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ADAC recalls safety vests

The ADAC brings safety vest which he distributed to primary schools in South Westphalia, back. The reflective stripes withhold their services. The material damage is apparently at several million Euros.

The safety vests, which the ADAC has also distributed to primary schools in South Westphalia, have a dark spot. That is why the “Yellow Angel” who can bring back the jackets.

“We have ordered together with Deutsche Post and the action, Eon Hers fur kinder ‘safety vests for all children starting school in Germany,” says ADAC spokesman Andreas Hazel, “so that the school for the youngest road users will be safer.”

Also the ADAC Westphalia asked for all elementary schools from Dortmund to Siegen, who wants to distribute the yellow reflective vest to his I-Dote at the beginning of the dark season in South Westphalia. Almost all schools accepted the offer.

“A well-known manufacturer of safety clothing” says Andreas Hazel, – – Consequently, the traffic experts left the West directed by CWS boo produce in China. In order to guarantee the quality of the jackets, the ADAC went to “play it safe”. He asked the company CWS boo to an extensive certification of yellow bedspreads. In addition, TÜV Rhineland tested in Shanghai, the quality of the clothing on the spot. “Here, the safety vests all the tests and also the final full test passed,” says Andreas Hazel.

Extradition could walk across the stage. Each Gaul of ADAC was supplied with the desired amount. “We have passed directly through our partner DHL packages to schools,” said Dr. Peter Mints reminiscent of ADAC Westphalia in Dortmund. Finally, should the safety vests from 22 September – are passed to the first graders – even before the autumn holidays.

But as soon as the packages had arrived in schools, as they were also called back again. The result: All delivered west were recalled. Should already be some spread that students are allowed to keep these vests. Andreas Hazel: “You meet so the warning functions, only not achieve the best possible standard of safety.” That’s why CWS boo will revise all delivered 750 000. Safety vests and provided with a prescribed reflective tapes.

The distribution is delayed, that galls me”

“This of course delayed the distribution of the Yellow Jackets to a few weeks,” says Dr. Peter Mints, “the galls me.”Fortunately the autumn holidays come in between, so that the non-material damage was not so great. Dr. Peter Mints: “Immediately after the autumn holidays – so no later than 23rd of October – will be ready is the new west in the schools.”

The material damage, which the manufacturer CWS boo has to wear is, said Dr. Peter Mints, “at several million Euros.”

A test about safety vest and road safety

In many safety vests, drivers cannot leave in an emergency. That is the conclusion of a product test; the AUTO BILD has conducted jointly with the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA) in St. Augustine (NRW). In the test, 13 vests were tested, ten for adults, three children. The result: Four of the tested reflective vest did not meet the German standards and were given the assessment ‘poor’: The vests of MBW and Aral the reflective tape not threw back enough light, and in Help vest the surfaces of the reflective material were too small.

The vests of Calf and ATU were “sufficient” The very small values ​​in reflection or luminance of the color areas of AUTO BILD with. Recommended are only seven vests, especially the Bauhaus, the “very good” was the only the predicate. “Good” with the West from ADAC, Obi, from Leona-aid kit and Shell, as well as children from the ADAC and west of Max Bahr. Your colored areas are large and very powerful lights. The reflective tapes are properly seated on the vest and throw back a lot of light. In this west one is both a day and night saw good.

So AUTO BILD has been tested: The surface of background and reflective stripes and the spacing of the strips were measured with millimeter accuracy. For determining the reflectivity of the IFA technicians cut parts of the strip from, glued them on a so-called goniometry and irradiated the surface evenly with light strength ten lox – the value of a streetlight at night. They measured how much light has been thrown back.

The test judgments of all investigated safety vests can be found above in the gallery.

Riding motorcycle without safety vest is dangerous

Since last night the agents of the Department of Mobility of Neiva launched a series of operations to hunt the motorcyclists who are mobilizing around the city without the respective safety vest after 6:00 pm until 6:00 tomorrow. The fine for this violation is 400 thousand pesos.

To ensure that drivers carry the respective motorcycle safety features, the Mobility of Neiva launched a series of operations to control the carrying helmet and use reflective tape, thus safeguarding the lives of nirvanas.

The Secretary of Transportation, Eduardo Tirana Angel Rojas recalled so that the reflective vest must be worn after 6:00 pm and helmet must be marked with the plate of the motorcycle, a situation that is being marked by the Freight forwarders in the operations.

