Month: July 2018

Policemen handed out vests to pedestrians

Police officers from around the region distributed the reflective vests to unprotected road users on Monday. As part of the “Reflective Commune” campaign, they distribute reflective elements, meet with residents and ensure that it is worth being visible.

Policemen from the command during intensified actions looked not only at the behavior of pedestrians on the road, but also in the direction of pedestrians. For those moving along the road without a visible reflection, they passed on reflective vests. They made the pedestrians aware of how important the health and life of the pedestrians are in a prominent place. The policemen promoted the habit of wearing safety clothing not only outside the built-up area, but also in the built-up area.

During Monday’s intensified actions, police officers revealed more than 40 offenses committed by pedestrians and by pedestrians towards pedestrians. The most frequent offenses committed by pedestrians were crossing the road in a forbidden place, walking on the wrong side of the road, not using the traffic light. A few of the pedestrians were also punished for failing to comply with the provisions on the obligation to move along the road after dark outside the built-up area with a visible retro-reflective material.

A kayak with high-visibility colors and reflective material

Coast Guard crews were notified early Sunday morning that a 55-year-old kayaker had left from Bear Creek ramp near Hoboken and was late on his return time.

A crew from Station Hoboken and a helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City launched to help search efforts with North Carolina Wildlife, Pamlico County Sheriff’s department and Pamlico County Emergency Management personnel.

The Pamlico Emergency Management boat crew located the kayaker with his kayak partially submerged. The kayaker was found without any working means of communication, reflective vest, high-visibility colors or reflective material on kayak. The man was also suffering from cold and wet exposure.

The man was transferred to local EMS and released shortly after.

“Wearing a safety clothing while out on the water may be the difference between life and serious injury or death in an emergency,” Cmdr. Matt said. “Kayakers should also carry a VHF-FM radio and a cell phone in a waterproof container to alert authorities quickly if assistance is needed.”

Common bugs for cyclists

Riding without a helmet and a reflective vest, a shopping bag on the handlebars, heavy cost conveyance, revaluation of power, alcohol, but also riding on pavements and crossings. These are the most common bugs for cyclists.

Riding without a helmet is a serious matter. “The risk of death after falling without a helmet on the head is nineteen times bigger,” warns Mire.

If you go shopping on a bicycle, then it is in his words in place to have a bicycle carrier with a basket. “The transfer of gardening equipment or harvesting of the garden can lead to a loss of balance,” he warns.

Especially for seniors, he recommends carrying a cell phone with him to call for help if necessary. He thinks of driving on pavements and crossings for a big disaster. “But it is only children up to ten years old,” explains Mire Poach.

A separate chapter is alcohol. “Zero tolerance applies throughout the Czech Republic, which also applies to cyclists. At present, some senators want to break this tolerance, they want to allow 0.5 per mile, “he said.

Mire commends that more people wear helmets and safety clothing. “The percentage of cyclists used by the helmet and safety clothing is steadily increasing, especially among parents who travel with their children,” he said.

But what’s the next thing a cyclist should have on his bike? According to Mire Poach, there are two independent brakes, orange, white and red reflectors, reduced visibility and lighting. “I also recommend to give bicycle reflective ribbons, reflective tapes to wires or wires to improve their safety. Reflective clothing, the vest is the best, “he said.

Co-coordinator Mire Poach has also cited frequent reasons for cyclist accidents: it may be inattentiveness, rethinking his abilities, or failing to comply with road traffic rules. But it can also be non-management. “For example, drinking, consuming food, handling light,” he warns.

Another reason for the accident may be the lack of priority. “The cyclist must realize that he is on a slower pace than when driving by car. It takes more time to cross the junction. “he explained.

It also highlights the need for wheel lighting. “The unlit traffic cyclist is visible at the last minute,” he said. You also need to watch cars. “One of the causes of accidents is also the impact on the door when the car driver opens the door while the bicycle passes by,” he said.

