Category: reflective vest

Adverse weather and poor visibility of pedestrians and cyclists without safety vest: Autumn confronted motorists with special challenges that often trigger a queasy feeling. For example, a representative Forsa survey commissioned by According Cosmos Direct four out of five drivers (80 percent) in the dark by poorly visible pedestrians and cyclists feel very insecure continuous rain, the traffic safety additionally impact. 65 percent of respondents said that wet road surfaces and reflective cause great uncertainty with them. “Especially pedestrians and cyclists should always with appropriate clothing protection when visibility is poor,” advises Bernd Kaiser, insurance expert Cosmos Direct. “Reflective clothing or a reflective vest can increase their own visibility.

 

In addition, cyclists should wear a helmet ever. During a fall or accident, a helmet from serious head injuries can protect. It is these injuries can lead to serious health problems for themselves and can quickly become a financial burden. At least for financial support private accident insurance can provide you guaranteed in such cases. A helmet and clothing or bag with reflective tape can keep you safer on the road.

Nationwide, the bright yellow safety vest is distributed to the ABC shooters this year to 750,000 graders in 16,000 primary schools. For the first time, this action took place in 2010 and has until today to issue a total of 5.3 million safety vests to schools free of charge to children starting school. “A Bright Future” is a joint initiative of the ADAC Sifting and Deutsche Post AG.

 

This year is the School in Kornberg, Herzfeld Rotenberg, one of more than 1,170 schools in Hessen, which takes part in this action. In the school a total of 60 children are being taught at the time.

Along with District Administrator Dr. Michael Koch and the headmaster Horst Brose ski handed the chairman of ADAC Hessen-Thüringen, Matthias Felts, and the safety vests to the 20 first-graders. Nearly 60,000 graders receive one of the reflective safety vests this year and it is time ensured before the dark season that the children are identified at an early stage on the way to school by all road users. If a child is detected in dark clothes and without this vest by a motorist until 25 meters, the recognition with the reflective vest is given after only 140 meters. Completely logical that a safety vest and bright clothes visibility of the children so the risk of accidents is reduced considerably increased on the way to school and.

 

The ADAC advises

Parents should work with their children before starting school to school. The children learn the safest route and know how to deal with dangerous situations better. “The adults should set a good example so that the first graders reach their destination safely. Our children will have a safe way to school and for these vests are “ideal, so Administrator Dr. Koch at the handover of the West to the kids. Still, he taught at motorists to drive more carefully in the vicinity of schools to appeal.

 

Accidents with children are still too high

In 2015 wrecked 28,235 children under 15 years on the road, 84 of them died. The primary school children between six and nine years, 7,671 children were involved in accidents and 20 were killed. Children because not have the right view to recognize dangers in time, you have the joint action called “A Bright Future” to life, to make the kids more visible. The German mail brings the safety vests with reflective tape about 30,000 packages for free to schools. The ADAC Sifting has been designed for safety action courseware and posted on the Internet.

The project “Mom, Dad – I know how to be safe” Pinkie policewomen in safety vest visited preschoolers of the Municipal Nursery in Pisa. During the meetings with the youngest children they opted for what the police work, as well as how its uniforms and props necessary in everyday service.

 

Yesterday in the framework of the project “Mom, Dad – I know how to be safe”, realized in cooperation with the Municipal Nursery in Pisa, policewomen with a squeal command visited preschoolers, and take some reflective vest and reflective tape to hand out. Mr. Policewomen spoke about the principles of safe behavior on the road, traveling in a car in accordance with the rules and reminded the youngest emergency phone numbers.

 

Large aroused interest among preschooler’s police uniforms and equipment, in particular the cap, which wandered from head to head. Children liked the police lollipop, reflective vest and a real handcuff, which were especially curious boys.

 

Meetings with preschoolers are certainly an excellent opportunity for the youngest to realize the role and tasks that the police fully in society. They will take place periodically.

On the occasion of the winter holidays District Police Headquarters opened its doors and showed how the police work “backstage”. The greatest interest in visiting the command enjoyed among children in safety vest who had the opportunity to see the equipment police crime lab, show or training police dogs.

 

On Wednesday, all those who were interested in it, how the work of police officers, have the opportunity to learn this. The local District Police Headquarters organized for open days.

 

For all visitors wearing reflective vest waited quite attractions. The car park is presented to train service dogs and the latest police cars. Inside the command officers presented, in turn, bulletproof vest, handcuffs, helmets, and technician showed traces of the method of disclosure.

