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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. ”

Reflectors to ensure passive safety

In the dark season, being a cyclist is not only important to see but also to be seen. In addition to the active illumination by the headlamp and rear light reflectors increase passive safety by wearing reflective vests at night.

It is a joke of history that still mandatory pedal reflectors were prescribed in 1937, inter alia, to the National Socialists money into the coffers. Who manufactured and sold them, had to pay royalties to Anton Loeb GmbH – major of a company of the SS, for the quite meaningful innovation turned out to be the surprisingly lucrative business.

Reflector also on battery lighting duty

Regardless of this inglorious past, reflective materials undeniably increase the visibility and thus the safety of cyclists. In addition to pedal reflectors, which, as in the Moto “Reflex Pedal” (55 Euros) – although according to the motto “better than nothing” not completely compliant – are also interpreted in a modern way, a laterally radiating passive lighting on the wheels is prescribed by the SUVs, as well like front and rear reflectors; The omission of the Dynamo obligation has not changed that!

Those who find it very different when thinking of clamping objects between their spokes man fortunately and quite legally resort to an alternative to the popularly known as “cat’s eyes” spoke reflectors: “We have virtually all touring tires fitted with reflective tapes as standard or in the entry area optional available “notes Doris Kbyte van Schwab. Also in the sports arena and with spike tires, there are corresponding models.

Two birds with one stone in a similar way strike headlights and taillights with integrated reflectors, which are even offered in the battery-powered variants. While only one reflector is needed in the front, the SUVs requires a passive second light source at the rear next to a large reflector with Z-mark.

The reflective tape is not a reflective tape

Duty to have reflective elements of clothing is in the law since this February. There are still many tragic accidents with “invisible” pedestrians. Most pedestrians did not have any reflective elements. But as BESIP pointed out, some reflective tapes that pedestrians can take do not work as well as they should.

Crossing the reflective ribbon is one of the ways to meet the requirements newly imposed by the Road Act on pedestrians who go in low visibility outside of the village. However, according to the BESIP Department of the Ministry of Transport, not all tapes are the same.

Correctly, they should be seen at 200 meters. “There are also cases where the material works only at a distance of 60 to 70 meters,” said Martin Farrar, director of BESIP. How well the reflex tape should be seen should be a leaflet. Marking directly on the tape. The elements are complying with the European standard EN 13356 are well visible.

In addition to the visibility of the tape itself, the role and location of the tape itself are also played. The look may seem best placed on the sleeve. But it is not so from a safety point of view. The car’s reflectors shine to the ground, so they can see their legs first. The reflective belt on the leg is, therefore, the most effective solution that really guarantees the visibility of the pedestrian up to 200 meters.

Reflective strips this year, police and BESIP employees handed over 300 thousand. Yet many pedestrians still do not use it. For example, during a traffic safety action that took place last week in Suit nod Labem, police officers checked 193 pedestrians, 111 of whom were “invisible”.

For the time being, police officers are usually able to do so. But according to the law, people who do not use reflective vests when they go off the road outside the village under reduced visibility, up to a fine of two thousand dollars.

At night, in the rain and winter

The ideal cycling season does not last for a whole year. In autumn the days are shorter, it cools and rain. Snow falls in the winter. However, the Nordic proverb says: There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

The absolute basis is to have a wheel equipped with appropriate reflectors (white on the front, red at the back, orange on the string and yellow on the pedals). Replace reflectors in the string with the reflective tape on the casing, reflectors at the front and at the back with reflective stickers.

In town, you do not usually need a headlight. The streets are illuminated. But the blinkers are necessary. The front flasher is more important than the rear. For the driver’s rear is usually shining “in the mirror” and therefore reveals you even when you are light passive in the back. In front of you, cars come “from the side” and the best reflectors will not help you. Almost the same job as the rear blinker makes the reflex tape on the left calf.

