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They present in the Legislature a project of law to fight motorcycles

Carolina Piper, one of the promoters of the project, said that “as a victim and legislator, I consider that this law is important in its potential to combat a specific type of crime.”

The Cambiemos block presented today in the Buenos Aires Legislature a bill to combat the criminal actions of the ” motorcyclists “, which includes the placement of the patent number on the helmet, the use of reflective vest with the domain of the vehicle recorded and the prohibition of circulation of two in certain areas and schedules that municipalities must determine.

The initiative that seeks to stop robberies perpetrated by criminals carries the signatures of Buenos Aare’s deputies Carolina Piper, Manias Rankin and Martin Dominguez Yelp (Cambiemos), who prepared it together with Security Minister Christian Rotunda, who was in the presentation.

The proposal provides that motorcyclists must wear the helmet with the patent attached, wear a reflective clothing with the domain of the vehicle recorded – both the driver and the passenger – and the prohibition to circulate two in certain areas and schedules to be determined by each municipality.

In addition, service stations cannot sell gasoline to motorcyclists who do not have the regulatory measures established in the law, and those who do not will be fined.

“We have two important points in the project, one to take this job as something to deal with this type of crime that is violent and is one of the main concerns of the neighbors,” Rankin said at the presentation of the initiative.

President of the Security Commission of the Legislature, Rankin stated that unlike the City of Buenos Aires, where it is all urban, “we had to concentrate on developing a project that contemplates the particularities of such a large and diverse province”.

“That is why each municipality must submit to the Ministry of Security which are the geographical perimeters and slots where the use of vests with reflective materials and helmets are mandatory,” he added.

The legislator Carolina Piper said that “as a victim and legislator, I consider that this law is important in its potential to combat a specific type of crime.”

When he was vice president of the Legislature, Rotunda presented a bill to combat the “motorcycle”, which gave the City a specific legal framework on that criminal modality.

In turn, from Decree 171/2017, the national government stipulates that each province must establish its parameters to combat this type of crime.

In control, saturation and prevention operations in the province of Buenos Aires, more than 250 thousand motorcycles were sequestered so far and more than 22 thousand were detained for being in direct connection with a crime, whether due to bank leaks, drug dealing or assaults, assured the Rotunda press.

” Traffic 2018″ action is in progress

The “Traffic 2018” police action is in progress. Today officers are at cemeteries and on access roads to the necropolis, where they direct traffic. We will also meet them on the route, where they will control, among others speed and sobriety.

The action “Traffic 2018” started on Wednesday, October 31 and will last until November 4. Police officers not only have to control and look after security but also help people going to cemeteries.

“Traffic officers carry out activities aimed at limiting negative behavior on roads, ensuring their users a safe journey to destinations and returning home, and maintaining the flow of traffic.” inform police officers from the press office of the Provincial Police.

The policemen are at the cemeteries, at which there were changes in the organization of traffic and where traffic for vehicles was completely closed. “On a regular basis, they will adjust the intensity of activities adequately to the traffic volume and road conditions.” ensure the representatives of KWP.

During the actions on the roads, police officers will check, among others whether or not.

We comply with speed limits on access roads to cities;

We have belts fastened, and children are transported in car seats;

Drivers are sober;

The car is properly lit and we have turned on these lights;

The officers will also check the technical condition of vehicles.

Officers in the field will be more than usual. “In this particular period, police officers from the prevention and criminal departments will also be involved in increased security activities. The officers will patrol around the cemeteries and church areas. Police officers will also increase supervision by railway and bus stations as well as mass transport.” informs KWP.

Police officers also remind that when we go to cemeteries, we must remember about our safety.

Remember about safety

Remember, do not take more money with you than you need to the cemetery. Do not carry documents, money, keys or valuables in commercials, open large pockets of clothing. Purses, wallets, telephones, and ATM cards, as well as keys – should be hidden in the locked inner pocket of the clothing. Using public transport, always keep your purse or backpack in front of you and keep it in your hand. Do not leave your property behind the tombstones without proper supervision. Sometimes a moment of inattention is enough, for example, moving from the place of burial to water to flowers or going to the trash with rubbish to become a potential victim of theft. Let’s be careful when getting on and off the streetcar or bus. If possible, avoid squeezing and familiarity with people (in this case, let us apply the principle of limited trust).

