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Sporty through the winter with reflective vest

Who does not know that? Outside, it’s too cold to go jogging. The air burns in the lungs and a runny nose. We’ll show you how you defy with the right tips of the cold.

Many recreational athletes refrain in the dark and frosty months on outdoor exercise with wearing a safety vest. But in the home, there is often not enough space and opportunities.

 

Strengthen your immune system:

Regular exercise such as walking, running or cycling strengthens in the cold season, not only the immune system and protects against infections but also helps against postpartum depression during the dark season. Sport and exercise in the fresh air, keep the production of the stimulant hormone serotonin and the circulation going. Even with gray, cloudy sky natural light is still three to four times as much as the room lighting. Therefore, experts advise to go if possible half an hour daily outside.

 

Properly warming up:

A cold start is taboo in winter. Coming from heated rooms to sports outside, the organism has to adjust to the low temperatures. Who starts the same with full intensity, breathing too fast in the cold air and risked to irritate throat, bronchial tubes and lungs? Thus, the common cold risk increases. Even muscles and joints take longer to reach operating temperature. In winter, the proper warm is therefore particularly important. The warm-up should be about 20 percent of the total training time.

Not to dress warmly:

Many athletes dressed thin clothing in wintry weather too warm to. The best athletes dress in wind or freezing temperatures after the three-layer principle: underwear, a warming insulating layer around fleece, which does not store moisture, and a protective layer with reflective material. This may for example be a breathable windbreaker which moisture can escape from the inside out, but the wind, rain and snow keeps.

 

Head, feet and hands Protect:

Advisable are also hats, scarves and light gloves because the person loses about 40 percent of body heat through the head and neck. Who rides a bike in winter, must be well protected especially hands and feet against the cold, otherwise they will quickly numb. For hands-lined, windproof gloves are a must. Two pairs of socks help only when the shoe is not too tight, because the air acts as an insulator between foot and shoe. Also neoprene overshoes and a breathable rain pants help against freezing temperatures.

 

Reflective clothing for safety:

Bright and reflective clothing increases safety for joggers and cyclists. A safety reflective vest in yellow or orange fluorescent paint can help cyclists in addition to be better perceived by the public. During the winter months it is dark earlier and is light later. Therefore, at this time reflective clothing or vests for safety in traffic very important.

 

Sufficient light on the wheel:

The wheel should be clearly visible in the dark, both through its own lighting and reflectors. In addition, the can in accidents have expensive consequences. By the way: bicycle trailer need own lighting system. They must be fitted in the dark with a tail light when the rear window is obstructed on the bicycle by the trailer.

 

Throttle pace while cycling:

In ice and hard packed snow cyclists should slow down and enter into neither curves nor brakes. To get more grips on the road, air can be let out of the tires to the prescribed minimum pressure. Also for bikes, there are now special winter tires and provided with metal pins road spikes. Who also adjusts the saddle lower by a few centimeters, gets quickly when needed with both feet grounded?

Police advertises reflective products

Visibility in the dark is an important issue not only for children. A safety vest with reflective tape can enhance the visibility and its good help for safety. Older people are particularly at risk in traffic. The police and the Office of Transport Management informed yesterday seniors on road safety in the dark season.

 

Especially one was stressing: Even light-colored clothing is dark at night. , A white jacket protects hardly even if it is better than a black one. What really helps reflectors is available in all shapes and colors. Whether reflective bracelets, pendants, and umbrellas with built-in flashlight, shopping bags or the classic safety vests – everything was there, was introduced, tested, given away or sold. Joachim Tabatha, road safety consultant for the police informed around 50 interested in the center plus the Awe on the road victory. “In particular, the fully reflective jackets and caps are a great innovation,” said Tabatha. Even small trailers are particularly useful. These are hardly recognizable as such, but would have a strong effect when light falls on them. Products such as tapes and trailers should be secured, especially in the arms and legs, as the movement is easier to detect.

 

Maria Gaze already has many reflective items. She is particularly impressed by the fully reflective jackets and the inconspicuous trailers. “They’re not quite as flashy, but do seem to work well. My husband often uses the normal safety vest, which I like but not so much,” said Gaze. In addition to the reflective products mainly active systems such as LED or flashlights are good helpers. These shine by themselves and need not be only illuminated.