Bicycle accident statistics are sad: as Mire Poach said, in 2017 44 cyclists died of accidents, of which 37 was without a helmet. Four out of ten people were 65 years old. The worst year in terms of cyclist accidents was 1995, when 146 people died, the least accidents were in 2016 – at that time it was 39.

Horse riding is becoming more popular

When children want to ride on horseback, they no longer have to wait for a pilgrimage, as it was a few years ago. Equestrian sport has grown significantly in recent years. The stables offer either regular lessons under the guidance of a coach or a one-time ride. And there are stables that also offer various horses rehabilitation.

In Rakovnik, there are more than ten places where people can ride a horse. Either they are equestrian stables or smaller clubs. Children are particularly interested in this sport. For those, stables have smaller ponies on which children begin to learn to ride. “In my opinion, the interest in riding is greater in recent years, and it is due to the fact that horseback riding is becoming more and more affordable, both in terms of price and widening offer of riding, and above all a number of different stables and riding halls,” said Hama. And such a riding lesson does not just involve riding alone. “Children care about the horse. Before cleaning, they clean and sit. They are preparing feeds and dredging. “said Simon, owner of the Bentley ranch. According to which, horse care is just as important as training.

Those more ambitious take part in races. Those hobbies, where there is no license needed at the Czech Equestrian Federation, are held in the district during the season. The same is true of the Hubert, which is held in the autumn, at the end of the riding season. It runs in several styles. “In English style, it is mainly parking, driving skills, or racing. In the west, there are speed disciplines such as barrel racing, pole bending. Dressage is also widespread. “Salaam explained.

Beginning riders first need a well-fitting helmet, a safety vest or spine protector, long comfortable trousers and good solid boots. But cheap hobby is definitely not. If riding begins to devote more attention to the child, equestrian equipment costs several thousand crowns.

Stables are holding lessons for the public, even several times a week. They offer nature trips or riding lessons. One hour on the back of a horse ranges from 100 to 500 crowns in Rakovník. In the long run, in most cases, club contributions are paid and part of the rider can sometimes work in the form of brigades. Stages offer different types of training and the way of teaching differs. “Every club leader can have a different teaching and emphasis on the correct control of the horse, somewhere the children sit on a horse and just hold on. And that’s not good for both horses and riders.

Some stables are holding hobby races for riders who are not licensed by the Czech Equestrian Federation during the riding season. The races include cups, medals and, in particular, ribbons. “I like to race on races. Last season I won eight cups with my dick, “says Renata, nine years old, who runs on the Ranch at Bentley. Aura ranch even organizes a year-round cup. This includes several races in the season and an absolute winner is at the end. The largest stables in the district are the Rude Equestrian Club. He also organizes races under the Czech Cavalry Federation. And not only jumping, but also racing.

A man armed with a knife threatened to commit suicide

An incident at the City Hall of Bucharest. A man armed with a knife threatened to commit suicide. Police officers (who wore safety clothing)intervened on Wednesday in front of Capital City Hall for a man who, with a knife in his heart, threatened to kill himself.

The man was dressed in a reflective vest that he wrote “STAT NAZYST” and drew more swastikas. Also, at one point he took the knife to his heart and threatened to stab himself.

The cops (who wore reflective clothing with reflective tapes)finally locked up the man and led him to the station. For now, it is unclear why the man has done so.

During this incident, which lasted for several minutes, and after which there were no injured people, the traffic was blocked on Queen Elizabeth Boulevard. During this time, a session of the General Council of Bucharest took place in the mayor’s office.

Trade Inspection the clothing and flares

Trade Inspection inspected clothing for warning, reflective accessories and hearing protection.Reflective materials are becoming more and more popular. It is influenced by the increase of our awareness, but also by numerous educational campaigns.

Recall from August 31, 2014, reflective elements must be used by all pedestrians moving along the road after dark outside the built-up area, and not only children and young people up to the age of 15, as it was before. There are many reflections on the market. However, not all of them, as it turns out, provide total security.