“Pedestrians should also remember to behave safely on the road, especially in the vicinity of cemeteries. Crossing the road should only take place at marked pedestrian crossings or designated areas at this time. In the evening and night time moving along the road outside the built-up area we should have reflective vests. Reflective fabrics attached to the bag or fitted with reflective clothing). This will make us more visible to drivers moving along the road, and thus increase our safety,” police officers remind us and add:

Let us be kind and forgiving in this period. Let us be careful and proceed in such a way that everyone safely returns to their homes.

Training for a marathon can feel like walking in the dark

I walk past a dark river at six in the evening. I cannot see the river anymore. The road is poorly lit. Can the city of Amsterdam not provide decent lighting for evening walkers? The lighting is off in some areas. I am invisible to the traffic around me. Cyclists pass me and thus illuminate my path. The darkness gobbles me up again afterward. The Netherlands feels like an empty country. It is time to walk in a reflective vest. The lifebuoy of the winter runner. Whoever does not wear a vest does play with his life. I did not put on a vest like that. I play with my life. My shoes reflect a little bit. More and more reflective fabrics are incorporated in the outerwear and in the long pants. But that is not enough.

I will have to make a choice from the range of reflective clothing and attributes. Traffic on the road has increased. Scooters shoot me a few centimeters away. Somewhere in a drawer, I have a handy headlight on my head. That will be the next time.

Now it is too late. I do not see a hand in mind. In the past, you did not see so many runners with fluorescent vests. Times have changed. A well-prepared runner has a vest on and often also a flickering light around the arm. Pure necessity.

My hands feel cold for the first time this year, the wind of the invisible river blows against it.

Run faster. Who trains for the marathon will often only have to go on the road. A long duration course takes a few hours. One disappears into the endurance run. I think of what the Surinam-Dutch basketball player Francisco Elson said on Radio 1. He is the only Dutchman ever to achieve the highest title in American NBA basketball. He told about that experience. Wollemi Heaven asks him how he felt the day after the victory. His answer was remarkably sober. He had reached his goal.

A clear goal to aim for is important. The 42 kilometers and 195 meters of the marathon run. There is no clearer goal. Training for a marathon can feel like walking in the dark. Why all this effort, all this training, all this sacrifice for a race that is over after a few hours. I feel very heavy. I want to stop walking to get that sense of hopelessness out of my head. The darkness obscures all my ambitious plans. Do not nag, Abd-el-Kader, walk!

Just walk. This steps that I put. I can see that step. The rests do not. The rest is also not important. I count every step. In my next evening training, I really have to wear a vest. And a light bracelet. And a light in the head. I have to light myself.

Freed from the start and finish I run home. When I walk into the house, I bathe in the light.

A cyclist without safety equipment hit by the car

The event occurred during the morning of this Monday.

The affected person was not wearing safety equipment, such as reflective vest or reflective clothing which made of reflective fabric.

A cyclist was hit on Monday morning at the intersection of Salvador Avenue in the city of Iquique, Tarapacá Region.

According to reports from the Emergency Medical Care Service (SAMU), the incident occurred at 08:30 hours when a jeep collided the bicycle of a 30-year-old Haitian citizen, who ended up lying in the central of Salvador Avenue.

After the fact, SAMU personnel arrived at the place where they confirmed that the affected only had slight abrasive wounds in his left leg.

They also noted that at the time of the events, the foreign citizen was not wearing the helmet, reflective vest, nor the white and red lights, as indicated by the new Law of Road Coexistence.

“Is the light right, is the view correct?”

Week of traffic safety meets with high acceptance in Vorarlberg.

Last Monday, the Road Safety Advisory Board (KFV) in Vorarlberg launched the Road Safety Week under the motto “Visibility” (the UN reported). Martin from the KFV Vorarlberg on the current results: “So far we have distributed around 4000 reflectors to pedestrians. At the wheel checks, around 150 wheel lights were repaired. Over 200 emergency lights were installed so that the way home could safely continue. Also, a variety of vehicle handlebars have been provided with the Folder. Is the light, agrees the point of view ‘informed about their potential contribution to more visible on the road.’