“The invitation by the Mobility Department is to carry the reflective vests of security, we do not force the operation to punish drivers who are not receptive, and as they will be exposed to fines amounting to 400,000 pesos “Tirana said Rojas.

Hunting with reflective vest keep you safety

Slim Region – Autumn hunting season is in full swing. Hunters went about their catches to the countryside, to track them, but they are also officers of the slim region. The reason for this is to check the shooters involved in the various stadia throughout the region. These checks are carried out as officers of the department for arms and security equipment and policemen in reflective vest from individual district departments.

This past November and December, we plan to more than seventy controls furlongs. To date was checked 37 furlongs, so we have until the end of dozens of checks waiting. Neither their place nor the exact date, quite logically, but do not specify, “Explained a spokesman for the regional police Slim Region Pert Jars.

According to him, in most cases, yet control and went without any penalties. The control group in place monitors the hunter’s gun license, proof to the weapon, its technical condition and is not the holder of a firearms license the influence of alcohol or any other addictive substance.

“Last year, 47 inspections were carried out hunting,” said Peter yet Jars.

According to regional police officers are cases where the hunt occurs injuries happen rarely. The most recently included the one in which a woman was seriously injured – temporary workers from Holešova Kroměříž.

“The hunter returning from the forest he saw something move among firs gray and heard a noise. Believing that it is a short walk from wild boar, he took his loaded gun and fired in the direction where he heard a noise and saw movement. Then he poured cold sweat. Immediately he ran to the place where he saw a woman lying curled up in a green dress, which coincided with forest and holding her belly, “explained event slim police spokeswoman Monika Kozumplíková.

Hunters after police examined the offense of grievous bodily harm through negligence.

According to police, all interested parties should hunt ensure safety. “That means no alcohol, not only for hunters, but also beaters, observance of good hunting tactics, adherence to guidelines and compliance with safety rules such as the use of safety vests or balance when shooting.

However, hunters control officers in the county do not mind. On the contrary, they are welcome.

“I think they are helpful people at hunts give more careful,” said a member of the Hunting .He had been lucky with injuries during the hunt since 1989 when a hunter, yet met.

“The Czech Republic is about 120,000 hunters while hunting accident at around 1-2 per year. When you take the same number of drivers, these numbers are completely somewhere else, “said Nimrod.

According to him, the hunters during the hunt must first think about where he was going and fires, for at spherical projectile weapons across the path of death. “Hunting weapons are designed to kill, the more hunters should take care when hunting spotlight. It also hunters and all participants in the hunt warn police.

Ignoring these principles during the hunt can cause not only serious injury, but also life threatening. Therefore, their failure is strictly punished.

“If we find that any of the controlled hunting under the influence of alcohol, threatened him in administrative proceedings a fine of up to 50 thousand crowns (block into 5000 dollars). This police officer wear reflective tapes on uniform is entitled to retain the weapon, bullets, weapons license and gun license. Hon and it will end, “said county police spokesman Jaros.

He added that when it comes to hunting injury, will be to determine the legal qualifications required medical report.

“This could be, for example, crimes of bodily harm through negligence or grievous bodily harm through negligence. In extreme cases, it may be also a crime death by negligence, “spokesman enumerated.

Many thousands of fine, according to him not avoid also those gun owners who fails to call the police to check a gun license, gun, ammunition and other relevant documents or to impose orientation breath test.

Functional reflective work wears to feel good

In the clothing of employees schlep two main objectives: The use of advanced work wear is to offer employees enhanced functionality, safety and comfort and a modern design. Simultaneously, the system provider for industrial assembly wanted to govern the provision of work wear reflective vest.

Experienced partners took Schlep in the work wear specialists Keble and the dealer for Occupational Safety and Work wear Eyelet GmbH.

“After more than ten years of use the same clothing line it was time to bring the outfit on the present state,” explains Got Schlitz, Regional Director at Schlep. Under his leadership, a project team created with representatives from all departments and the works council the duties and accompanied the tender. Given the wide range of services ranging from industrial assembly on machine removals up to the relocation of entire production sites it was necessary to take into account diverse needs. From the new Work wear was expected that it combines a modern, matching the corporate image appearance is pleasant to wear, robustness and security.

