 

What it comes from? – Hard to say – says Robert of the Traffic Department. – It would seem that adults should be more cautious and aware of the risks, but this topic is not always the case. Officers carry out inspections regularly. – Every week we stop a few people who do not have a glare. We instruct them or issue mandates. Fortunately, while nearly two-hour joint patrol “traffic cop” to “Pomeranian” managed to trace only three of irresponsible men in Bialy Bor. And we touched both the southern and the northern part of Grudziadz. For assistance in the implementation of the reflective material thank the Municipal Police Headquarters in Grudziadz.