May 2019 - Reflective fabric

12 things that you must keep in your car all winter

We have compiled a list of things that must travel with you in the car throughout the winter.

Winter is often associated with snow, Christmas and mulled wine, but, unfortunately, with the arrival of cold weather and snowfall, there is an even greater risk of car breakdown, the possibility of wallowing in mud or entering a snowdrift. Since this week in the UK is dedicated to road safety, we have compiled a list of things that should always be with you, if there is an incident on the road.

Warning triangle

According to the rules of the road, if you have a broken car, you must install a triangle on the road at a distance of at least 45 meters behind your vehicle on the same side of the road. If you do not have an emergency stop sign, you must use other warning devices. This is necessary to warn other drivers and prevent road incidents.

Spare wheel

Even if you do not know how to change the wheel, the reserve should always be with you. There is always a good driver who will help to do this.

Contact information of the insurance company

In the event of an accident, you should always have the telephone numbers of your insurance company at hand, because, at such times, time plays a decisive role.

Reflective jacket

In winter, it gets dark quite early, so it is very important that other drivers see you while you are trying to fix your car. It is important to wear reflective clothing sew on reflective tapes.

Charging for mobile phone

After a long working day, the phone may be discharged, so you need to take care that the car has a charger, with which you can charge the phone from the battery or cigarette lighter.

Water

Water is needed for drinking if the breakdown takes a lot of time, and it can also be used to replenish fluid in the radiator or windshield compartment.

Bars

This is a small snack. As in the case of water, the bars will be useful if you get stuck in a long traffic jam, a snowdrift or the car breaks down.

Money

You should always keep a small amount in the car in order to hedge yourself if there is no ATM nearby.

Waterproof jacket/windbreaker or raincoat

At this time of the year, rain or snow is the norm, so if the car breaks down and you have to look under the hood, then it is better to throw on waterproof clothing.

Blanket

It will be very appropriate in a situation where in winter you need to wait for a tow truck, as well as passengers will not freeze while you are trying to start the car.

Flashlight

Although most phones have the function of a flashlight, nevertheless, just in case, you need to keep this device in your glove compartment.

Spade

Many drivers underestimate this tool, and in vain, because on a snowy road a shovel may turn out to be anything but a magic wand.

Reflective vest: How is it going abroad

We have not for nothing said that every truck driver has similar reflective clothing in the car. According to statistics, it is professional drivers who carry out long-haul flights, as no one else understands the need to wear clothing with reflective tapes at night when there is a forced stop on the side of the road, or car repairs are required. They encounter similar situations in their work almost daily. If with regard to Russian truckers flying within the country, it is still possible to say that not all of them have reflective clothing, then their colleagues who make flights beyond the Russian borders use it without fail. And for good reason. For example, crossing the Polish border, the Russian driver immediately sees just a huge array of reflective clothing on Polish drivers and pedestrians. Unusual for such illumination, the Russian eye is at first difficult to get used to it. But then everything falls into place. Practically in all countries of the European Union, at the legislative level, there are rules obliging drivers and pedestrians to wear reflective clothing at night outside the settlements. In addition, in European countries, there are impressive, especially by Russian standards, fines for the lack of a reflective vest or jacket. For example, on the Portuguese country roads, you can safely walk in the dark near the car without a vest for 300 euros. If the police recorded a similar offense on a high-speed autobahn, then the amount of the fine doubles and will amount to 600 euros. In neighboring Spain, there is a fixed fine of 140 euros; on Italian roads, the local police can find a hundred euros on Italian roads for lack of reflective clothing. In Switzerland, there is a norm that obliges drivers to not only wear reflective clothing when forced to stop, but also to include a special light signal, which must be issued by a special device placed on the driver’s clothes. For the absence of reflective clothing and a light signal, a penalty equivalent to 200 euros is provided for it. The smallest penalty in Europe for violating the rules for the use of reflective clothing exists, oddly enough, in Germany. It is only 15 euros. But interestingly, almost all German drivers have similar vests or jackets. Probably conscious Germans care about their own safety and the well-being of their passengers. The longest legislative rule for the use of reflective equipment for drivers is in the United Kingdom. Since the mid-80s of the last century, British drivers have to put on reflective gear when they are forced to stop on the road or on the side of the road.

The reflective vest invented in the United States and began to be massively used by American drivers in the late 60s of the last century. At the same time, at the legislative level, a similar rule appeared in the American rules of the road only in the late eighties of the last century. Europeans began to introduce a similar rule for their drivers and pedestrians somewhere in the mid-90s. And only in the CIS countries, it is still possible to walk along the side of the road with impunity or stand near a stopped car without reflective clothing. Therefore, experts say that this innovation in the Russian traffic rules was 10-15 years late. Western drivers very often acquire reflective equipment for their passengers, at least for one of them. They are well aware that the safety of passengers is in their area of responsibility.