 

Of course, the behavior remains important in traffic. Especially in the winter months, the police will also pay greater attention to the lights of cars and adherence to predetermined speeds. Here are now also increasingly pedestrians are aware of their security, then will wear a reflective vest on the road to keep safe.

Safety vest and reflectors: children are more visible

In Hilden Monday made 37 preschoolers fit for traffic. After all, many are attracted to dark and difficult to see. Only last Friday, it happened again – a six-year-old boy was hit on the way to school by a car. He walked carelessly into the street and was seen too late by a motorist. Luckily he was only slightly injured. Even so, the police took the case as an opportunity to make the parents of school children point out once again that children should wear brighter and reflective clothing.

 

The purpose also follows the series “twinkle in the dark,” the Monday has made in the Caritas daycare sunflower in Hilden support. 37 pre-school children aged five to six years has been lacking playfully fit for road traffic – especially in what concerns colors and reflectors.

“It’s amazing how few children wear reflectors.”

Karoline shrub-Schmitz, General Manager Road Safety

 

“Finn’s jacket is the best way to see” the children when they faced each other in the darkened dining room of the day care center in jackets and winter boots and the light beam of flashlights fell on the bright green winter jacket shouting. Other kids thought Thales jacket best seen – a pale lilac model with reflective stripes.

The group of Finn and Thales is the third to be conducted on that day by the program of road safety organization. “This is a very good group,” says Andrea Hoofer from kindergarten – she means both colors of the clothes and the children’s attention. Karoline shrub-Schmitz, Managing Director of Road Safety, agrees. In contrast, it was surprising how many children wore still dark or black jackets. “It’s amazing how few children wear reflective safety vest,” she says. The problem was mainly the parents who endogen their children to dark clothing. “Parents pull children like little adults.”

 

In this group there were some dark blue or black jackets. It should be bright, reflective clothing so important, says Karoline shrub-Schmitz. The number of accidents with children was gone off. That is why the children would have to be sensitized. So you could also put pressure on the parents. “Otherwise, we reach the little.” This year the traffic guards were the first time at the four day care centers in Hilden guest. Grate from the city says it is still money been left out of the pot of state funding for transport projects, as he had requested for the project Hilden.

 

Accident rates raise again – and the money for programs

Karoline shrub-Schmitz says it generally spend more money on traffic education – for all ages. Especially in children (see box). Especially children lacked increasing traffic competence. “The children are executed placed anywhere and moved. They lose their own mobility “- and that increases the risk of accidents.” You will lose the ability to self-navigate the traffic.” And if they did but then tried by a day to the times themselves, the uncertainty is large, and the danger too.

 

Andrea Hoofer from kindergarten Sunflower, it is important to prepare the children to the school. “Many of the children go in the coming year in various elementary schools, some with wide school routes.” The Kita strip their contribution: “We go for walks and in winter even practice the way to school,” she said. But every other program would be welcome. Because even if many would walk – a lot of kids would just yet driven by car to the day care center when their parents they would bring over on the way to work.

 

For the children, the program Monday was especially great fun. The children were not only the self-experiment in the dark, first without, then with reflective vest in the glow of the flashlight. They painted a paper figure on their own terms, in order to subsequently be compared to a dark painted figure in a cardboard: Which is more visible? Guidelines for the structure did not exist. The children should realize the visibility of their own color choice. Leading the charge were inspired by football color combinations such as black and yellow, blue, red and black, red and gold. But at least there were colors that are far more visible than black, gray and brown.

Safety vest as a gift for customer

With the license plates to the Admissions Office – Drivers can already go with the number plate for approval today. Who wants to sign his car new in a vehicle registration office, has plenty of time sometimes. In the spring, for example, is extremely busy at the office, because traditionally are now raising numbers of car purchases and – significantly. At least the time-consuming and often nerve-wracking step of signs pressure can save every motorist today. License plates, Environment badge, reflective material parking sign or bike rack plate can be in advance with suppliers easily and inexpensively purchased online.

 

Vanity Plate: direct link to the registration office

“Know only about five percent of German motorists that it marks not only the community, but also online are,” said Eduard Reinhardt, operator of the online portal. “The ordered online license plate has the same quality as you get them also at the registration office,” said Reinhardt. They are, as required by the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations, safety vest and wear on the front of the corresponding DIN test and monitoring signs. Before the customer orders the license plates online, he should have but it reserved at the registration office.

