Tag: reflective equipment

Well-equipped vehicle and safety vest protected employees

Among the equipment required by the Act is the fluorescent safety vest that can be seen by other motorists, day or night, in case of emergency stop on the roadway or its surroundings. This vest must be CE approved and placed in a location easily accessible by the driver in the vehicle.

 

Another obligation: to have a warning triangle. As a reminder, it must be placed at least 30 meters from the vehicle or obstacle to report. In case of absence of the vest or the triangle, the employee of the company is liable to a fine of up to 750 €.

The case of the ethyl test is slightly different: chemical or electronic and imperatively standard NF *, it is also mandatory…. Except that the non-respect of this obligation is not sanctioned. After a period of shortage in the promulgation of the law, it is now possible to find pharmacy, tobacco shop, Total service stations including and insurance companies.

 

Anything that can contribute to employee safety is paramount. That is why it is strongly recommended to equip each company vehicle with a spare wheel and the reflective equipment to install it. In case of absence of spare wheel, the puncture-resistant bomb can be very useful. Beyond a precautionary principle, note that in case of control, the bad condition of the tires can be sanctioned by a fine of 750 € maximum doubled of immobilization of the vehicle.

 

The same sanction is applied, with a fine of “only” 450 €, in case of deficient or out of order fires. In the register of this small equipment that can render great service figure the lamp, preferably dynamo to prevent battery failure. To find your keys fallen on the ground at night or to guide you in the dark, it is always advisable.

 

Also include small wipes to wipe your windshield from the inside if your vision is disrupted, or special “plastic wipes” to maintain dashboards and door interiors. If employees have to transport customers, as much as having a clean vehicle … and then you always feel better in a well-maintained car.

 

More rarely mentioned but so important in case of a serious accident to carry first aid: the pharmacy kit, the survival blanket, the hammer glass breaker, the belt cutter and the fire extinguisher. For victim drivers and their passengers, or to help another vehicle, this safety equipment can be simply vital. Note that this equipment is on sale in the shops of the vast network of Total gas stations in France and abroad.

End of Reflective Armband: it’s official

It is official: the bikers do not have to wear the Reflective armband. A publication in the official newspaper of January 1, 2013 ending a year against an absurd decree, he said: “Decree of 18 December 2012 repealing the order of 3 January 2012 on the retro reflective devices worn by all drivers or passengers a motorcycle with an engine capacity of 125 cm3 or a vehicle of the category L5e a power exceeding 15 kW.”

 

Hiccups

Remember, there is now a year to the day, Jean-Luc, then Delegate for Road Safety, launched a decree to force wearing a retro-reflective device 150 cm2 for any driver two motorized -Wheels greater than 125 cm3.

 

This decision followed many hiccups created by the government of the day. What was a reflective vest became armband. A narrowing is caused particularly by the anger of many riders out in the streets of major cities in France.

 

Suspension

Following the 2012 presidential election and the appointment of a new interior minister, Manuel Valla, the tone changed. At a press conference November 27, 2012, he announced the suspension of the “decree cuff” after the first meeting of the Committee for Road Safety.

 

FMWC

A victory for the French Federation is Angry Bikers (FFMC), which has continued to struggle against this decree full of nonsense. On 24 and 25 March 2012, for example, thousands of bikers had then responded to the call FMWC throughout France: in Paris in particular, nearly 15,000 people marched through the streets.

 

The meetings of the new NSRF about reflective equipment, which will begin early this year, will focus closely on two wheels. At the conference of November 27, Manuel Valla was explained: “The motorized two-wheelers and especially motorcyclists will be the subject of attention because they use a mode of travel that makes them particularly vulnerable motorcyclists are in 2011, 23% of motor vehicle users killed on the road. ”

Hope that future steps will be taken with a little more discernment than the cuff.

Manuel suspends the reflective cuff: return on a flop

The bikers will not have to wear a Reflective tape on January 1. The interior minister, Manuel Valla, announced on 27 November at the launch of the new National Road Safety Council Phew, ‘Decree cuff “is suspended!

 

The Interior Minister, Manuel Valla, announced at a press conference on November 27, following the first meeting of the National Road Safety Council (NSRF), it comes to reform after 4 years of interruption. The French Federation of biker’s angry (FFMC) shows relieved and highlights the vision of the Minister, who wants “assessment of the device”.

 

Doubt about the interest of the measure.

The least we can write is that Manuel Valla does not seem to consider that 150 cm2 retro-reflection on the arm will save bikers: “I have asked that a dialogue be committed on the retro-reflective equipment“, he has explained to reporters. “Pending proposals, I asked to suspend the provisions initially selected on the cuff”.

Bikers soon forced to wear a fluorescent reflective jacket

Would the myth the same if Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda had driven their Harley-Davidson rigged a fluorescent  reflective vest? “Easy Rider” clearly not part of the ideal Prime Minister Francois Fillon has announced the adoption of a number of measures against the increase in the number of road deaths, after an interministerial Committee for road safety (IRB).

 

Among them, the obligation for motorcyclists to wear retro reflective equipment, in other words one of those famous yellow vests that drivers must have in hand at all times in their vehicles.

 

Beyond the controversy over the real contribution of such a security decision, this announcement is a real blow to the followers of leather reflective jacket.