Month: December 2018

It is important to wear a reflective vest

In the village, a seventy-five-year-old pedestrian died on Sunday evening when crossing the road. Senior’s high speed collided with the arriving car. However, it was not the only Sunday accident in which the pedestrian was a figure.

“The older man (75 years old) went in the direction of the village and decided to cross the main road near the gas station,” said police spokesman Stefan.

But at that very moment, the blue ford was coming from Laplace. Then, the car was “picked up” by the left front of the pedestrian. The broken windscreen shows the impact strength. After the crash, the senior man was on the road. His injuries were so serious that he succumbed to them.

The Ford driver did not grasp, the drug test was negative. “The police also found that the deceased walker had no reflective materials or reflective vests, he had a dark black jacket and gray trousers,” Stefan said. with the fact that the reflective tape can save lives especially at this time of year.

A similar accident was solved on Sunday afternoon by police officers. A minute before 4 pm, the senior knocked down the pedestrian who went after the transition. A sixty-year-old woman transferred a helicopter to a Pilsen faculty hospital.

At the same time, South Moravian police officers reported on Wednesday’s accident, in which the Civic Walker on the Chernobyl street in Brno also hit the car.

“After the accident, the driver agreed to take her to the hospital, but after returning the woman to the hospital, she did not return to the scene of a traffic accident, nor did she tell the police what the law was doing,” police spokesman David said.

Police officers now ask drivers and potential witnesses to stop at the nearest police officers or call 158.

Well visible through the traffic

At the beginning of the dark season, motorists should again drive very carefully. “Attentively and not driving too fast can save lives in an emergency!” Says the police.

Especially pedestrians and cyclists are again particularly at risk. Especially children are quickly overlooked. But that does not happen, pedestrians and cyclists should wear bright and reflective clothing.

People with dark clothes are seen at dusk or bad weather only from 25-30 meters away. Brighter clothing increases the visibility to twice as much. The best thing to see is reflective clothing. Cyclists and pedestrians with reflective fabrics on the clothes are detected from 130-160 meters.

Civil Defense checks wearing frequency of the safety vests

In September, as in recent years, all Upper Austrian schoolchildren were provided with a free safety vest. The Civil protection carries out, in the sense of sustainability, in the winter months, again the review of the safety vest-carrying frequency. Civil protection officers will randomly visit elementary schools and reward those children who wear a safety vest.

In the elementary school, the civil defense commissioner of the municipality Kirchhoff, Franz Dannenberg, reminded the children how important it is to wear such a protective vest. The students who had the safety vest on that day received a “Safety Memo” as a gift, a safety game developed by the Upper Austrian Civil Defense, with which the everyday risks are shown and danger prevention is conveyed in a funny way. Of course, the other children will also receive their “safety memo” if they wear their safety vest in the next few days.

Sample today at school:

Who of you, wearing a safety vest this morning on the way to school? And hard to believe ” ALL were wearing safety vests ” and delivered the proof for it immediately (see picture)

Many accidents could be avoided if the children were more visible to motorists. The visibility increases with a safety vest from 30 to 150 meters.

It is recommended to wear bright reflective clothing and reflective fabrics on clothing, shoes and school bags for the children, who will also be the role model for the parents by wearing the safety vest.

Santa’s run

It is important to wear reflective vests, especially during autumn and winter, to show the participants of Thursday’s Santa’s Run. They covered a route of over 6 km.

On Thursday, December 6, Santa’s Day organized. It was attended by friendly running groups. Their members have a common sympathy because they share the same passion, or love to run.

Participants covered the route with a length of over 6 km. They started at 19:30 from the service station then went to the church.

Each of the runners was wearing clothing with reflective fabrics, as well as reflective bands and flashlights. The main purpose of the Santa’s Run was to make pedestrians aware of the importance of taking care of their safety by wearing reflective vests with reflective materials.

At the finish line, Santa was waiting, who gave candy to runners.

Sinterklaas walk

The Sinterklaas Run is on the agenda this year on Monday 26 November. The course, organized by Lange Spacers Bolsward (LAB), takes the participants over a distance of 7.6 kilometers through and around Bolsward.

Sinterklaas himself gives the starting shot at 19:00 at the De Middlesex sports hall. Registration is possible from 5.30 pm. On the way, about 25 volunteers will lead the course in the right direction. The organization calls on all participants to wear reflective clothing which made of reflective fabric or lighting in connection with safety.