 

About gutschild.de this is conveniently possible because through the website, the customer can link with 98 percent of all German registration authorities. It is directly connected in this way with the Authority and online can check the availability of the license plate and make the reservation. The cost of the reservation and issuing a vanity plate nationwide uniform and is at 10.20 Euros for the license plates themselves and 2.60 Euros for the reservation. But the booking fees are only payable if the license plates will be issued. The amount in the approval on site at the registration office is paid.

 

Safety vest as a gift

With signs orders in the online shop to 18 pm, the order will be produced on the same day, safely packaged and shipped. As a gift, there are still top of a reflective vest for each customer.

The municipality funded reflective vests for the Nursery in Poverty

– Safety is the number one issue – emphasizes the director of Nursery Poverty Monika. The facility every day children are reminded of basic principles. And today, in addition each child, but the staff and the facility received the safety vest, which after dark can save lives.

 

Preschoolers know very well what they are reflective vests and how they work. – They are to protection – Says the 5-year-old Oskar. – After that, we were to see better – she said Olivia. – And it works so that in the light of the moon begins to shine this vest – explained the boy.

 

Kindergarten purchase reflective vests for children and so had planned. – But you know it’s another expense. And if we got such a beautiful gift from the community, we will be able to spend money planned for another purpose – says Monika, director of Kindergarten in Poverty. – Life jackets will be useful and it very much! Quite a few come out in the open air, on walks. Children reflective vest will be visible from a distance, it will raise the level of safety educators will be calmer. And because on the jackets bearing a coat of arms, during trips outside the municipality we will immediately know where we are – smiles the director.

 

For this, the glare actually increases the level of security to convince the youngest commander of the Police Station in the Forge Henry. – Twilight falls quickly. At 16.00, 17.00, children should wear them whether it is on the way from kindergarten, school or on the way to the store, church, just everywhere – advised the commander. Stresses that the difference in distance perceive pedestrian glare and without, is huge. – Drivers are aware that walking without glare see properly at the last moment, then it can lead to tragedy. With vest pedestrian you can be seen even from a distance of 150 meters. It’s a big and very important difference – explains a police officer in reflective fabric jacket.

 

To the topic of safety at the nursery in Poverty approach very seriously. – In one form or another virtually coming out every day. I still recall the basic principles to inform pass. We also talk with parents to sensitize children also in the home. It’s such a multilateral security cooperation children – explains the director of the kindergarten.

Cyclists without reflective vest is a threat at night

Understanding that the first part of this myth is not true is relatively simple – just compare the weight and speed achieved by cars and bikes. The kinetic energy of the bike is so small that even if the rider makes a mistake on the road, mostly endangers himself. A life reflective jacket can save life sometimes.

 

To overthrow the second part of the myth, let’s try to use more scientific methods. Data that quote, gave Adam once before, but a reminder: Cyclists in 2006-2008 killed 4 people on the roads (not counting cyclists entering someone under the wheels themselves killed), 41 seriously wounded and lightly – 229. For comparison – the total number of fatalities in road accidents in this period is 16,263 killed, 188,444 seriously injured and 200,707 slightly injured. Well over half of these victims were caused by car drivers!

 

The bike have better reflexes than light

Finally, in contrast, mitt repeated for a portion of cyclists. They noted that the bicycle lights are usually weaker than the headlights and thus become less visible in the background. They also knew that the reflectors reflect the light of strong headlights. However, mistakenly they assumed that reflectors always reflect all the light and come to the erroneous conclusion that it is better to have than the glare lamp. However, the truth is that riding with the same reflectors without lights for cyclists is extremely dangerous!

 

First – no, even the best reflection, we do not illuminate the road in front of the bike. Even if we are visible to others, we cannot see a hole or a post on its way – even if the same post will glare. Not only that – cycling on the road, we meet another cyclist with the same reflectors – because none of us will have no lighting, glare both remain dark, because I will not have the light, that could bounce. Thus very easy to get a clash of two cyclists dressed in flares up from head to toe.

 

Secondly – a reflection, to reflect the light, it must be illuminated it, preferably directly. Meanwhile, the majority of bicycle paths, sidewalks or roads outside the cities are not illuminated. Even the streets in cities are not always illuminated. You cannot always count on the headlights of cars going by us or somewhere nearby – bike lights are more reliable in this respect.

