Month: October 2017

Walking to school with yellow safety vest

he children of the school were diligent. They walked to school, wearing bright warning vests. And they got stamps, very, very many stamps.

 

The boys and girls of the Mariel participated with great enthusiasm in the German-wide campaign “Walking to School”, initiated by the Deutschland and the German Children’s Aids Association. For two weeks the children collected many, many stamps. On the one hand, it was used for the daily wearing of the neon yellow reflective vests, and on the other hand as a reward for actively walking back to school.

 

At the end of the campaign exceeded all expectations, reports the Mariel: It was exactly 2397 stamps for the entire school. That was 395 stamps more than last year. And there was still an increase: even 78 children had their stamp cards filled with 20 stamps this time. As a reward and reminder, the class spokesmen were allowed to receive the documents for their classroom. The total number of all stamps was recorded on the school certificate in the entrance area.

 

Many children told me that the common school walk was simply nicer and even found the “queuing” when stamping great. Headmistress Angelika asked: “I hope that after this positive community experience wearing the safety vest has become a matter of course and we will continue to see many bright children in the dark season.”

 

 

First-graders receive warning safety vests

Menden explained to the first-graders the importance of warning safety vests. “You need them to be protected so you can be seen by cars,” Grebe explained to the excitedly listening children.

 

It was very important to wear the vest over the school satchel, added Jensen. Students from the second class sang songs during the event and wore their warning vests because, according to Rector Stephanie Bachmann, they “should serve as a model for the younger pupils”. Grebe presented the effect of the high visibility vest to the children by illuminating the dark-clad Mayor Mathias Eiders (SPD) and the second-grader Tristan in his safety vest with a flashlight.

 

The children were waiting for their safety vests at the end of the event. The six-year-old Lines were very happy about the gift and will continue to wear it in the future “because the vest is so beautiful.”

 

“The goal is to encourage the children to go to school even without parents with the waistcoat,” said Eiders. The parents had to stand behind them and make sure that their children are carrying the West, Gruber emphasized. At further schools in Han. Menden, Sheen and Unterberg, the West is still to be distributed. The first years of the Gottingen have been visible since Friday. Alexander Regain, deputy head of Fogelman in Gottingen, handed over 100 safety reflective vest in owl shape.

 

New warning obligation: a warning vest is required

As of July 1, a warning vest is required in Germany. There must be a safety vest in every vehicle. Shortly before the deadline, however, 42 percent of the drivers know nothing of the new regulation, as a recent survey of the portal. Of the over 2,000 respondents, three quarters of the female (75%) and two thirds of the male vehicle owners (69%) already have a safety vest. However, more than every fourth has to be retrofitted (28%).

 

One reason for the poor interim balance could be that 41 percent of respondents consider the warning vest to be unnecessary. This could avenge soon, however, because who has no warning vest in the car from July 1 can be imposed a fine of 15 Euros. And those who do not wear reflective vests at an accident site even risk their insurance cover.

 

Light horn and too loud music: Frequent mistakes in road traffic

The red, yellow or orange vests, which have been required in other EU countries for years, are available on the Internet or at Dakar. But also many petrol stations offer warning vests. Attention: The vest must comply with the standard DIN EN 471 or the EN ISO 20471: 2013.

 

In a joint test of “Auto Bald” with the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Statutory Accident Insurance (IFA), it was found last year that some of the 13 tested vest ages did not meet the requirements.

Four of the tested West – from Aral – did not meet the German standard because of small reflex material or poor reflectors and received the grade “deficient.” At 10 Euros, Aral’s protective clothing was also the most expensive.

 

With “sufficient” and therefore likewise not to be recommended are the west of Calf and A.T.U. The “good” rating, on the other hand, was awarded six times, including the protective clothing from ADAC, Shell, Leona and Obi. Their reflex strips were properly positioned, large enough, and emitted sufficient light. The warning vest from Bauhaus was the only one that even got the grade “very good”. Available for 3.50 Euros, the test winner was also priced in the middle.