Just like last year, the loop goes straight through the store of the main sponsor. He also makes a prize package available: the starting number of the runners is also their lot number.

In case of bad weather, the organization announces via Facebook at 4 pm whether the course has been canceled or not.

Circle distributes 2,500 safety vests to children

Action for more traffic safety: Parents and children should be encouraged to walk together even in the dark season. The first reflective vest handed over district administrator Jorgen Muller in Enger.

At the start of the dark season, the district of Herford again distributes signal-warning vests to all three-year kindergarten children in the district – a total of about 2,500 pieces. On Friday morning, District Administrator Jorgen Muller handed over his first impetus to the Protestant Dietrich-Bonheoffer Kita. The circle wants to encourage parents and children with the action to walk in the dark season together on foot to the daycare center.

“These paths also support climate protection and make it a matter of course for children that everyday journeys are not just done in the car,” it says.

Last year the district started the campaign. “Conscious of the three-year-olds,” says Nadine Steinberg, mobility officer at the district of Herford. “We want to encourage children to get to know all types of mobility.” And not just know what it looks like in the backseat of a car. The little ones should take the vest home and not only in the daycare use. “So that they can do the daily routines.”

“The weakest road users”

With the action, the district also wanted to promote traffic safety, emphasized District Administrator Muller. The safety vests which made of reflective fabrics would help that the little ones stand out in the traffic. That was important because they were “the weakest road users”.

For the first time, the vest with reflective material was to be officially deployed a short time later, announced Julia, who runs the kindergarten together with Claudia Stevens-Maas.

Police organize “days of visibility”

Because in the dark the risk of accidents of pedestrians and cyclists is about three times higher than during the day, the police, the Brandenburg and other partners organize for the first time nationally the “days of visibility”, from Tuesday to Thursday.

There, the community, the Senior Citizens Council and the Solidarity Association for Crime Prevention (SSK) participate in two actions on Wednesday. From 7 am to 8 pm, the designated protagonists stand in front of the school campus and draw the pupils’ attention to their visibility as pedestrians and cyclists.

Tips and suggestions on possible improvements to clothing and bicycles are given, according to a police statement. The advice is to use bright reflective clothing. Reflective clothing with reflective fabrics can still be seen 140 meters away. The recognizability of dark clothing, however, is only about 25 meters. The second act follows the assignment in front of the school campus. From 8 am to 9.30 am, interested people can seek advice on the marketplace.

Wear bright, reflective clothing!

Police appeal to pedestrians: Wear bright, reflective clothing!

Just how important light-colored, reflective clothing is especially in the dark season that has just begun, was shown with exemplary clarity in two momentous traffic accidents in Bad Berleburg.

The first accident occurred at 06.30 clocks in Bad Berleburg. Here a 47-year-old car driver drove to the local roundabout, at the same time a young woman wanted to cross the pedestrian crossing in front of the roundabout. Due to the darkness, rain and the pedestrian’s completely black clothes, the car driver overlooked her and caught the young woman crossing the road so that she was thrown onto the bonnet and then fell to the ground. With an ambulance, the injured was then sent to a hospital.

The second accident happened a good hour later on the K 50.

There, according to initial findings of the police was a 20-year-old motorist with his Ford Fiesta. He met a dark-clad 65-year-old pedestrian on the roadside. To prevent a collision with the almost unrecognizable pedestrian, the young man tore the steering wheel. So his Fiesta came off the road, drove up a slope area, then tipped over, slid on, fell on a guardrail and finally stayed on the roof. The 20-year-old was seriously injured in the accident. He was hospitalized. By the way, a criminal complaint was filed against the 65-year-old pedestrian for failure to provide assistance and escape.

Against the background of these accidents, the police reminded once again that with the dark season that has just begun, pedestrians and cyclists, in particular, are exposed to considerable dangers.

The reasons for this are the unfavorable weather and visibility conditions that occur in the so-called dark season, such as darkness, rain, fog, slipperiness, and snow, which cause great problems for all road users.

Many pedestrians go in unsecured places on the road, without paying enough attention to the vehicle traffic.

Very often, pedestrians wear dark, if not black clothing. That may be fashionable, but also carries great dangers. Because pedestrians are very difficult or even not recognized by other road users.