Action “fireflies”

“I see something you do not see!” Is a fun game for children – but the funny thing is when it comes to visibility on the road. Because especially in the dark season, it is important to be noticed by other road users in time to avoid accidents. In the past five years, 6545 pedestrians have crashed on Austria’s roads in darkness and poor visibility in traffic, including 114 children between the ages of zero and six. Therefore, the KFV has now developed the “Firefly” campaign, which teaches children in a playful way about the dangers of darkness and poor visibility and the need to wear light and reflective vests. The traffic safety campaign is now being offered by the KFV free of charge throughout Austria for kindergartens and elementary schools.

Well-visible, bright reflective clothing, and reflective accessories, according to Martin, provide useful services in the foggy, dark time on the road. “Dark-clad people are visible at night only from 25 to 30 meters away for a motor vehicle driver. With reflective fabric, a pedestrian can be seen from a distance of 130 to 160 meters. This makes it easier for drivers to respond in a timely manner. “explains the traffic expert.

3 tips to reduce the number of pedestrian and cyclist accidents

Every year, with the change in winter time, road accidents against pedestrians explode on the time slot 17h / 19 h. Here are 3 tips to avoid the dangers.

Since October 28, 2018, we have moved to winter time. A period when pedestrians and cyclists must be more vigilant because road accidents increase by almost 50% on the time slot 17 h / 19 h. In the whole country, here are three tips to adopt to avoid possible accidents.

Reflective clothing for pedestrians

In winter, when the night falls very quickly, the brightness of street lamps, in town as in the countryside, is sometimes not enough. Similarly for vehicle lighting. For pedestrians, it is best to wear light or reflective vests if you go out.

Be wary of “black holes” when driving

Motorists too must be vigilant. They must adapt their speed, move with the dry and demisted windows in order not to mask the visibility. It is recommended to move one meter away from sidewalks for safety reasons. Finally, drivers should also be wary of “black holes”, those passages from an illuminated area to a darker space where any pedestrian can arise at any time.

Cyclists: do not forget your retro-reflective vests

Vigilance is recommended for everyone, whether pedestrian, motorist or cyclist. By bike, the wearing of the retro-reflective vest with the reflective fabric is mandatory at night when you travel out of town. During the day, it is strongly recommended to wear it when visibility is low. It is necessary to remember that you should not ride on the sidewalks and it is strongly recommended to check carefully the operation of your lighting, to be always visible.

78 traffic deaths in the summer months

This year, 78 people died in domestic traffic during the summer months of July and August. Compared to previous years, there was a decline, according to ÖAMTC.

 

In the summer of 2017, there were 95 death, in 2016 a total of 101, according to the ÖAMTC in a press release. At the age of 18, most deaths occurred in Upper Austria. In Burgenland, no one died during the summer months in traffic. Among the dead were 33 motorcyclists, 23 car occupants, eleven cyclists, four pedestrians and three tractor drivers.

 

While the number of pedestrians killed was declining, there was an increase among motorcyclists. Altogether 77 motorcycle drivers died this year until the end of August. They were not wear reflective vests. According to ÖAMTC, 69 bikers killed in the first eight months of the previous year were 63 in the same period in 2016. One reason for the increase, according to ÖAMTC, could have been beautiful weather that attracted many motorcycle riders to the streets this year.

 

The most dangerous time for pedestrians comes first

The number of fatalities has reached its lowest level in recent years. Since the beginning of the year, 25 pedestrians died, in the summer months there were four. The most dangerous time for pedestrians, autumn and especially the dark winter, is yet to come. Also this year, it is recommended to wear bright and most reflective clothing.

 

However, the overall balance for 2018 is not so good year-on-year: Overall. There were 275 fatalities on the streets from 1 January to 2 September. In the same period of 2017, according to the Ministry of the Interior, there were 270 in total and 291 in 2016.

 

Cyclists should not drive without light

Whether at Eschenheimer Tor, at the plant ring or at schools: cyclists and motorists must expect controls in the next two weeks. The municipal traffic police and the Hessian state police are organizing the so-called “road safety weeks” until Friday, 3 November.

 

Cyclists traveling without lights or riding on the pavement will be stopped and fined. Motorists who drive too fast near schools are flashed and get a nod. The action started on Monday evening with a check on the Friedberg. In addition, law enforcement officials are checking cyclists at ten different locations in the city, said Rainer, who heads the Traffic Police Department of the Road Traffic Department.

 

The traffic police not only distribute traffic tickets. They also give away reflective ribbons with the logo “Let Them See You”. 7500 pieces are intended, Michaels said.

