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Cyclists will have new safety rules to respect

Bicyclists will have to observe new traffic rules for road safety, soon the normative act that foresees them coming into force on Saturday. In fact, some of the road traffic bans have been slightly mitigated, and the act sets out how children under the age of seven can be carried on a bicycle.

 

Bicyclists will have to observe new traffic rules, starting this Saturday. Government Decision no. 965/2016, which will enter into force on January 21, 2017, and which will amend the Road Traffic Regulation, provides, in addition to numerous new regulations for car drivers, a number of important changes for cyclists.

 

On Saturday, cyclists running on public roads will be able to install on their bicycles including car audible warning systems. Whether or not we speak of a car horn, they still have the obligation to put on such a warning system on the bike. In addition, the fluorescent reflective elements placed on the wheels (the so-called “cat eye”) should no longer be orange.

 

In addition, the bicycle will no longer have to be equipped with white / yellow light and red, reflective and reflective at the back of the night, or when the visibility is reduced, according to the normative act. Now, cyclists have this obligation when traveling on public roads, regardless of the time of the day or the conditions of visibility.

 

The Act also provides a novelty for parents: Bikes will be able to carry children under the age of seven but only by an adult and provided that the bicycle is factory-fitted with a special holder or has an approved device for the transport of small ones. At present, cyclists can carry children under seven only if the vehicle is fitted with a special mount or if it is built and equipped specifically for the transport of other people. However, no reference is made to what age the bicyclist should be.

 

Finally, on Saturday, cyclists will not be allowed to circulate inside the localities where public lighting does not work or outside the locality without a reflective vest, at night or when visibility is low. Currently, the legal provisions make no mention of public lighting; the vest must be worn regardless of this condition.

 

Safety vest from multi collections for migrants bike

The Province of Livorno promoted the road safety initiative. The Red Cross of Livorno has received 250 reflective vests that will be distributed to its guests.

 

From the proceeds of the fines come the life jackets for migrants using the bicycle: this is the initiative put in place by the Province of Livorno for road safety. So they have been delivered to the Red Cross of Livorno 250 reflective vest.

 

Cycling outside the built-up areas after sunset can be dangerous if, as prescribed by the Highway Code, suitable reflective vests are not worn that increase the cyclist’s visibility along the streets without lighting. That is why the Province of Livorno decided to use part of the proceeds of fines for infractions along the provincial roads, for the purchase of vest with high visibility reflective bands, to be distributed to the migrants hosted in the Red Cross reception centers.

 

 

High visibility vests save the Life of the Hunter

The Hunt Hunting Association asks you hunters to pay more attention to safety and to the fact that they must wear the high visibility vest during wild boar hunting.

 

In fact, let’s go back to talk about Vests with high visibility and safety of hunters, waiting for the Region of Sardinia to issue an urgent measure that obliges big hunting teams to use the orange vest. As is already the case in almost all regions of Italy, we ask you hunter friends to wear a High Visibility vest, which will surely help you to be more recognizable in soils covered with thick vegetation.

 

We are increasingly convinced by the testimony of a member of the team involved in the accident, as a direct interested,” reports our friend hunter “as a person who knows how the facts occurred I can tell you that if the wounded had worn the orange reflective vest would most likely have avoided the tragedy.”

 

Dear friends, the vest is fundamental for the safety of all us hunters and does not affect the joke, the ungulates have in fact a dichromatic vision, so they are not able to distinguish all the colors. To be precise, wild boars have only two types of cones, a type sensitive to short waves (blue / purple light) and the other sensitive to medium waves (green / yellow light), but are totally unable to distinguish red and green.

 

Therefore, in the eyes of a wild boar, a hunter dressed in green, red or orange looks alike, while in the eyes of another hunter appears visible and recognizable, so thanks to the orange vest with high visibility many lives can be saved without affecting the joke hunting.

 

 

 

“Reflective harness for mushroom”: the bill by Angelo

“Avoiding or reducing as much as possible the occurrence of accidents during the hunting season, it is due to the lack of recognition of people who are in the woods looking for mushrooms. Through a high visibility reflective vest that they will wear and that will make them more visible even when there is a need to find them in case of loss.”

 

This is the content of a bill presented by Angelo, leader of Forsa Italia in the Liguria Region. “In light of the latest events that have occurred in our woods, I thought it necessary to propose an amendment to the Regional Law of 2014 that regulates the collection and marketing. With the adoption of a reflective harness, the seekers would have the possibility of being visible from long distances, clearly reducing the risk of being hit in a manner accidental, as recently happened, with tragic implications, in the Municipality”.