But the principle of “seeing and being seen” should be a top priority for all road users, especially in the dark season. Pedestrians are advised to wear bright, reflective vest and carry bright, reflective items.

A car driver sees a brightly dressed pedestrian from a distance of 80 to 90 meters, a dark-clad only from a distance of 25 meters. Reflective materials fastened to the clothing allow pedestrians to “shine” even from a distance of 150 meters.

Movement of yellow vests: for or against?

Movement of yellow vests: for or against?

For or against the movement of yellow safety vests, against rising fuel prices, November 17, 2018. The result of our survey and testimonials.

We collected the opinion of our readers via an online survey and some testimonials.

Our survey

We asked you this Wednesday, November 14, to know your feelings on this movement. Here are the results of this survey, in which 3900 people participated:

I support the Yellow Vests but I will not participate in the movement: 36% (1403 votes)

I’ll be at their side with my yellow vest which made with reflective fabric: 37% (1440 votes)

I am opposed to movement: 27% (1057)

Dominique Joaquin, the patron saint of Ambulances in Quimper. “Three or four months ago, a full tank of gas cost less than 100 Euros. Today, we have to pay 120 Euros. In our company of eight employees, we have six vehicles. I do not even dare look at my monthly fuel bill. We cannot pass on this increase because our rates are fixed by the Social Security and they evolve little. ”

Christophe Collin, technical manager of armament at Guilvinec, “The fishermen use peach gas oil, which is strongly zero-rated. Nevertheless, we are also facing a rise in prices. In October 2017, we paid 0.43 euro per liter of diesel. Today we pay him 0.57 euro per liter. We use very large volumes: it takes 25,000 liters of diesel for a tide of 14 days. Do the math! And armament has 11 ships! Diesel is currently 30% of charges against 25% previously. ”

Stephan Bahaman, president of Medef Finistère, “The increase in the price of fuel, these are taxes that increase further and will have the effect of reducing margins. This situation is good for neither business nor the economy. Within our organization, construction companies and carriers are probably the most affected. There is a movement of grumbling but it is not as sensitive as in the private individuals. ”

Jean-Pierre, member of European Ecology Greens at Quimper, “A yellow vest with reflective tape, I wear one just when I ride a bike, for my safety! I know that taking action on behalf of the climate is not shared by all and I am aware that the increase in the price of fuel makes it more difficult for those with low incomes to travel. This raises the question of purchasing power and how to ensure the mobility of everyone whether in town or in the countryside. It is necessary, today, to develop the transport of tomorrow in phase with the ecological transition: public transport, carpooling, bicycle plans… “

The police will not let drivers stop playing St. Andrew’s Day

On the eve of Saint. Andrew, so at night from 29 to 30 November traditionally celebrated ” Andrew” being for many people an opportunity to organize the last fun before Advent. Police officers appeal to drivers to not drive a vehicle after drinking alcohol.

The popular namesake of Andrew will also be celebrated during the next weekend. If we decide to go to a car meeting, remember that when driving we are responsible not only for their safety but also the life and health of other road users. That is why it is worthwhile to organize an alternative journey and return from fun.

In turn, passengers should remember that although they do not drive a vehicle, they can have a significant impact on travel safety, for example, by not agreeing to the driver exceeding the speed limit. Also, do not allow a person to be driven by the vehicle after drinking alcohol or similar substances to alcohol.

In conditions of insufficient visibility, drivers notice later than usual any unobstructed obstacles on the road, in particular pedestrians dressed in clothing that is close to the environment (black, gray). It is worth to stock up on reflective vests. We remind you that it is the duty of all pedestrians who move on a roadway or roadside outside of a built-up area after dark. It’s worth taking care of your safety by wearing a reflective vest with reflective fabric also in the built-up area.

We would like to remind participants of the “St. Andrew’s” game that a very dangerous phenomenon is the unconscious drunkenness of the driver. Most often, it happens when someone drinks alcohol the previous day and it seems to him that there was no trace of “promise” in the body. It turns out, however, that even a few hours of sleep does not guarantee the elimination of alcohol from the body. The only reliable method to determine the alcohol concentration in the body is to study with an electronic device that has the appropriate “legalization”. The test can be performed on most police stations and police stations.