The DGT proposes a new system of flashing sirens for vehicles damaged on the shoulder.
There are a number of measures to take into account when we have an accident and you have to stop the car on the side of the road. Actions such as putting on the reflective vest, use the safety triangles, one in front and one behind, and place them at least 50 meters from the vehicle so that they are visible to other cars at a distance of at least 100 meters. However, these precautions may be obsolete from the past because the DGT wants to change these triangles by a siren that the driver of the vehicle can place on his car only by extending the arm. A measure that could begin to be implemented in 2020 to be mandatory in 2025 and that aims to prevent 20 deaths in 2018 because of signaling an accident on the highway or highway.
They are called “rotary” and will be flashing, so they will not emit any sound, in addition to being stored in the glove compartment, instead of the trunk. Mario Ronald, president of the European Automobile Associate has detailed us in the afternoon of COPE why they think this is a good measure. According to Ronald is “a change is necessary and had to be made many years ago.” And since European Automobile Associates have protested the current system of vests and triangles since its implementation: “was being given a message of insecurity and dangerous because it created the Superman effect: if you put on the vest with reflective tapes you seem immune.” Instead, they say, “the message that had to be conveyed was: if you are broken, try to take the car off the road by all means, because a vehicle in the middle of the road is a very dangerous obstacle.”
On these 20 deaths in the last year and in the previous ones, Ronald regrets that there have been “accidents that have been carried ahead even to agents of the Civil Guard”. The president of the European Social Drivers also remembers that “the protection of passengers is important”. “How absurd that only one vest with reflective fabric was required, but not for passengers,” concludes Mario Ronald.