Trade Inspection has decided to take a closer look at such reflective accessories. The audit took place in the second quarter of 2017 in nine provinces. Inspectors checked mainly wholesalers and stores. They looked at 53 products and questioned 16 of them (30.2 percent). Grounds? Even the negative results of laboratory tests, errors in the instructions for use and the lack of a declaration of conformity confirming the manufacturer’s conformity assessment procedure.

The vests were dangerous, they were not visible enough

Every second warning vest tested in the laboratory had a low luminance factor. What does it mean? Lack of adequate visibility of the user, which poses a threat to his health and life when he moves to the outside.

So how to choose reflective vests?

As advised by Outkick experts, let’s watch out for gadgets. Companies often give out accessories that look like reflections. It is not known, however, whether they have appropriate properties, because they have undergone a conformity assessment procedure. Confirmation that they meet the requirements is the CE mark, placed directly on the reflector or the attached label. The instructions for use must be written in Polish. We should learn from it, even under what conditions, do not use it and store it so that it does not lose its properties.

Warning. Wear a reflector so that the headlights of the car illuminate. The lower, the better. Thanks to this, the driver will notice you in advance. Do not cover the back with a scarf or bag. Fix reflective elements on the side of the vehicle movement. Check the condition of the reflectors. If sewn on the clothing or backpack with reflective tape, replace it. If water got into the reflection, buy a new one because the old one lost its properties due to the moisture.

SP No. 6 in Locus, the most “Reflective School”

Primary School No. 6 F. Chopin – the best school in the podia in the prestigious “Reflective School” competition organized by the Traffic Department of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Krakow, Marshal’s Office of the Road Safety Council.

The patrons of the campaign were: the National Road Safety Council and Radio Krakow. The aim of the competition is to promote among students the rules of safe road travel and the obligation to wear reflective materials, deepening parents ‘and guardians’ awareness of the use of reflective elements, promotion in the local environment of all initiatives shaping the proper attitudes of children and parents in the field of road safety.

The initiator of the action at the school is Ms. Migrate – headmaster of the school. Already from September this year, the whole community of “Sixes” actively participated in the Competition. At school, a number of activities were undertaken to implement the above assumptions in which all teachers and students were involved, with the support of parents, sponsors and school friends. The coordination of the competition was taken up by Mr. Paulina – a teacher of mathematics.

Safety rules for the youngest students on the way to and from school were discussed by police officers, distract guards and inspectors of the Municipal Guards. First-grade students learned proper behavior as part of the nationwide campaign on “Safe Way to School”.

Lectures on City Guard officers are just some of the activities addressed not only to students but also to parents. In turn, the September challenges: “reflective day of the boy” combined with reflective fashion, cleaning the world, “reflective sports tournament” for children from nearby kindergarten No. 5 in Bolkus, “reflective multiplication table”, exits, trips, rallies – it’s actions, in whose main idea was to show and promote the use of reflections and safe navigation on the roads, especially after dark.

The collaboration of the director of the school of Migrate, catechist of Anna Gorki with the parish priest of Saint. Barbara, priest Stanislaw Partita resulted in interesting and innovative activities within the framework of the competition: dedication of first-graders in satchels combined with reflections, and also the action “Help your Angel Guardian – be visible”.

In turn, on the initiative of Ms. Paulina, the school participated in an event on the Bolkus Market: “Be visible, let yourself be noticed”, whose main organizer was SpottedOlkusz.Pl and Silver Sky. The action had a 9noble purpose – collecting nuts for a sick boy. In return for collected and donated caps, students received reflective vests and reflective tapes, which will contribute to the safety of students, especially during trips and exits.

This important topic was also discussed during preventive theater directed to students of our school, as well as during educational lessons when the students watched an educational film about road safety. During the technology lessons, pupils discussed issues of this topic, as well as self-made reflective stickers.