 

– The police handed out postcards to all participants related to the topic of safety during the winter holidays. The interest was high. Command visited by nearly 350 people from groups, a lot of mothers and fathers with children and grandparents with grandchildren – police spokesman, asp. Peter in safety clothing with reflective tape.

Shell employees Gitte Niegsch hailed as a hero when she stopped drunken motorists from venturing out on the roads. But a few days later, she was fired.

For that she was not wearing his yellow reflective vest when she stopped the criminals.

 

– I can’t stop crying, I’m totally heartbroken, she says.

33-year-old Christopher Niegsch had worked at the Shell garage in Slagelse, Denmark, in just over three years, when she was in the spring followed his instinct.

 

On two occasions, she discovered how the motorists who stopped at the gas station to refuel, was about to run away again, although they were significantly intoxicated. Gitte reacted and responded on both occasions.

– The first time it was a man who was really packed. I took the keys and persuaded him to leave the car and get back into the gas station. There, I called the police, who came and arrested him, says Christopher.

 

Hailed as Hero

A few days later, it was time again. That time it was two drunken people who would run away, Christopher called the police and asked if she could seize them, in Sweden a so-called citizen’s arrest, which they approved.

– But the two men managed to run away. Police could arrest them later using signalementet I gave them, says Gitte who initially hailed as a hero.

 

After the first incident, she rang her boss to pay tribute to her for what she has done. But a few days after the second incident took Gittes lives a completely different turn.

 

Suddenly one day the boss called Christopher to his office.

– She said, ‘Christopher, you have done wrong. You did not wear your yellow vest with reflective tape; you have violated staff rules, so you have to go away right away, “says Gitte as she begins to cry.

“Loved my job as”

 

When Christopher acted against drunk drivers could not she put on her neon yellow safety vest, which the staff according to the regulations must have when they leave the store and heads out on a petrol station area? It was the reason she was dismissed – with immediate effect.

– I had to go. Had I got fired, I had had at least three or four months’ notice, but now I had broken the rules and would disappear immediately, says Christopher.

– During the meeting, I understood nothing. I thought they would thank me, but instead they gave me a paper and told me to leave. I wept uncontrollably and could not understand that I lost the job I loved so.

 

While Shell gave Gitte police fired acclaimed her as a hero. Recently, she received a prize for its courage and a reward of 500 crowns for their intervention. Money and accolades are a little comfort at this time.

 

For the Danish newspaper sn.dk defends the Danish Shell Communications Jesper Brieghel dismissal of Christopher.

– I’d rather defend our strict rules for a journalist than to see one of our guests to be responsible for an employee’s death, says Jesper Brieghel.

On Sunday was the star driver Jorma Kontio involved in an accident in Finnish V76.

But thanks to the new safety vest, he could go from lightly bruised.

– I simply had guardian angel, says Jorma Kontio.

 

Saturday was running the V76-races in the Finnish Uleborg. It could have ended badly for the Swedish-based driver legendary Jorma Kontio, who was involved in an accident.

At the start he collided with a competitor and got stuck in his pushchair when it overturned.

– We prepared for the start when a competitor’s horse was acting nervously. This led to my buggy flipped over and I got stuck between my horse and sulky, says Jorma Kontio.

“I had a guardian angel”

 

Kontio survived virtually unscathed – thanks to that he used a so-called safety vest.

– My horse Surprise Lord is one of the nicest horses that are running. It was lucky in this case; otherwise it would have ended worse. I simply had guardian angel, says Jorma Kontio.

– I ran with a new safety vest with reflective tape yesterday and it was enough that I got away without major injuries, he continues.

The horse was stressed by the incident, and bolted around the track for a long time. But Jorma did an interview right away. He drove Moreover races – and won – later in the day of the race.

 

– I ran a race later in the evening that I won and now on Sunday I’m heading towards new races in the Finnish Jyväskylä, said Jorma Kontio in reflective vest.

The Finnish newspaper Iilta Sanomat was the first to report the incident.

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Daniel Flores, a resident of the Colonia Hipodromo and who on Sunday December 10 burned his truck outside his home, he expanded his ministerial declaration, which presented new video which shows that the person ignites your vehicle carries a “very like or similar” safety vest used by the company Safety Filmaciones.

 

“I have videos where apparently presume that the person who burned the truck, other videos in videos times out of phase about 20 or 30 minutes at the event, where the person carries a similar reflective vest or very, very similar to using production, “he said in an interview with Apro.

 

“Yes you have the video where I show that the person wearing the vest with reflective tape is a very, very similar to the person who burns the truck,” he said.