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” 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.

The grand finale of the “Reflective School” contest at SP No. 3

On 29/10/2018, the great final of the Reflective School competition took place in our school. The ceremony began in the gym. All students and teachers participated in it, but also invited guests. They were representatives of the Police Headquarters: Mrs. Maria Gauzy and Mr. Marci Adamou and the Group of Motorcyclists with Mr. Raga Korzybski.

The artistic part consisted of a presentation promoting knowledge about safe pedestrian traffic on the streets in autumn and winter. On the stage, we saw different situations helping us to understand how important is responsible behavior on the road and reflective fabrics in our attire. There were poems, songs, and dances wonderfully presented by students of our school in a similar subject. The gathered audience had a unique opportunity to admire the reflective fashion show. Ah! What a spectacle !! And models ?! We tell you a great past in the fashion world!

The spectators reacted merrily to the presence of live mascots: “Inspector of Wawel”. It is worth emphasizing that not only the stage and the actors presented the subject matter related to road traffic. The spectators also came to the ceremony perfectly prepared and supplied with large road signs, banners, and reflective vests, which together with the decoration and stage design constituted a coherent whole. All this to make us remember that road safety depends a lot on us.

As befits the finale, director Margareta and representatives of the KPP gave prizes to the laureates of artistic competitions, knowledge, multimedia presentations and leaflets.

Our laureates:

The art contest “Kindle on the road” took place in two age categories:

for classes I – III

1st place – Karol from class II A,

II place – Alan from class III A,

Third place – Sofia from class I B,

for classes: IV-VIII

1st place – Muja from class V A,

II place – Mikoyan from class VI B,

Third place – Alan from class VII A;

Knowledge competition on road safety

1st place – Pieter from class VIA

Second place – Jacob from class VIII A

Third place – Natasha from the class VC

Count Katarzyna from class V A

Alicia from class VII A

Wisteria from class VII A

Competition for a multimedia presentation on the topic of wearing reflectors

1st place – Marci from class VI B

The competition is the most interesting leaflet: “Wear a flare”

I place – Igor from class VIII

Congratulations to the winners. We believe, however, that all contestants have been successful because they have deepened and consolidated their invaluable knowledge about security.

Further attractions related to this event awaited us in the school’s courtyard. The students could see the wonderful motorcycles of our guests, take souvenir pictures of themselves. Later, in the presence of motorcycles and police officers, we went on a street happening at the housing estate. We all marched in reflective vests which made of reflective materials with road signs and banners that children had made to promote road safety. It was not only the weather that was favorable to us. The pedestrians and drivers encountered reacted with sympathy, smiled, waved to us. By the way, a group of older students handed out leaflets about road safety.

In this edition of the competition, we took care of the safety of our seniors. At 5 pm, the school canteen held an evening for them, which had an educational and entertaining value.

We consider the next final of the “Reflective School” competition very successful. In addition to fun and many attractions, the most important role – promoting safety on the road and raising awareness that we can be responsible for them, has been achieved.

The “yellow vests” manifest in Reims on the sidelines of Emmanuel Macron’s visit

Stop taxes, France angry “,” Macron, leave me my dough “… Chasubles on the shoulders, slogans in the back, about sixty” yellow reflective vests “wanted to take advantage of the arrival of Emmanuel Macron in Reims to express their “fed up” with rising fuel taxes. The appointment was given at 6:30 pm on the forecourt of the train station, via social networks, at the initiative of this informal movement that calls for a blocking of roads on November 17.