 

“The reflective harness – continues the regional councilor – would also have another important purpose: to facilitate relief if there was the need to find a lost person in the woods, another event that often happened. For all these reasons, which are designed to protect both mushroom and hunters, I have prepared this bill and safety vest, which would provide the delivery of the harness to the fun aioli by the bodies responsible for issuing the card or by the searcher himself.”

 

“Safety during the hunting season must come first and this change to the existing law would be a piece to make it more concrete,” concludes the president of the council group Forsa Italy.

 

Motorcyclists from Bucaramanga must wear a safety vest

Mr. Motorcyclist: although it is true that no ensign can punish him for not wearing the reflective vest during the day, that same agent will be fine if you fail to wear such clothing during the night. The mandatory use of the reflective vest, during the night shift, is a guideline of the Ministry of Transport. In Bucaramanga, the Traffic Directorate announced that it would redouble control operations.

 

In fact, the Directorate of Traffic of Bucaramanga gave them last year 3 thousand 897 parts to the same number of motorcyclists who obviated such requirement. According to the Traffic Director of Bucaramanga, Rafael Horace, the authorities can require drivers and their companions to use this type of garment after 6:00 p.m.

 

The Ministry of Transportation, in Law 1239, stipulated at least this by which he reported those motorcyclists and their passengers are required to wear this ‘fluorescent vest‘ during the night shift. “Motorcyclists must be visible when they drive between 6:00 in the afternoon and 6:00 in the morning of the next day, regardless of whether the visibility is poor or not,” replied the Traffic Owner.

 

The use of that kind of vest during the night “is not something capricious, it is a preventive measure to reduce accidents.” The official statistics revealed that last year, in 324 cases of motorcyclist accidents, drivers involved in such mishaps did not wear their respective safety vests. It is worth noting that, in the Santander capital, a motorcyclist who is caught during the night without that clothing will receive a fine corresponding to 15 days of the current legal minimum wage.

 

 

Recommend measures to prevent traffic accidents

On the World Day in Memory of the Victims of Traffic Accidents, the Mexican Ministry of Health recommends respecting road safety signs, speed limits, avoiding alcohol consumption, using cell phones or other devices and not driving tired.

 

He points out that human errors are the main cause of road mishaps, so he also calls to check vehicles before going on the road, using seat belts, restraint systems for children and motorcyclists, wearing a helmet and reflective vest.

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) details that each year 1.3 million lives are lost in automobile accidents, and are the main cause of death for people between 15 and 29 years of age.

 

Respond to emergencies in roads and highways, Police dressed safety clothing, the personnel of the 68 ambulances is in coordination with the Security Secretariat of the entity and they are linked to the Control Centers, Command, Computation , Communication and Quality (C5) of Toluca and Ecatepec to provide greater prevention and care, to reduce the risk of disability among the injured.

 

He died while walking on the SE-30 without any reflective element

The man who died on Monday morning after being hit by a vehicle in the SE-30, once past the Almelo Bridge and in the municipality of Camas (Seville), was walking along the causeway when the accident occurred. It ran over and did not carry any reflective element to warn of its presence on the road.

 

Sources of the Civil Guard have informed Europe Press that the deceased pedestrian, between 30 and 40 years old, was walking in a zone prohibited for pedestrians and did not carry any reflective vest nor did it carry any documentation on it, so it is not yet has been able to be identified.

 

Thus, and according to the same sources consulted, the events took place about 6.45 hours this Monday, when the driver of a vehicle that was driving to work could not dodge the pedestrian, who died on the spot. The driver, once the fatal impact occurred, suffered an anxiety attack.

 

The Civil Guard of Traffic in safety clothing investigates the causes of this sinister produced in the left lane of the SE-30, at the height of the output 20B, which caused traffic retentions in the area in the first moments, although later the circulation was restored.

 

Only three out of ten motorcyclists use the reflective vest

The use of the reflective vest by motorcyclists has stagnated and far from being a mass security element. “A year ago we were a lot more optimistic,” Pablo, general secretary of the National Road Safety Unit, told Observer.

 

A national study on public road behavior that the agency will make public today revealed that the use of this mandatory device by Law 19.061 complementary to the Traffic Law does not exceed 30% nationally. In Montevideo, the indicator rises to 38%.

 

For the vest to affect accident rates, it should expand to at least 80% of motorcyclists.

