Category: reflective tape for clothing

Derailers distribute yellow vests

The association offered lifejackets and safety and lighting for bicycles. On Friday, November 9, 2018. A way to highlight the ecological displacement as an alternative to the automobile.

“These yellow safety vests are also an alternative to rising fuels,” says Marc Le Roche. Like him, on Friday evening, about twenty members of derailers distributed safety vests and lighting for the two-wheelers. “To encourage people to cycle, even when it’s dark, you have to be seen,” says Anne-Marie de Beaufort. If the lighting at the front and back is mandatory, the reflective vest with reflective tape for clothing, it is not, but it is strongly recommended. ”

With the support of several Bayeux merchants, bicycle and sporting goods merchants and a partnership with the sub-prefecture, the association was able to offer these useful accessories to cyclists.

One of the many actions of this group that continues to campaign for the smooth movement. “The president of the Region has also responded to our request for bicycle parking at the train station,” said Marc le Roche. Hervey Morin assures that this equipment will be put in place, as part of the renovation of the passenger building. ”

These defenders of the little queen will take stock of their actions, at a meeting on Wednesday, November 28, at 19 pm in the St. Laurent room. “All cyclist users, whether members or not, are invited,” says Marc Le Roche.

Reflective tape can save your life

Do you know why the reflective tape for clothing is so important?

Many tests have shown that if a person is in a dark, blue dress, for example, the driver is able to record him at a distance of 18 meters. This is better for example with the yellow color of the garment when the pedestrian is recorded at a distance of 37 meters, in white then the driver sees it at 55 meters. However, even this distance is not enough to avoid pedestrians safely at night. Pedestrians should therefore always have some element in their clothing to make them more visible.

 

Fluorescent materials increase visibility in daylight and at dusk, but in darkness they lose their function. The use of reflexive materials is preferable – they reflect light in a narrow cone back to the source, up to a distance of about 200 meters. They greatly increase visibility in the dark and in low visibility. Reflective material can be seen at night three times the distance of white clothing and more than 10 times longer than blue clothing.

 

Reflective items are best placed at the end of the sleeves, close to the knees and to the waist level (cyclists like helmet and bike, for example). We can then buy clothes that are already equipped with reflective materials, as well as school bags with reflective stripes.