From the station, the demonstrators intended to reach the city hall, where the President was expected, but they were prevented by a large cordon of CRS positioned around the square: 25 on one side, 25 of the ‘other. The “yellow vests” with reflective materials did not seek to force, or even had time to form a procession: they dispersed when a spokeswoman announced that they would not be allowed to join the town hall. “We are forbidden to move from the square. We are completely surrounded by the CRS. We cannot leave together at City Hall. ”

The dislocation was carried out calmly but not without anger against this ban “to come and go freely,” denounced the participants. “It shows that our movement is disturbing,” the spokeswoman consoled herself. “On November 17, they’ll see that it’s not going to be fun. ”

Operation infiltration on the outskirts of the town hall

Chasuble removed, about twenty protesters, however, managed to sneak up to the edge of the town hall and mingle with onlookers. They then put on their yellow vests which made of reflective fabrics and chanted “Macron resignation! “, Punctuated by a Marseillaise. The CRS responded by pushing the barriers, in order to widen the security perimeter. The anger of the slingers: “She is beautiful, France! The President of the Republic did not hear anything since he had not arrived yet.

Bergondo “distinguishes” young and old to reduce the abuses

That is the call made by the City Council as a measure for pedestrians to improve their safety on the road and the name of a campaign that focuses on young and old as the most vulnerable groups. As the DGT and the Junta did, the Council promotes the use of reflective materials to reduce the risk of being run over.

To encourage the use, from the consistory have commissioned 2,000 serigraphic vests with the logo of the campaign, which are already being distributed among the elderly who attend sports, cultural and social services. From Citizen Security detected the need to provide these reflective vests to participants in municipal activities, since most attend and return from their classes on foot and at night, with the danger that this entails having to travel, in some cases, through tracks with reduced luminosity. The delivery is made by representatives of the local government and the local police, and take the opportunity to give instructions to users, such as walking in a row on the shoulder, in the opposite direction to vehicles, crossing through the marked places or always use the vest with reflective fabric between them and the sunrise or in adverse weather conditions.

Bracelets for schoolchildren local government is convinced that training can avoid problems in the future, so they will also distribute at the CPI and in the activities aimed at young people a total of 500 yellow bracelets and the Bergamo to begin to raise awareness among schoolchildren of the importance of showing themselves when they travel in low light conditions.

Lions Club equips kindergartens with safety vests

With brand-new reflective vests, the Lions Club is equipping several kindergartens in these days.

With brand-new warning vests, the Lions Club is equipping several kindergartens in these days to increase the safety of the girls and boys cared for here on the road. A total of 170 safety vests at six kindergartens will be handed out.

On the morning of 9th October, the children of the kindergarten gladly accepted the new safety vests with reflective tapes, which they immediately tried out. With 60 pieces this device is considered. The handover was carried out by the president of the Lions Club, Johannes, and the club member Sebastian.

The action took place for the second time after the Lions Club sponsored the first time safety vests with reflective materials in kindergartens in 2014.

“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.

Infrastructure Provincial Steinkellner hands over safety vests to the state

“A large proportion of pedestrian accidents occur during the winter months in the dark, although fewer people are traveling on foot at night.” With reflective vests and shopping bags, the Upper Austrian road users get a simple, but the extremely effective solution to make themselves more visible in the dark. “, said Landrat Infrastructure Mag. Günter Steinkellner.

In autumn, the angle of incidence of the sun’s rays becomes flattered and thus the days shorter. Would you like to do something in the evening, like go for a walk, Nordic walking or friends in the inn around the corner, so it’s said that they were in the dark the ups and downs. Black is in sport and winter clothing after whom the fashion color Number 1 what repaired in the dark season severely limits the visibility of the road users. The traffic police will pick up on visibility in the course of their work. 2,000 pieces of the reflected ‘pocket vests’ were promised to the police by Provincial Councilor Günter Steinkellner. Be regular traffic controllers became those pedestrians, who are in a position to make a difference. “The policy as friend and helper supports road safety on Upper Austria’s streets with this action. As the role model for children and adolescents to go forward, the use of highly visible reflective materials of clothing is very important,” appeals Steinkellner.

“Especially in the dark season is the motto – Get out of the camouflage mode and visibly safer on the road with reflective vests which made of the reflective fabric,” LR Steinkellner concludes.