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“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.

The importance of wearing a yellow vest

Now, before leaving college, children are required to take that piece of tissue that is “yellow, ugly reflective tape, that goes with anything, but that can save their lives.”

 

After the village road safety, organized mid-September to college in favor of grades 3 and 4, the Community of agglomeration, which made road safety among young college students one of its priority areas of intervention last Tuesday organized a day dedicated to safety in school transport, to this time, students from 6th and 4th.

 

Now, all college students have yellow vests offered by the Urban Community. Remember, these schoolboys were offered in September 2009, on the initiative of James Mayor by the Community of municipalities in the canton, reflective armbands. It was designed to be worn day and night by children taking school transport. Unfortunately, this device does not have the success it deserved.

 

More ugly but seeing

The yellow reflective vest, bigger, uglier, but more light, he will be more focused this time?

It is with these words that those responsible for school transport of Cali and the General Council came to defend its port Tuesday. Whether James, elected community in Cali and delegated to the school transport, and Patrice, executive transport to the General Council. “Since last Thursday, the day of distribution of these safety vests, college students do not leave the college without having necessarily covered,” said Christophe FLOREAN, principal of the college.

 

During the day, the 6th was supported by a driver-trainer, who detailed their safety rules and instructions in and near a car. The session ended with a vehicle evacuation exercise ‘out fast. “Young 4th, in turn, were supported by a service representative “transport” of the General Council of the Gironde for a theoretical presentation on safety rules, responsibilities, legal framework.

Elementary school students are quite bright with reflective vest

With the beginning of autumn, the days are noticeably shorter. It begins the period in which the children in the morning go in the dark to school. Wear them while still dark clothes, they are seen by other road users worse. One child in dark clothing, for example, only seen from 25 meters – with a luminous reflective vest, it is at dusk since up to 140 meters for motorists visible. That’s a huge difference, as security expert’s stress.

 

Therefore, “Gelber Engel” the ADAC Foundation distributed this year again bright yellow safety vests to first graders, so this thanks to the attached reflective material are better seen when they wear these to school. The sooner the child is seen on the road, the more time the driver of a brake and / or evasive maneuvers. It is precisely children are the most vulnerable participants in road traffic. Still crashing many of them on the road, because they are not or too late to be seen. They are not adults and take their environment differently. In addition, they do not have the necessary overview due to their height and are also often not the road hazards aware.

 

But alone with the wearing of safety vests with reflective material is not enough, the correct behavior on the road has to be trained. “The schedule of the new first year is almost six weeks of enrollment not only reading, writing and arithmetic, but in the context of tangible lessons they learn, among other things, how to behave as pedestrians at traffic lights. These we have also virtually at a traffic lights rehearsed near the school, “said teacher road safety education in the Heinrich Schmitz-primary school. Then they joined forces to develop theoretically how a road safely crossed without traffic lights and on what you doing all must respect. In the week before the autumn holidays, the first graders sat around this part of the practice, while the new safety vests were equally used.

 

But before Grothe went on the road with the 26 students, she showed them still on the playground how such a high visibility vest works by them with a flashlight. “I know that the West already out of kindergarten. The strips glow in the dark when there light” of Jan Six years knows Together with his classmates he should then cross the first street in front of the primary school. “Left-right, left … nothing to see here, I can go,” said the two studied the rule and looked it in the appropriate directions. It was not a car or bicycle, and so Jan could safely cross the street.

 

In addition to the West the school received yet sufficient information for teaching, and for the parents there are useful tips for safe school.

 

Because all should know that in addition to the proper behavior on the road and the regular wearing of safety vests is important. Only then will the visually protective companion can have full effect, not only on the daily commute to school.

Wrong reflector sewed problems with the safety vest

False start for the largest protective action that has ever existed in Germany: ADAC wanted to distribute nationwide 750 000. Safety vests to first graders at the beginning of this school year. In city and district court is probably not to think of a distribution before November.

During this and the next week the ADAC safety vests should be passed in the primary schools in the city and in the district court. But it is – for now – nothing. Klaus has all handover scheduled appointments in the Hofer primary schools – and already canceled again.

He said it is nothing else left, chairman of ADAC automobile club Hof said yesterday. Although the free ADAC safety vests already subject before in some schools, such as in primary school. But now you practically spend pro forma, in order afterwards to gather again and to the factory for repair, would be grotesque.

New handover dates not yet facts are clear. The city of Hof, consoles himself was, however, not affected alone. Nationwide to the west are distributed to 16,000 primary and special schools, he knows.

What exactly happened? The Franken post asked while referring to Nuremberg. Hildebrandt, traffic expert at the ADAC Northern Bavaria, says first: “Actually, nothing serious to the West.” However: “A reflective tape does not comply with the European standard on the nameplate.” Therefore, now run a large product recall, finally, many west had already been delivered to the schools. The official handover should take place within a week of action.

He regretted that the issue of security in the West City and County Court now delaying, on the other hand wants the ADAC let the reflective strips to the West but only sew new. “Move the handover dates only,” he promised. The revised with prescribed reflective strips safety vests to be sent to the schools again between 15 October and 9 November.