 

In addition, the traffic police at 84 points near school check the speed with mobile flashers. Cars that parked incorrectly would also be written on the occasion. Sense of traffic safety weeks is to make people aware that the traffic in the dark season can be dangerous, said the Department of Transportation. The risk of being involved in an accident at dusk and in the dark is three times as high as in daylight. In rain or snow, the accident risk is even ten times higher, it said.

 

Reflective clothing makes cyclists visible

With the “Let yourself be seen” campaign, the Traffic Bureau promotes people to make themselves more visible in traffic at night by wearing contrasting, reflective clothing or reflective ribbons.

 

The reflective vest is visible to motorists 150 meters away, white clothing at 40 meters. Black clothes, however, only 25 meters away – there is hardly time for motorists to react.

 

According to Michaels, the main cause of accidents among cyclists is when cyclists are driving in the wrong direction on the bike path; if they disobey red lights; if your bike is not “safe to drive” – so have no front and rear lights or reflective spoke reflectors. Accidents also often happened when pedestrians behaved in traffic with cyclists against traffic. In addition, it would be dangerous if stronger road users such as car drivers did not pay attention to weaker cyclists.

First graders master the way to school

They are barely larger than the knapsack they carry on their backs. And they are excited – after all, a whole new period of life begins. And for some, the path may not even be 100 percent: Around 1,200 girls and boys from the Höxter district has their very first day of school on Thursday, 30 August. By the next Friday at the latest, the little ones will go on the daily way to school. So that the police and traffic watch gives important tips.

 

On foot

Most children are at school. The youngsters did not only gain experience. “movement and fresh air before the lesson start also increase the ability to concentrate,” for example, informs the Höxter district police, but because they perceive their surroundings differently from adults, they are in traffic especially at risk.

 

 

Go the way up to ten times

The police advises parents to walk the path five to ten times with their offspring. Even at the beginning of school, the adults should still be there. “Because then there is more traffic than at holiday time,” says Oliver. Parents should not forget their role model role – especially with regard to traffic lights and crossing aid and the use of mobile phones.

 

Firstly, the police recommends that the children do not go to school in groups. “Until they are safe on the way to school and recognize danger spots,” says Thane, because alone, the little ones usually learned better and were less distracting. “Thereafter, nothing speaks against dating,” says the traffic expert. Especially in the dark season, Thane advises “reflective clothing.” Safety vests, reflectors, satchels or flashing shoes: “There are even reflective yarn, especially creative parents can knit hats.”

 

Police are present on the first days

In the first few days, the police will be present on the school routes. “Helping and educating people is at the forefront,” officials said in a statement announcing increased speed measurements and checks on child seats, bus and bicycle traffic.

 

By bicycle

By bike only older children should go to school. “It’s not until they’re 14 that the ability to ride safely develops,” the police said, adding that the ability to focus on road traffic over a longer period of time does not educate boys and girls until they are about eight years old.

 

Parental taxis should use parking in the area

“On the way back, things can be different”, Thane points out, so children could suddenly run across the street behind the bus, so the police are also calling for stopping school buses to “pass by in two directions at walking pace”.

 

By car

The most convenient way to get to school is certainly the parental taxi. If you bring your own child to school by car, you should not chauffeur it all the way to the schoolyard. “Due to the pressure of the vehicle, there is a high risk potential,” the city of Höxter informs on NW request: “Parking space in the area should be used for getting in and out.”

A woman was hit by a car

On Thursday, on the DN 17, a 32-year-old man from Parma, while driving a car direction, surprised and deadly, a 69-year-old woman without wearing reflective vest he hired to cross the road without being sure.

The driver was tested with the literates, the result being negative. The research continues to determine all the circumstances in which the event took place, within a criminal record drawn up by police officers.

Romanian police recommend pedestrians:

To engage in crossing the public road only through the specially arranged places (on the pedestrian crossing) and the green color of the electric traffic light, where it exists;

To ensure that the crossing can be carried out safely (the vehicles are stopped before the pedestrian marking, especially when the road has several lanes on the way);

Never cross the pedestrian marker, regardless of the emergency at one time;

Not to go on the roadside, and where there is no pavement or paved road (predominantly in the countryside), move on the left side of the road as close as possible to the edge of the road;

In bad weather or dark, wear reflective clothing or reflective materials to be visible;

Not to cross the front or back of the public transport when they are stopped at the station.