Tag: reflective vests

Walker does not have a chance in a car crash

Taking dark clothing in November with no reflective material and going out on the roadside, on the road, can be a gambling with life. Has the new duty of wearing reflective elements helped reduce the number of pedestrian and car crashes, which usually ends tragically?

 

“The duty to wear reflective elements on clothing is valid from mid February this year. People seem to be observing and observing the law, “said Martin from the Malta Transport Inspectorate of the Police of the Czech Republic.

 

He pointed out that, while last year, forty-five accidents were caused by under-lighting for pedestrians, this year’s police have recorded forty cases of vehicle drivers not being able to avoid traffic on time. He reminded everyone of the recent accident that did not go unheeded.

 

“In the evening, the car driver overlooked a pedestrian who was on the D10 motorway in the section of the reconstructed Bride Bridge and did not wear reflective vests. He was also under the influence of alcohol, “said Martin. According to him, the most risky season is coming in the autumn, the place, and then the crossing behind the roundabout. Pedestrians should pay attention to where and how they are going.

 

“It is important for the driver to make eye contact, so he registers that you are going to pass,” advised police spokesperson Lucie Novak, saying that reflective tapes should be worn on the part of the body you are facing towards the center of the road.

Wearing reflective vests: zero tolerance in the evening

For the past week, members of the Traffic Enforcement Squad have been conducting a zero-tolerance campaign against motorcyclists who do not wear reflective vests during the evening.

 

The police use the strong way against motorcyclists who do not wear reflective vests at night. In recent days, elements assigned to the Traffic Branch and the Traffic Enforcement Squad is present at various points of the country after dark. Their duties include “severely sanctioning” motorcyclists for non-wearing reflective vest, driving without lights, or without proper lanterns, or defective.

 

A senior police officer close to the file explains, “This long-term operation aims to make motorcyclists aware of the importance of wearing reflective vests during the evening. There are many serious accidents involving motorcycles that occur during the night and this is due to the lack of visibility of motorcyclists. The latter often tend not to wear reflective safety vests as required by law.

 

At the police press cell, Inspector Shiva confirms the implementation of the zero tolerance operation. He states that a list of the areas where the police will be present has already been drawn up. The targeted regions are Port Louis, Cassville, Flick and various northern regions, according to overlap.

 

“Two-wheelers are reckless and sometimes tend to underestimate the risks when they hit the road. Any collision involving motorcycles can be fatal. The idea behind the repression is to remember that the wearing of the vest is primarily important for the safety of the motorcyclist, “says Barley, author of the Complete Driver’s Guide.

 

Daniel Raymond, a special advisor on road safety at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, points out that “repression is the most direct way of tackling the non-wearing of reflective vests by some motorcyclists. Wearing a vest has no social or economic constraint. It is just a question of road safety. Currently, the road looks like a jungle because each user does what he wants. For now, we must use the strong method because we do not have much choice. It will be a long-term plan.”

 

Reflective vests and safety features equipped for schoolchildren

For the ninth time, full-round containers from the Gambia travel from Ostrava. Together with them, Africa has a large number of spare parts, including reflective vests and safety features for schoolchildren, as there is no rule in the country.

 

People from the Kola for Africa are heading to the black continent as well. Bicycles submitted will then sort out and hand over selected Gambian schools. He also instructs on-site mechanics to hand over service tools. Three employees and volunteers were gathered while loading two containers. “They were people from the Bicycles for Africa, Moment – a charity second hand and New Chance, where we live and where people are helped by the punishment. The Ostrava Educational Institute and two players of the women’s floor ball team helped us,” coordinator Radar specified.

 

He handled a snake by hand. “One by one, the wheels have to come out of the room full of up the stairs through the stairs into the container and put the wheels next to each other. In addition, 100 banana boxes of spare parts had to be used. Even in frosty weather we did it in four hours,” Radar said. “From here, we are already transporting to our warehouse in Gambia, where they are divided into Gambian schools. 100 pieces for each. Containers sail thirty-three days we pick them up personally in the harbor. In the month after the containers are dispatched, we are talking about a mission to the Gambia. They pick up bicycles, store, categorize, train the school management and school mechanics, and hand them over. Let us go in May, “the coordinator in reflective clothing said.