Particular attention put the team on the updating of the security-related features amenities such as knee pads and reflective strips. It was also important from the same series, a color combination for Schlep assembly and a second for the specialized maintenance, upgrading and certification of machines and presses an employee of PTC Press Engineering GmbH is able to provide. “We want to make visible to the outside, that the employee Schlep and PTC belong to a group of companies,” says Schlitz. The desire for a uniform with reflective tape appearance drew also the employees who perform in refineries and tank farms montages.

Passenger shall wear coats with reflective tape

Passengers will pass before Easter A line last Friday at half past five in the afternoon and then until Tuesday morning. Passengers should wear coats with reflective tape to assure their safety.

The reason is the replacement of turnouts in stations and Peace Square. “It’s the first time ever in the lockout will be changed once had three points (two stations in Peace Square, one on Device). The station will also exchange the original wooden sleepers,” said a spokesman George Table Transport Company.

Exclusion of such magnitude in the Prague metro held at Easter two years ago on the route C, in September of the same year for the same reason as the first time also concluded Route A.

“Making all the work during one long weekend means less interference in the operation than if individual replacements and repairs done gradually,” said Urbane, director of the DPP transport.

The most exposed sites will deploy carrier these days between 8 and 21 pm a total of 25 informants in safety vests who will advise passengers with alternative transport. Informants are available at interchanges lines B and C concourses and all indoor stations of Line A (except stations Depot and George).

Passengers to give out 30,000 information leaflets, which are also located at metro stations, surface transport vehicles or in the information display cases in the metro.

In addition to the planned lockout now warns Radio directly at metro stations?

“For information on the specific destination will also produce approximately 90 information panels with a schematic drawing of basic text information in Czech, English and German,” said DPP spokesman.

Daily (always from 7:00 pm to 21:00 pm), then passengers in reflective vest can also telephone helpline traffic on 296 19 18 17.

For exclusions will be closed interchanges in the metro line A. For example, passengers will be able to pass from Musket on line B through the transfer of Wenceslas Square.

Let safety vest protect your riding in dark winter month

Especially in the dark winter months wear many cyclists also a safety vest in the hopes that you will be more visible. But the most glaring clothing does not protect, if motorists are distracted, phone or simply looking in the wrong direction. And that’s often the accident reason than you think.

“Increase safety vests probably the visibility of cyclists, but that might have been so a lower risk of accidents, or that characterized the accidents would be less, I would not expect,” says traffic psychologist Mark Vallarta of the Technical University of Braunschweig and explained: “Quite a lot of accidents happen because the driver is looking in the wrong direction. And if you look in the wrong direction, then does not help even visible cyclists. ”

The bicycle industry has plenty of luminous jackets and reflective arm warmers in stock. Accidents happen just when one does not expect when the driver is about to distract. And suddenly there is a cyclist in front of the hood.

According to a study by the British insurance company Direct Line, in which the eye movements of motorists were measured, overlooked motorists only about four percent of the pedestrians. But of the cyclists be overlooked 22 percent.

And if they do not expect cyclists, they overlook simple. If you look in the newspaper, you see, too, that everything is overlooked Possible.

There are motorcyclists overlooked it be overlooked all railroads, at level crossings. What not exactly fit into the concept that falls in the information processing just to get out the back. ”

How the perception, that is no bad intention. Driving is a complex process. Much can then pull attention away from the road. One perceives only that with which one also expects. Even if the cyclist is well visible, keeping most motorists when overtaking for example, not the prescribed safety distance of 1.50 meters a. Not even if a safety vest with reflective tape is worn. This resulted in an investigation by Ian Garrard from Brunel University in London.

Susanne Elfferding explained: “He’s been on the road with various vests and various clothes on the roads, in the city and has been found here that this has no effect on the Überholabstand.”

A mere 1.18 meters is therefore the distance to the cyclist when overtaking. Only when the cyclist wearing a vest, similar to the police, keeps motorists a few centimeters longer distance. Nevertheless, the Überholabstand remains well below the prescribed value of 1.50 meters.

But there is a way to make cyclists more visible to traffic, says the ADFC in Hamburg. “The only way to change that is actually the bicycles to get to the road. This makes them visible, so they are the drivers in the field. And if there are many, then also happens less.”

Another important factor is that cyclists respect the traffic rules. But one should not yet carry the luminous vest for safety?