In urban traffic, I can shine or flicker in the dark. Cars were previously required to shine “in low visibility,” which is exactly the condition that you should also shine on. In utter darkness, you are visibly visible with reflective materials, but in the dark, the reflectors are merging and you have to shine actively. Lighting sets with a sensor can be started automatically.

Reflective vest, flashing reflective ribbons and other massive light equipment over and above normal lighting will ensure you will be seen not only by overtaking drivers but also by pilots of aircraft landing at Ursine Airport. Consider whether it is worthwhile to shift this limit to how much light the drivers consider normal. The vest and the more powerful light fit on high-speed roads, long-distance stretches, or when “shit-shit” falls at the end of November. On the other hand, “raising” the driver with a dazzling lamp and a black coat is also not a good idea.

For a regular ride in the dark, it is worthwhile to have a deposit in addition to the “main” lighting.  the battery at least a spare battery, to the dynamically-driven light an emergency small flicker in the event of a malfunction.

Do not say that in the mountain of flashing scrap you will not find at least one that you can take with you… A left fuse on the seat post, a color changing light, a supermarket blinker, a low-beam headlamp bought there.

When you get into a situation where you need to drive without lights, you have to go slower along the secondary streets and give up the idea that you have priority at any crossing, even if traffic signs are hundreds of times the opposite. And your next trip has to lead to a cycle shop.

The police to distribute reflective tapes

Hradec Karloff, – Since the past weekend, pedestrians outside the village have a duty to wear reflective vests.

The Russian roulette of “invisible” pedestrians wandering the unlit sections between the villages has new rules, since the last weekend is the amendment to the Road Act which imposes an obligation to wear reflective elements outside the village, and it mainly takes care of drivers who come back home on the roads between Hradec and High and Vestry or Virago.

“Pedestrians have a duty to wear a reflective safety vest if they are moving outside the village on the side or edge of the road in a place that is not illuminated by public lighting,” says the Ministry of Transport’s press release, with a sigh that: “In the event of a breach of this duty, ranging from zero to two thousand block, from 1,500 to 2,500 thousand in administrative proceedings. ” However, City Police officers have not yet acceded to these sanctions.

“The law gives us the opportunity to solve the situation by agreement. We will respect this principle at the beginning of the amendment. But people, instead of fines, should be afraid of their health. “said Lena, a spokesman for Hradec policemen, but she did not want to anticipate when the” defense time “ended.

“We think better information than repression. That is why we will now focus on pedestrians warning that without reflective tapes they are easily vulnerable on the roads, “she added, saying that the most dangerous sections are located between the connectors of individual municipalities.

Drivers must wear reflective vests in casualties

While reflective vests for pedestrians, which cost about 50 to 200 crowns, it is only considered that vests for the driver are already decided. As of January 1, all vehicles must be fitted with a vest which the driver must wear whenever their car has, for example, a fault, a wheel or a road accident.

The amendment to the Road Act, which could begin to apply in the middle of the year, will bring further news on Czech roads. Especially tougher penalties for aggressive drivers.

Overtaking the man or entering the track around the gates that have been launched will be seven points behind, “mice on the roads” in five. These are maneuvers in which most people die on the roads. Much more has to be borne in mind by the motorists for safety belts sewn-in reflective tapes and car seats for child passengers. Here, penalties are tightened.

Conversely, no penalty points would have been made for banal offenses, such as daylight-off or ride-on lanes.

The new feature is also a much tougher fight against illegal car racing in common traffic, such as the Gumball or Diamond Race. Police officers did not have levers. This will change. In the future, it will be possible for drivers who, for example, to drive on the highway at a speed of the twenty-kilometer speed, can take up to two days in a car.

From the beginning of November, reflective safety vests should also be mandatory on all roads.

Police officers want to order reflective vests

While the number of dead drivers is falling rapidly, pedestrians are getting more and more. In November, they accounted for more than a third of the victims of accidents. Police officers want the pedestrian rules to be tightened – perhaps to wear reflective clothing. What other changes can be expected on the roads?