Trigger for the delay has been, according to Hildebrandt a voluntary, additional quality testing of the West after their arrival in Germany. One of the reflector strips did not meet the high requirements of the European standard in all respects. For everything else, he refers to the homepage.

“The Protectors indeed serve an important protective function, the partners of the action… But want to achieve the best possible safety standards. Schools that have received safety vests are asked not to this issue. The already delivered West will be picked up by the DHL again” is to be read here.

The reflective vests were produced under the direction of CWS, clothing supplier of the ADAC road patrol in China. To ensure the quality of the West, CWS had early taken extensive precautions to certify the west and prompted a quality assurance and on-site inspection.

“The West existed here numerous tests and the final full test,” it says in the statement on the website. They were made of absolutely contaminant-free and durable material, and be free of advertising.

Chile extended deadline to purchase and wear reflective vests

The deadline to purchase and carry on every motor vehicle a reflective vest was extended until the end of January this year, but from the first day of February, the police and the auditors of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications apply the provisions of the statute that they established the obligation to carry at least one in every of these phones.

 

The Ministerial Regional Secretary for Transport and Telecommunications, Gabriel, who reiterated that the measure is aimed at protecting the lives of drivers who, under circumstances in low light, should get out of their cars, vans or trucks in streets, avenues, rural roads or highways.

 

“For us, the most important is the lives of drivers,” said Munoz, reiterating also should prevail self-care and the necessary measures for responsible driving and pay attention to the general conditions of traffic.

 

Munoz also indicated that according to statistics of the National Commission of Traffic Accidents, “in the last decade thousands of people (600 last year alone) were killed by being overwhelmed by other motorized when vehicles, without using safety vests, they stopped their phones on routes that crossed, they got off for some reason, but without the protection of reflective vest, which prevented be viewed by other drivers. ”

 

The reflective vest is described in Decree Law 164/2014, dated September 6 last year and amended administratively Traffic Law, the number 18,290.

 

This must be yellow (lemon), with at least the torso belts, five centimeters wide; forming a triangle on the back and be visible, at least, 150 meters from where the driver of the vehicle in detention has been lowered, with the obligation you put it on before leaving your mobile.

 

This situation can mean the difference between life or death of that person as a person wearing dark clothing it is difficult to find for drivers, as is usual, in the fall season – winter, and that visibility is a bit better but not decisive: if the person wears clothes in light colors 40 meters away is appreciated.

 

Moreover, this margin is risky because the distance required for a motor vehicle traveling at 100 kilometers per hour, according to the technicians, 113 meters.

 

It has also been established that, with reflective tape, drivers of mobile detainees routes are visible at 140 meters, if it takes lowlights which faces, and 400 meters if it has high beams, allowing appreciate the importance of using vest.

 

Motorcycle riders and cyclists are not obliged to wear reflective vests, but the demands for safe movement, later as reflective tapes are maintained; lights in good condition and helmet use, among others.

 

Police and the auditors of the Ministry of Transport require from the first of February that each motor vehicle carries at least a reflective vest, as well as required in Argentina and in eight European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden.

People go to the mall to buy reflective vests

In “Tacna Center” one of the biggest trade fairs of Tacna, it is observed and draws attention to the sale of the famous reflective vests in Chile is compulsory for all drivers to use, but sometimes hard to find.

 

Precisely positions garment being manufactured vests that since the first of January is required of Chilean drivers carry them in their vehicles. Traders Peruvians saw this as a big deal, seeing since last week thousands of Chileans seeking the garment in the neighboring city, said Arica Day.

“We bought many meters gender, but what was struggled to find gray duct reflective strip. It was sold in Tacna. We had to instruct Lima” explains Gabriela from a post.

And the sale of the vests has become a real boom in the city of Tacna, as far as buyers have come to Arica, Iquique and Antofagasta.

 

“Yesterday I sold 120 vests. One person was 30. He said he was going to sell in Antofagasta” he tells Carmen Pizarro, who sells two types of vests, according to quality.

The law of supply and demand also took effect in Tacna, because last week vests were 8 soles ($ 1,600 national currency). However, today the cheapest is 18 soles ($ 3,600) and the most expensive at 25 soles ($ 5,000). Round business!

“However it is cheaper, because in Arica apart they were exhausted, the last one found were 8 and up to 10,000 pesos (about 50 soles in Peru)” says the taxi driver Perez.

 

The manager of Tacna, Maritza, estimates that every day should be sold over three thousand units vests.

“At first we did not understand why ask so much, we had to go online and see the press to know. Here much of the local make clothes, but in other areas of the city is also selling. There is a lot competition.” he said.

 

LAW AND FINES

Effective from January 1, 2016 came into effect the decree requires motorists to carry compulsorily, safety vests inside the emergency kit for each car. The measure occurs throughout Chile.

This new measure aims to reduce the risks of accidents and abuses in areas of low visibility or night, when drivers should get out of their vehicles to repair any damage.