“That’s not necessary. Much more important is that you go ahead. That one knows how you have to behave. That one has a little bit in mind that the motorists have to see one and also can make mistakes. That one this must precisely compensate for error. And it’s no use to drive on the left side with a reflective vest and a helmet, where no one expected. This helps not at all. “

Imposition with reflective vests for bikers and moped

From 1 January 2014 it hosts commanded to bring vest with reflective tape also after a second application moped and motorcycle.

Westerners will be used by need stoppage so that accountants can shoats along the road, said NPRA in a press release.

In March 2007, lasted it commanded to vest is easily accessible by car, but from the New Year this will also apply to those who currently running motorcycle, moped or ATV.

If you get need stoppage, you can quickly become remain on places where other drivers do not expect it to be someone, and you can be little visible to other road users. Using of reflective vest, heightens the chance of being seen on time, says Deputy Director Jon Moles of Public Roads.

We are aware that there is less space on eon moped or motorcycle in eon car victory Moles but add that it fine-CE-approved Vista in pocket format on market.

Eon will not get fee if eon will hang in control without vest, but the police can give fines if the West is not used any in foreleg situations.

It also Vlore discussed with Eat commanded concerning the use of safety vest at any given time, but to date the proposal is shelved.

Czech Police call on drivers wear reflective vest to ensure safety

On 15 November the Czech Police launched a nationwide pre-emptive action aimed at increasing the visibility of motorists. The subject of traffic controls is informing drivers of the requirement to wear a reflective vest, which is also legally obligatory equipment in the vehicle. If a motorist in solving technical defect or traffic accident the car will perform, they must vest dress, why should he have on hand and not in the luggage compartment. The event aims but in addition to a reminder of the obligations and alerts the security of the vehicle crew. Police officers in this preventive action are to transmit a controlled drivers more reflective clothing, which is designed specifically for other passengers in the car.

During the thirteen days took place in the Central Region a total of nine events of this type, which was distributed to a total of 442 reflective accessories. On the part of drivers could be heard very positive response. Another roadside checks related to the action on the visibility of motorists will run until February next year.

The importance of reflective vest in dark

Norwegian residents can enjoy not only endowed with youth, but a comfortable old age. And that they can gather, protect not only themselves, and children, but also their pets. Of course, are exceptions – this is the northern region of Norway grown deer, which kill hundreds every year, because at night the road safety is hardly noticeable.

Police data Lithuania over half of 45 pedestrians were killed, 28 of them – the dark time of the day, still 473 injured. Norwegians reflectors are no problem for them it’s not messy at home or forgotten attribute. Outside the Arctic Circle, residents, winter residents during the whole day, twilight or darkness, especially well aware of the importance of reflectors. Related Articles: Correct wearing reflectors: what to know each pedestrian? Learning how to correctly wear reflectors: where to Segesta you? (7) Children have learned in kindergarten to wear reflective vests and wear reflectors. Even during the day walking in the city center kindergarteners always wear a reflective vest. The schools also emphasize the importance of reflectors. Hear the course of the reflectors must be wishing to obtain a Norwegian license. Riding a bicycle or motorcycle wearing a reflective vest is mandatory. Therefore, adults nighttime wear reflectors are a matter of course. The most common is to wait reflectors for clothing, has also come in addition to the approval of jackets, pants, jackets, backpacks. Many of the companies located in the northern region, over their own security personnel. Of external objects, buildings, oil and gas platform construction, repair or routine maintenance operatives clothing stands reflective parts. And the man never forgets the reflector and is always clearly visible. Norwegians keep their lives not only at work or traveling home on a daily basis, but also to spend their leisure time, for example, participating in or hunting. Reflectors abundance is not just for humans but also for their beloved pets. Nighttime dogs dressed in reflective jackets or sake with special flashing ankakliais. Complete freedom to walk both in the mountains and villages, both carriageways with reindeer very often ends his days to run down the car. To avoid collision with the environment almost fused and suddenly appeared on the road surfaces in animals is almost impossible. Unfortunately, Lithuania reflectors Carrying rules still too low uptake. Several hours of darkness it is difficult to see not only the moose or deer, but also people. Correct reflectors Carrying culture promotes the project “Do not moose” in cooperation with the Lithuanian Road Administration calls always have a reflector and wear it correctly.