 

It should also be noted that the lights of cars are set down in order to illuminate the road and do not dazzle drivers of oncoming vehicles. Only a small portion of the light beam of headlights is called scattered light, which can bounce from glare. So it’s best to have reflectors mounted or set up low – bands on the legs so they are a better idea than safety vest. You can see it anyway right in the photo above – cyclists on the left, despite a very strong light camera fired, they remain poorly visible, though barely stand a few meters away from the camera.

 

Thirdly, and most importantly – have the reflections of each other, they reflect only a certain part of the light, the way it strongly scattering. If it were otherwise, by drivers, like the mirror set on the road at night. Therefore usually flares are visible for the driver of a lot closer than the light cycle. Usually it is about 150 meters. For comparison, lamps good quality bike can be visible to the driver even from a kilometer!

 

For this reason, various actions to distribute reflectors to cyclists who do not have the lighting do not solve the problem! It would give away the lamp. Being quite possible that the cost of such an operation would be lower – inexpensive wholesale bicycle lighting can cost less than the reflective bands and several times less than the reflective vest.

It does not matter to wear a safety vest, helmet

269 ​​cyclists rode with mounted equipment which measure the distance from a corner. Some of them drove in everyday clothes, while others have used the costumes typical bicycle, others wore helmet or safety vest. The experimental results can be shocking – only one item of clothing actually improves the safety of the cyclist (or more precisely – no matter what the distance from the car ahead of us). This vest was printed with the word “police.”

 

The measurements made by the Universities of Bath Brunnel and the average distance between the cyclist and the car ahead of it were 117 cm – regardless of what was dressed cyclist. Also, regardless of dress, 1-2 percent of drivers ahead of cyclists not maintaining a safe distance and passing only 50cm from them.

 

This is another study showing that vest, reflectors and other special clothing may enhance well-being bicyclist and drivers and allowing to be more visible ( although there are doubts ), but in no way translates to a safer distance between the car and the cyclist at overtaking, or at least minimal improvement in the safety of the rider.

 

If you want to increase your visibility and safety, the researchers suggest dressing up in vests with “police” (actually “police” because the study was done in the UK). These actually have a positive effect on the behavior of drivers. The study showed that the police vest garment with reflective tape increases the mean distance between the bicycle and the car ahead of it to 122cm, or about 5 cm.

 

Unfortunately, the use of vests with the inscription of civilians by police in Poland is against the law. On the websites you can find for it vests with the inscription “Poland”, “Police” or “I’m with the Police” ( “I am” written in very small font), which from a distance effectively imitate the reflective vest used by our brave uniformed .

 

Regardless of how we dress on the bike, it is worth remembering that the dress code is much more important how we behave on the road.

“Tailored” stitched on bulletproof safety vests

Lightweight, multi-functional, individually tailored to the user thanks to its three-dimensional scanning profiles – new safety vests protractor tested today by police in Szczytno. “It vests the XXI century” – says Grozny from the Institute of Security Technology in Lodz.

 

According to their creators vests are lightweight, individually tailored to the user, flame, with increased user comfort, and most importantly – protect both ballistic weapons grade TT, as well as melee weapons – knives, spikes and needles. They hit on equipment such as Police, BOR or the army. They are currently being tested by police in Szczytno and are tested polygonal.

 

Ballistic vests to wear a hidden using a 3D scanner developed under the project acronym “Secret”. It performs scientific and industrial consortium, led by the Institute of Security Technology. Currently, mass-produced vests are standard in several sizes and there are difficulties in their adaptation to a particular officer.

 

The new vests will be individually tailored to the user thanks to the three-dimensional scan of his body. “Vest has individualization, which can be developed to a specific person, which is scanned in 3D and on this basis in the system created an avatar of his person. As a result, we can try on the vest does not tailoring it even physically, that is, save time and money. Only when will match it avatar on the client, the reflective vest goes into production “- said project manager Grozny.

 

In the case of a larger group of customers, we are created individualization identified group, which are scanned by different individuals and groups are created people close to each other in size – then arise averaged matching vest for each group. According to specialists ballistic protection is all the more effective the closer the body.