European drivers, Americans or Canadians do not have to be afraid of fines. They have a well-developed sense of self-preservation, which tells them that using reflective clothing in the dark on highways simply saves their lives. For Russian drivers and pedestrians, most likely, the main argument for compliance with the norm of the law will be the punishment for its failure. What kind of penalties provided for Russian pedestrians and car owners who do not use reflective clothing on the roads in the dark?

Kuralai Nurkadilova and Baldur Asanova gave an assessment of the new form of police

Kazakh designers spoke about the working draft of a new form of police, reports Tengrinews.kz. Men’s form is presented in several versions: a shirt with short sleeves and pants in dark blue color, autumn and winter jackets. Also included are yellow vests labeled Polisia. In addition, there are winter jackets, pants, safety vests, gloves with reflective stripes. As hats offer caps and hats, on which there is embroidery in the form of the logo of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.

The female form is represented in the form of a short-sleeved shirt, trousers, and skirts in blue, a long coat and a long jacket. Caps are also offered.

Well-known designer Kuralai Nurkadilova noted that, in general, she has no complaints about the new form. “They observed the safety of the policeman himself, who works on the roads. There are bright reflective stripes on the uniform. Only here the headgear is wrong – they visually diminish the head. And there are no strong complaints. For our people, the new design looks bright and extraordinary. Perhaps, if this form were presented as it should be, on professional models x, but not on the real police, it would look more beautiful. Still, this is a presentation, and the models are able to present clothes to the audience,” she said.

In turn, designer Baldur Asanova was not impressed by the uniform. According to her, there is no zest. And the color of the form looks faded. “The form should be recognizable as abroad. In addition, uniforms should have local colors. There is a special table. The cleaner the color, the more pleasant the look. And here’s a dirty color. There’s nothing new in the design. The distinctive feature is embroidered ‘Kazakhstan.’ For me, this is not a police uniform, but an office uniform. I did not understand why it was a lemon-colored form. It’s too bright, too funny the police turned out, ” she believes.

MIA RK presented a working draft of the new form. The ministry noted that the main requirements for uniform uniforms are its practicality, attractiveness, convenience, and disposal of unnecessary elements in the design. After the presentation in Kaznet, disputes arose about the correctness of the spelling of the word “police” in the Kazakh Latin script. The linguist Erden Kazhybek commented on these disputes and explained that so far there is no final decision on the correct spelling of the name of the law enforcement agency.

Safety on the track: reflective vests should be in the cabin of each car

The Russian government has changed the traffic rules. Now in the dark when leaving the car, drivers are required to wear a retro-reflective vest. It costs a penny but saves lives. Motorists need to be brighter to live longer.

Both in the city and on the highway it is equally dangerous to become invisible. In the dark and conditions of limited visibility, hundreds of people die. Helping the victims in a night accident, the actor of the series “Fizruk” died. Yegor Klinaev noticed the collided cars and stopped. The driver of a foreign car flying past crashed cars and not a caring car owner did not see.

Sultan Zhankaziyev, vice-rector of MADI, professor: “In our system of driver training, unfortunately, in connection with behavior in the event of an accident, there are no necessary points. In other countries, this moment is given a lot of attention. Everyone understands perfectly that people are dying not only as a result of an accident but also after an accident.”

According to the traffic rules, drivers should wear vests, but passengers are also at risk when they get out of the car. In Europe, a set of 5 vests should be in every car.

Irina Pegova, actress: “This is really important because I am on the tracks and often see fatal outcomes.”

The truckers suggested using a vest on the tracks as a “need help” signal.

Alexey Levchenko, the head of the truckers’ community: “We need some kind of sign that will indicate that a person needs help. And the vest was taken for the idea, to hang it on the mirror on the left side. Perfectly visible passing cars.”

After 3 months, when the norm comes into force, every driver must have a reflective vest, and not in the trunk, but inside the car, so as not to go out on a dark and dangerous road without a vest. It is necessary to wear it, but fine, if not put on, no. People themselves must take care of their safety. Vest for 200 rubles can be a salvation. The “Main Road” program encourages both drivers and pedestrians to wear retro-reflective elements.

For safety, pedestrians are offered to wear clothes with reflective elements

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, trying to protect pedestrians, decided to modernize their wardrobe, adding reflective elements to it.

Pink hearts, yellow bears and red men – this is it, the future of the wardrobe of the Moscow dandy. The mental agony of the lady in furs, adorned with such a reflective “brooch”, is not difficult to imagine. However, there is a solution. “For ladies who are very concerned, and how is it that I’ll put a reflector on my coat, we’ll make glamorous reflectors that suit everyone. The material is the same – fixing and shaping,” explains the chairman of the inter-regional public movement Union of Pedestrians Vladimir Sokolov.