 

The stories of the bikes and their donors sometimes shoot

Wheels in the organization are received from anonymous donors. They can hand them over to collection points, which are about five dozen across the country. “The most active is probably the southern Moravia, then large disposable collections, last year in Pilsner and Liberec Zoo. Ostrava is average in number of rounds. For some donors we also know the story of the round. They sent us a bike from Little Lose nice in the Highlands, which were donated by a young aunt, who built it in 2013, was driving for a while, but died in a car accident. If we know the story, we try to watch and photograph the donor while loading, “she said.

 

Wheels repair convictions in Prison. “This is a prison program, prisoners are repaired voluntarily, and it’s the way to fix them for zero costs and often smart hands. We must have technical supervision in the prison so that the wheels meet what we expect from them, they have to get fit, adjust, lubricate, equip new souls, mantle and remodel, without derailleur they have a longer life and Gambia is everywhere,” Radar explained.

 

Wheels for Africa are a matter of cooperation between a number of donors and volunteers in yellow vest. “We cannot get around without logistics, transport partners and the Fire Brigade of the Czech Republic is helping us a lot. Without them, we would not get wheels from the collection points to the warehouse in Ostrava, from the warehouse to the prison and back. We do not even have a van, let alone a truck. We provide this service for free,” Radar said.

 

 

You have to change it for reflective vest

Updated: The Minister for Transport has specified how things are related to reflective vests. “The protective features of vests that conform to the earlier European Standard EN 471 are safe and meet the technical requirements. I would therefore like to reassure the drivers that they do not have to throw away the vests they bought earlier and buy new ones. It is true that the vest, which is part of the mandatory equipment, must comply with the European Standard (EN 471 or EN ISO 20471). However, no prescription shows that older vests meeting this norm are not right and people can not use them, “Transport Minister Dan wrote in his statement.

 

Usually, yogurt, meat, bananas will spoil, and perhaps the expiration time would be understood in the mandatory first-aid kit. But at the reflective safety vest? The European Union and therefore the Ministry of Transport do not like the reflex vests of Czech motorists reflecting, so you will have to replace those existing ones with some more reflective ones. The new standard, which is referred to as reflective vests, has been in force since January this year, said News. This is the application of the European directives governing the designation of products intended for the mandatory fitting of a vehicle.

 

The new standard is labeled EN ISO 20471: 2013 and the so-called Notification Person and its four-digit identification number must be included on the reflective vest. Old vests according to ČSN EN 471 or EN 20471 can not be used as part of mandatory vehicle equipment. The question is how much the police officers will rely on reflective yellow vests for inspections. However, this could be a crucial element if they can not find any violation of the law when thoroughly scrutinized. You know, the comma must be filled.

 

Are you threatened with bad reflective jacket

Up to 90 percent of reflective vests for motorists sold on our market do not meet European standards. These, for example, indicate how much reflective elements on the vests must reflect the light, and what dimensions such elements must at least have. Motorists can get a fine of up to 2,000 crowns, but more importantly, in case of road problems you will be much less visible in such a vest.

 

However, according to the Minister of Transport, Dana, it is not necessary to change the current vests, because the new standard only applies to newly manufactured products. Only drivers who do not find any label or certification on the jacket should change it.

 

If they have a certified vest in the car, they can be quiet. It is more about looking good at purchasing a new vest, which we can change for example as lost or damaged. Some technical inspection stations, however, do not give technical advice to drivers if the vest is not in accordance with the latest standards. At first glance, you do not know both jackets, but the analyzes made by one of the distributors show great differences. The uncertified one usually has a reflective surface area smaller than the standard, and most of the light reflects at least.

 

“The biggest impact this has on the final consumer, the motorist, is not so visible,” said one of the distributors Michal. Distributor estimates that vests that do not meet valid standards are up to 90 percent. Of course, they are also making money here. A vest that has not passed a compulsory certification in a test room is cheaper, up to 40%.

 

The problem is that when the product enters the market, the state is not supposed to intervene. The manufacturer himself sends a batch of vest for testing, and if he passes, he gets the certification with which he then sells the safety vest. According to ÚAMK’s assistant service, it is up to him to make the series honestly or if some vests are cheated. Control is only possible when the vests are on the market. However, now when shortcomings occur, the guilty may face up to a million fines.

 

Warning vests that do not give the warning to other drivers do not, according to the Ministry of Transport in the car, what to do. “If the product does not comply with the mandatory safety requirements and still claims that it may be obligatory, then it would be deceiving the customer,” Tomas Nevoid, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, told TV Nova. For a deceptive advertisement, a fine of up to 5 million crowns may be imposed.