 

“On the occasion of the scanning procedure established for the protection of personal data. The idea was to scan people, including officers of various ranks, they could not be identified,” – said Gabor. The 3D scanning and security procedures developed by specialists from the Police Academy in Szczytno.

 

The new vest is multifunctional. According to police experts, such modern equipment is necessary for the officers, because studies have shown that bulletproof vests currently used by the police during the operation does not fully protect them from attacks using white weapons “The vest has two detachable inserts – one is immune to firearms level + + (TT pistol 7.62 mm). A further second input, coupled to the first one gives the best resistance to the knife and spike needle “- explained head design.

 

Vest with a basic contribution ballistic weighs 2.5 kg, an additional contribution makes the vest is a little heavier, but it is multi-resistance also at-arms. The outer part of the fuselage of the new vest is flame-retardant and the inner side of the body is knitted spacer thereby applying out plaster that responds to body temperature and improves the comfort of the vest.

 

“We put on this vest in principle, most of the new ideas that have emerged in recent years and thus vests by reflective fabric, which are supplied with our services since the 90s gained new image – matched to a person, group, for service, for which the maximum comfort is possible and adapted to the risks, “- he stressed the head of the project.

 

Polish Press Agency launched in April a new series of videos showing various innovative projects that arise in cooperation with scientists and companies or research centers in companies. Series entitled “Direction: Innovation” is published once a week – every Thursday. PAP wants to show, among others, these innovative projects that arise at the local university, not large corporations. We are committed to the practical dimension of these projects, we want to ingenuity and social usefulness has been the hallmark of our cycle.

Safety vest: Happening for safety

Personalized safety vest, passwords, are signs about safety – students Primary School. Hetman Jan will remind you of safety in traffic. The youngest students will be handing the drivers’ road. “They will remind them of the proper speed and caution.

 

Hetman Jan once again participate in the lesser competition “reflective school”. Its main objective is to promote all initiatives limiting the risks in traffic and increase the safety of children on their way to and from school.

 

School is located on a very busy regional road, so it’s important for children to realize the risks associated with moving the road and attitudes to ensure safety. Thanks to the ongoing cooperation with the Police, Municipal police, and the local parish, every day reminded the students are safe movement on the road, are conducted classes and workshops, students participate in numerous contests and campaigns to promote the wearing reflective elements. All students were equipped with a reflective vest and safety of students crossing in front of train guards, “Mr. Stop”. Information boards in the classrooms and corridors filled with slogans and decorations reminiscent of proper behavior on the street. Each class created a “primer walking” and took part in various competitions on safety.

 

And now 20 October at 10.00, students and teachers will take to the street in front of the school. There will be happening during which they will remind both pedestrians and drivers about the behavior of security.

 

School for this purpose has prepared a special reflective fabric vest for children. the special subtitles and password ( “Adam – 7 years”, “Zodiac – nine years,” “I’m going home,” “Joy of Life” “I wear reflectors! YOU release”, etc.) They are designed to catch the attention driver shrug heart and, consequently, reduce the speed of vehicles. On the road is not moving pedestrian, but the specific child who learns the driver name. In this way, it refers to the mutual relationship and respect on the road, and the responsibility for safety lies with both the driver and the pedestrian.

Reflective vest for cyclists and when required

There must wear a safety vest or suspenders when you go on a bike out of town, half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Are the new rules of the Highway Code?

 

Vest obligation and braces

For all cyclists be seen in the dark is not only advisable, but also mandatory.

The Highway Code prohibits from circular time of bicycles which lack appropriate visual signaling devices: white front light, or yellow; headlight and red rear reflector; yellow reflectors on the pedals and the wheels or sides. Recent changes to the Highway Code prescribe also now required to wear a reflective vest or suspenders (as those who must always keep in the car to use them in case of emergency stop) for those who go by bike in the following cases:

– Out of town for half an hour before sunset to half an hour before sunrise;

– In tunnels.

 

Increase security by bicycle

Improve its visibility cycling increases your safety: therefore, both in town and out, it is always advisable to wear clothing with reflective stripes or bands; or add to the bike flashing lights, though not mandatory.

A “kit” visibility is acquired by about 10 EUR: 3.50 euro x bracelet / leg, 5 euro for the vest, 6 Euros for rear flashing light. Little money and very well spent.