According to the hierarch, the lack of control has influenced the adoption of its use. The Municipality of Montevideo will begin to monitor the use of vests or reflective jackets one year after the approval of the standard, although it was only regulated in April of this year. However, in a first phase, the driver will not be fined, but an observation will be imposed.

 

To solve this problem, Unease prepares a mass delivery of vests in conjunction with the Congress of Intend ants.

It is estimated that, in total, the motorcyclist intervenes in 40% of casualties with fatalities registered in the capital; while in the rest of the country it does it in a range of 60%. In Montevideo, there are about 300,000 registered motorbikes. 18.1% of motorcyclists killed last year were between 15 and 19 years old.

 

The driver gives the example

The observation study includes use of the child restraint system, safety belt, daytime running lights, helmet, and the habit of talking on the cell phone at the wheel. Idalou said that it was determined that, if the driver wears a seatbelt, 88% of the companions imitate it; but if it does not, the figure drops to 9.7%. The research was carried out in 45 points of the country, during four consecutive days. More than 46,000 vehicles (26,475 cars and trucks and 19,590 motorcycles and mopeds) and 73,000 passengers were studied.

 

 

The reflective vest is already mandatory in France

Since the beginning of the year, all motorcyclists in France (also motorcycle tourists, take note) must necessarily drive with a reflective garment stored in some compartment of the motorcycle.

 

Seen the headline may panic, but blood does not reach the river. In France since January 1, 2016, it is compulsory to ride a motorcycle with a reflective vest stored, so that in case of emergency you can use it.

 

Three years ago, France was about to adopt a law by which all motorists were required to ride on the road with a reflective vest. Finally, the protests of thousands of bikers in the streets stopped the initiative, although the French government has now returned to touch this matter with an intermediate solution.

 

Since the beginning of the year all motorcyclists in France (also tourists on motorbike, take note) must necessarily drive with a reflective vest stored in a compartment of the motorcycle or wherever possible, to be used in case of stopping on the shoulder breakdown or other incident.

 

In case of non-compliance have already planned penalties, which are 11 Euros if the police detected that the biker has not kept this item, and that will rise to 135 Euros in case the rider is stopped without wearing the item that supposedly had saved. Now, there are many jackets, shirts, … that have some reflective band, but that is not enough, you have to wear an approved emergency vest, there are several types, with two bands, with crossed bands on the back, … and colors.

 

This measure will be a headache for all those motorcyclists with motorcycle models not specially adapted to carry belongings with them. In addition, according to the French Federation of Motorcyclists in Cholera (FFMC) does not solve the problem arising from not being visible until the biker does not put the item in question, something less simple than in case of wearing a safety garment under the seat in a car that one can be placed comfortably before leaving the cabin.

 

Keep Safety in the return to school

Minors in reflective vest who go to school on foot accompanied by an adult and cross the street by pedestrian crossings enabled for it. It is advisable to take advantage of the journey to inculcate the small basic road rules, such as crossing the street always with the green light or look both ways before starting the march. Children should not run, jump or play near the roadway and must be under the supervision of an adult at all times. Most likely children will always walk on the side of the sidewalk closest to the wall, away from curbs and pay special attention to the entrance and exits of parking lots and garages. At this point, remember that you should not walk between vehicles that are parked to avoid collisions.

 

By bus, car, motorcycle, or bike but always with safety when the road to school is made in a private vehicle, the first advice that Emergencies Andalucía offers to the public is the use of approved car seats that are appropriate to the age and weight of the vehicle. It is imperative that the adult check that the seat belts and anchors are correctly positioned. At this point, it should be remembered that minors who are less than 1.35 in height should always travel back. Only those who have reached the age of 18 or 135 centimeters in height may use the front seat, or when all the rear seats are occupied by child seats, if an approved chair suitable for the height / weight of the child is used. Children should not travel with reflective backpacks on their backs, as this can increase the risk to the child in the event of a collision.

 

The security in these cases starts in the garage or parking lot: adults must mount the children in the car, fasten the seat belt, and only afterwards, start the march since carrying out reverse maneuvers with the small ones around the vehicle increases the risk of being run over.

 

On the other hand, from Emergencies Andalucía there is an appeal to the parents and tutors who take the children in private cars to the school door: double-row parking and stops in unlicensed places that can cause traffic situations should be avoided danger for other drivers and pedestrians.

 

If instead, the choice is the motorcycle as a means of transport, it must be remembered that children under seven cannot travel by motorcycle, since that age, they can do so whenever they go with parents, guardians or a person appropriately authorized adult. In all cases, they are required to wear a helmet, a safety element that must be appropriate to their size and approved.