Taking a blue coat and going out in the dark over the road to the next village can be likened to a suicide attempt. According to the BESIP study, the driver of a moving car sees you in such a garbage when it is 18 meters behind you. She has no chance to react. At eighty-kilometer speed, it needs a minimum distance of at least two times.

While the number of dead drivers in the Czech Republic has fallen sharply in recent years, there are more and more victims among pedestrians. Every fifth death on the road is a pedestrian. Nearly two-thirds of them die outside the village.

November’s statistics are even scarier. Of the total number of 82 deaths in traffic accidents, there were 33 pedestrians. “This number is one of the last reasons why we will require the introduction of mandatory reflective elements for pedestrians next year, at least outside the village,” said Leo Trail, head of the traffic police.

In order for the driver to be able to react in the dark in the black, blue or even red dress in time, he would only have to go for forty. On the other hand, with reflective tapes on the clothes, one can see on the road at 200 meters.

Policemen would like to have the obligation to wear reflective vests or elements in the amendment to the Road Act.

BESIP: “Do we see?”

BESIP sends a clear signal: “Be Aware!” In the fourth year of Signal festival, he tried to highlight the importance of using reflective vests and to show a new pedestrian visible trend. On the Fruit Market in Prague, human beings literally lit for four days…

BESIP, with the support of Europe’s “Transport 1” 2, has prepared an exhibition on the Fruit Market in Prague, based on reflexive elements, from their use to clothing to more and more popular reflective tapes. An attractive part of the exposition and some look into the future, was the use of active light on clothing.

Being a festival of light, BESIP also showed the future of pedestrian visibility. He contacted the Technical University in Liberec, where he patented the unique use of nanotechnology to illuminate various items, including clothing. While others lit up a variety of objects, people and dummies lit up in BESIP’s presentation.

As of February 20 this year, an amendment to the law, which clearly sets out pedestrians outside the municipality, is obliged to wear reflective elements that are visible to all other road users, i.e. front, back, and side. In this sophisticated period, it should be remembered that the reduced visibility is not only the time from sunset to its exodus but also fog, heavy rain or snowfall, so reflective elements are mandatory under these conditions even at the time of day.

Above all, reflective elements have saved many lives

Foreign experience has shown that reflective elements can reduce the pedestrian’s participation in a fatal accident by up to ten times, in poor visibility. In other words, 10% of pedestrians would have the chance to survive, and for cyclists, this percentage is even higher – up to 30% of riders on bicycles could live if they were sufficiently visible. That is why it is very important for pedestrians and cyclists to use reflective elements that will clearly increase road safety.

That such elements have their merits, they know, for example, in Estonia. While there were 47 pedestrians killed in 1999, there are only seven in 2010! The fact that the obligation to wear reflective materials in reduced visibility has been enforced in this country has certainly contributed to this. Since 2011, they have even been obliged to wear reflective elements in Estonia even when moving under reduced visibility in the city. However, Estonia is not the only one in Europe. For example, pedestrians in the Scandinavian countries, in Spain, or with our neighbors in Slovakia have this obligation.

Hurricanes are threatened with fines: without reflective elements at night

A twenty-year-old young man, who was headed for the road from Becalm to Led nice, was completely naked. He now faces a fine in administrative proceedings. He was not wearing reflective vests.

A man walking along the edge of the unlit road was discovered by the Becalm policemen on one of the past days to two hours after midnight.

“Why does he go naked on the road,” the young man explained, warming him and planning a night bath. As he was warmed up not only by walking and hot nights but also by more than two profiles of alcohol, the city policemen bathed him in this state. “the spokesperson of Becalm policemen Novak said.

The man carried his reflective clothing in his bag, so he then dressed and went under the supervision of the police officers to the way leading to his home. But the whole thing was not over for him.

“Since the nakedness in the dark was invisible by the danger of road traffic and the absence of reflective materials have sinned against the pedestrian obligations stated in the Road Act. His administrative offense will be dealt with by the administrative body,” concluded Novak.