Fight against the plastic soup in Oss

In Oss Saturday morning, the national kick-off is given for the National Day of Cleaning. Led by the Nederland Schroon organization, dozens of volunteers went out with a safety clothing, squeezer, bag, and gloves in the vicinity.

“Clean-up day is not so much about clearing things up, although it is great if it is cleaned up once,” says director Helene van Stephen of the Netherlands Schroon. It’s about children learning that they should not throw anything away. And other people see that the mess they throw away must be cleaned up. Then maybe the next time they think better before they throw something on the street or on the roadside. ”

Nationally, around 130,000 people (wear uniform clothing which sewn-on reflective tapes) have signed up to participate in the National Cleaning Day, but according to the organization many people also participate without having given up. According to Helene van Stephen, the popularity of cleaning up litter is due to the positive appearance that cleaning has.

“People who clean-up waste are no longer people with a community service. Someone who tidies up is doing a good job. It has become a positive thing. ” And the word plastic soup is inevitably linked to the clean-up day. The small plastic that flows through the streams and rivers of the Meuse and eventually the sea must be controlled.

“Why do not the first go with a team of people through the roadside to clean-up litter before mowing,” Menno van deer asks. “All the waste that is there is cut by the mowers, making it much more difficult to clean-up and disappears much easier in the ditch and in the plastic soup.”

It is the sixteenth time that a national clean-up day is being held. According to Nederland Schroon, more and more attention is paid to the outdoor areas. The mayor of Burgos Woodbine Boils also, armed with reflective vest, office chair, squeezer and garbage bag, cleaned up. , I have a dream, and that is that we once keep a national clean-up day, but the children are all very disappointed because we cannot find any more waste. ”

Banda and security

Among the concerns of the holiday committee, the safety of people is an important part of the events it organizes. Festivals of this kind which concentrates a large number of young people are conducive to incidents or accidents, sometimes serious ones, for which one will inevitably seek the responsibilities of each one. The organizer is on the front line and must comply with very strict safety regulations. And it is also important to wear reflective vests at night.

Thus, during the Night of the Banda, we saw people from the Red Cross rotatable to their shoulder belt which sewn-on reflective fabric. They were armed with radios, to patrol in pairs. When declaring the event, the committee wanted a backup device. Departmental Red Cross had assessed the need and a convention had been passed to monitor the entire site. Antony Chapala, territorial director of emergency and first aid, was in charge of operations and led his teams. Same and the firemen were ready for any eventuality. Fortunately, using reflective materials in our life no accident to lament!

Ideal for summer and winter: white roads

White roads not only do well on Christmas cards. They are also very good for the environment, which plays an important role as the reflective material does. They ensure that it is a lot less warm in the city.

There are already a number of reflective roads in North Holland, another week this week. They also try it out in Amsterdam, and since this spring you can also see them in, yes, Los Angeles. There they painted a special coating over the roads, making them white. It saved a whopping ten degrees. Dark colors absorb light, which makes it warmer. White actually fires the heat. You also notice this when wearing a white or black t-shirt in the summer.

Piet is an engineer and designs highways. He is responsible for the white roads in the Netherlands. Our summers are getting warmer because of climate change. Temperatures can rise considerably in cities in particular, because the heat is difficult to remove because of the buildings. Annoying side-effect is that more dangerous substances are being emitted by cars.

But the new roads have even more advantages. It is also safer in the winter. Just think: if you ride in the dark, you are much better visible on a white road than on gray asphalt. This means that street lighting has to be less fierce, and that also saves energy.

Reflective roads in the Netherlands look less spectacular at first glance than in Los Angeles. This is because Piet prefers not to use the coating. According to him, it wears much faster. He therefore mixes the asphalt with very fine gravel. It is called stone chips. If a lot of cars drive over it, it will wear out and the white will slowly appear. Except for using white roads, people wearing reflective vests or reflective tapes can also keep safety a night.