The safety of pedestrians is part of the work of the agents of the Traffic sector of the Civil Guard, who in recent days, within their daily tasks, have carried out a distribution of reflective vests among pedestrians.
The initiative is part of the constant work of the Civil Guard for the sake of improving road safety and reducing the number of victims on roads throughout Galicia and leads them to stop pedestrians driving without the corresponding vest and give them one.
Also, they take the opportunity to remind them of the regulations on road safety, which states that the use of this piece is mandatory for pedestrians and drivers. In the case of pedestrians, failure to reach it is a penalty of 80 euros. For drivers, the fine is higher, 200 euros, and also involves the loss of 3 points if you get out of the vehicle without it.
Traffic officers also report that if a pedestrian drives without a safety vest a driver does not detect him until he is 20 meters away, but if they take this piece of safety they can see him already at 150 meters, so it increases by 130 meters of reaction from other road users.