In the world of fashion, he has long been in the trend, even the term was invented – “smart fabric”. From the element of workwear long ago migrated to the podiums. Elena Lubina’s collection “The Shining of Time” created a real sensation at the international competition of young designers “Exercise”.

Experts are sure: all this will easily go to the people, and therefore commercial success is not far off. New trend collection spring-summer 2014. Such a course of design thought fashionable Europe did not even dream. Paraphrasing the classic – the star will burn not only in the forehead, in the dark drivers can see the whole starry sky on the road. The struggle for the safety and health of pedestrians is somewhat reminiscent of this reflective T-shirt with reflective tape. A thing, in general, is useful and necessary, but the performance is more like a joke.

The philistine about the bill about the obligatory wearing of reflectors heard a lot. Knows that the naughty will be fined.

On the capital market, no more than eight companies are represented, and they mostly trade via the Internet. Annual turnover and up to a million rubles is not enough. Firms say that chain stores are not interested in their products. One hope for government orders. “Of course, the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from this point of view is a very big plus for all of us, not only because we start selling very large volumes, but the main thing is that people will finally think that there is a very good and convenient accessory that enhances your safety,” says Alexander Knyazev, commercial director of the company for the sale of reflective elements.

The security course is also a trend. So the Customs Union suddenly became concerned with the health of the weaker sex. Like, cowards, whose hygroscopicity, that is, the ability to absorb moisture, below six percent – not to import.

The public rebelled – they say, how is it that, without panties, then? The seller, Elena, has been in the laundry shop for many years. He says that if they cancel synthetic materials, the owners will definitely go bankrupt. 90 percent of customers buy it.

And yet the lace underwear is like the light at the end of a tunnel of the Soviet era. Thick pantaloons with a pile – a kind of symbol of the time. Almost the entire female half of the population of Moscow put on them in the cold season. “I just have an acquaintance who is a wonderful violinist, who is now famous so that in the winter he stopped caring for girls in general, in the winter he had a time out,” laughs theater artist and collector Victoria.

Whether the timeout will start again for men now seems to depend on customs. One can only hope that she has no more serious problems.

The rule on reflective vests for drivers came into force

When forced to stop at night outside the cities, drivers are now required to wear reflective vests. The relevant changes were made to the traffic regulations in December 2017 by a government decree

The new norm in the rules of the road, which obliges drivers to wear reflective vests when forced to stop at night outside settlements, takes effect from March 18, 2018.

The relevant government resolution was adopted on December 12, it said that the document entered into force 90 days after its official publication.

According to the decree, the driver is obliged to wear a reflective jacket, reflective vest or cape vest with stripes of reflective material when he wants to go to the side of the road or the roadway “in the event of a forced stop of a vehicle or an accident outside populated areas” at night.

Visible to the ambulance: the entire village with reflective house numbers

Apart from five addresses, all addresses of the village of Midwolde (municipality of Leek) will soon be provided with reflective house numbers. A call from two young ambulance drivers is effective.

The drivers arrived much too late last year to pick up a victim and take them to the hospital. They lost track in the nocturnal darkness.

Especially in the outskirts, it often happens that rescuers arrive late because house numbers cannot be found or are illegible from the public road. In situations where literally every second count, that is extremely undesirable.

Cry for help

The village association in Midwolde picked up the cry for help. Thanks to a subsidy from the province and Ondernemersfonds Leek, all houses in the village are provided with reflective numbers.

What may be called special: the villagers do not have to pull the wallet for this. People from the village association place a pole made of recycled plastic at each parcel. A triangular sign is then applied to this which is provided with reflective material on two sides. The house numbers are stuck in black on it.

According to board member Jos Leber (67) of the village association, a large part of Midwolde (133 addresses) is already provided with reflective house numbers. Another 73 addresses will follow this month.

The initiative is now being copied in neighboring Lettelbert, Den Horn and Enumatil, where another 50, 46 and five addresses, respectively, are provided with reflective house numbers. This mainly concerns plots in the outlying area. The extra subsidy has been made available for this. Leber calculates that the cost of installing a post with reflection plates is around 25 euros.

Three new versions of its trail set

Thanks to Bihr, the exclusive distributor for Spain and Portugal of RST, three new versions of the Rally set of the British firm arrive in our country. Available in three versions, this set stands out for its ability to adapt to any climatic situation and its high level of protection.

With the arrival of good weather also comes the time of motorcycle routes. For users of trail bikes and maxi-trail RST brings to our country, with Bihr, three new versions of the Rallye set. Three different models that will cover the needs and tastes of all pilots.

The version in yellow and black fluorine is intended for those who want to become the center of attention during the adventure. If you want to achieve an elegant style, the model in silver and metal is perfect for you. The version in earth and sand tones is designed for lovers of off-road routes. In addition, the Rallye set is also available in black, for those who are looking for garments with a design that works for the whole year.

The Rallye set made of ballistic nylon and Maxtex fabric, with triple seam laminated nylon reinforcements. This makes their level of resistance to tears and abrasions very high. It also has protections with CE approval on knees, elbows, shoulders and a level 1 trellis. Reflective tapes have also been included to allow the pilot to be seen by others.

The jacket and trousers in this set have the advantage of adapting to any climatic situation. This is possible thanks to its waterproof and breathable Sinaqua membrane, its heat-sealed zippers and ventilation perforations, with which the body will perspire while eliminating heat. It also has a removable inner thermal lining that will keep the body safe from the cold no matter how low the temperature.

To ensure comfort while driving, RST has provided this set of ergonomic elastic panels behind the knees, elbows, and shoulders. In addition, the three versions have inner and outer pockets and zipper binding, so that the pants and jacket remain attached. Both garments have an adjustable waist and arm straps, and other adjustable adjustments in the neck and lower part of the trousers for a perfect fit.

3 tips for running in the dark

Especially in winter, when the sun rises late, sets early and there is summer time, it is inevitable to go out in the dark, or in poor lighting conditions. And unfortunately there is not always a way to run on exclusive tracks for runners and closed to traffic: we often end up running on the street and on the sidewalks with the consequent dangers given by the traffic of cars and motorcycles.

When you go out running in the dark it is essential to think first of all about your safety, trying to be as visible as possible. In at least three ways.

Use clothing with reflective materials

Especially in the winter running clothing lines all brands now include reflective tapes or fluorescent colors at will: look for those with the highest high visibility surface (and obviously forget uniformly colored jackets and tight).

It especially highlights moving parts

Put yourself in the shoes of a motorist absorbed in his thoughts: he will see you better, first and more clearly if he sees something illuminated moving on his horizon. Then add reflective bands to legs, arms and if you can even to shoes (you can also use reflective tape on the heel).

Use intermittent lights

For the same reason, intermittent lights will more easily catch the attention of a motorist than fixed lights: so ok the headlamp, but also hold a torch, or attach a small light bulb to the forearm, and put them in intermittent mode.

Visibly well dressed in high visibility clothing

High-quality and highly functional warning clothing is justified in countless occupations and work areas. It protects against various professional risks and attracts the attention of third parties in poor visibility and darkness over long distances

FE Engel has long been appreciating the advantage of being easily recognizable: as Scandinavian winters have long dark periods and the oblique evening sun shines in the summer, high-visibility clothing has long been a central component of the protective clothing concept at the Danish clothing manufacturer.

In countless situations, high visibility clothing that is recognizable in any lighting conditions improves the protection of professionals. The eye-catching fluorescent colors and the retro reflective tapes clearly signal when workers move in dark halls, workshops, warehouses or construction sites, or travel on confusing terrain and poorly lit paths. They are a visual display for people at work. FE Engel has long appreciated this outstanding function of high-visibility clothing: “In Scandinavia, darkness dominates in winter, and on summer evenings a low-lying sun hides. That limits the view and becomes a risk factor, “explains managing director Carl E. Engel.

“Based on this experience, we have made the ISO 20471 warning function a central part of our protective clothing concept. It improves the chance of craftsmen and employees in industrial companies to be reliably and remotely recognized, even under special lighting conditions. This allows them to work undisturbed and safely. ”

Visibly safe dressed in everyday working life

With its two ranges Safety and Safety +, FE Engel offers one of the most comprehensive, highly functional and thoroughly thought-through safety-protection collections in Europe. The safety line is dedicated to an appearance on traffic routes that is safe in any weather. The numerous tops and pants meet ISO 20471 and offer various solutions in protection classes 1, 2 and 3. The Parka Shell jacket, the Shell pilot jacket, and rain jacket and pants also protect reliably against bad weather; they are additionally certified according to EN 343.

Safety + combines warning protection with the plus of other protection features required in trade and industry. These include protection against welding, heat, and flame (ISO 11611 and ISO 11612) in protection classes 1 and 2 as well as protection against the thermal hazards of an arc (FprEN 61482), chemical protection of type 6 (EN 13034) and protection against electrostatic charging (EN 1149-5).

The versatility of the FE Engel high-visibility collection is also reflected in the variety of colors: Safety and Safety + are available in the hi-vis basic colors red, yellow and orange, or are combined with the sought after shades of gray, green and dark blue in many industries.

The Safety and Safety + ranges include jackets, softshell and fleece jackets, safety vests, shirts, t-shirts, polos and sweatshirts, trousers, dungarees and shorts, and combinations.