 

Moreover, if the vest does not have the right reflective elements, it is dangerous and the manufacturer has to download it. Knowing the safety eyewitness with the naked eye is complex; people are relying on labels as well as information that the vest is intended for mandatory equipment. Even if you have the right vest in the Czech Republic, you can still get a fine abroad. “There is one possible collision, and that is the green color used by German police for their vests,” IAM spokesperson explained.

 

In addition, another hitch is in the number of vest. In the Czech Republic, the law prescribes the vest one, in France, Italy, Hungary or, in Croatia, it is mandatory for all passengers. Fines for missing vests go up to thousands of crowns. Although in the Czech Republic the high visibility vest is only one mandatory, if you get out of the car on the road in low visibility, you have to have reflective elements, at that moment the law is for you as a pedestrian.

 

War between taxi drivers at the airport

Taxi drivers from the corporation that operates the airport declared war on the non-attached. They defended by reflective vests with the “recommendation” of the airport.

 

Taxi Corporation City plus Neptune Taxi for ten years leases from the airport two of three coves for taxis, including one adjacent to the terminal. The third, one hundred meters away from it is intended for taxi drivers of other corporations and so-called non-members. In addition, everything would be okay, if not for years of conflict between affiliated and non-attached taxi drivers.

 

The conflict between taxi drivers has been growing for years, but escalated when the number of taxi drivers outside the corporation began to grow rapidly. In addition, the number of customers is using City plus Neptune to decrease.

– During the day, approximately 100 to 140 of our taxis arrive to the terminal. When there were six, maybe seven, few years ago, there were no problems. Now there are more than 20 of them, and the methods they use to get customers are as much controversial as they are effective. We must sometimes stand for a few hours to enter the first place, and they enter the hall and accost people – says Wildman in yellow vest, one of the corporate taxi drivers.

 

“Methods” means a first soliciting customer at the terminal, which is theoretically forbidden at the airport. – In addition, there are insults, punishments, such as threatening to burn a car. Whenever this happens, our taxi drivers make reports. I have more and more of them. In the end, they will go to the police – says lesser, president of the CNP. That is why a week ago, “official” taxi drivers have put on a vest with information that they are a corporation recommended by the airport.

 

In addition, we have allowed them to enter the terminal area, where they are visible to passengers. The terminal has plates with information in Polish, English and German, that it is a trustworthy and recommended by us company. I think that we are on the right track to resolve this conflict – says Mare Karaka, head of the terminal. We were unable to contact any of the taxi drivers in reflective uniform outside the corporation, although we waited for them about an hour and a half.

First graders know how to stay safe on the road

September 29 students from the first grades of Primary School No. 4 Nicolas Copernicus participated in the “Safe Way to School” campaign. Police officers in safety vest carried out a well-organized action.

 

During the meeting, the first graders had the opportunity to check and broaden their knowledge of traffic regulations. The students were eager to answer the questions asked and listened to the lectures of police officers with interest. Everyone received reflective bands and promised to wear them always with them, especially during the evening autumn walks.

 

The police officers made the students a huge surprise bringing with them a large, mascot-like – POLMISIA. The children were very pleased with the presence of the mascot, who along with them set off to the streets. The students together with the police officers checked the acquired knowledge in practice. Dressed in reflective vests, they passed the belts using the current traffic rules.

 

The first graders also arrived, where they were greeted by the Mayor, presented with sweets and wishes for a safe road to school.

Instead of a mandate – a reflective vest

In the un-built area before dawn, with very bad road conditions, they moved without lighting or reflective elements. Exceptionally due to new regulations, they did not receive a mandate from police officers, and for the improvement of visibility and safety, reflective vests. Let us take care of your safety. Any reflective element or vest can not only save your health but often also life.

 

Police from the road near Krakow and Rigor before dawn with very bad road conditions, dense fog, revealed unprotected road users in the area, who moved without any reflective material.

Two women detained in connection with the offense revealed to police officers that they did not know about the new regulations requiring pedestrians on the way outside the built-up area to use retro-reflective elements placed in a visible place. The man, on the other hand, said he had forgotten to take the reflection from home and forgot to turn on the lighting in his bike.

 

Exceptionally, unprotected participants of the traffic did not receive tickets from the police officers and after receiving the instructions, they received reflective vests. Police officers received reflective elements as part of the campaign “Be visible – be safe!”

 

Reflectors and safety vests for toddlers

For the sake of the life and health of the youngest inhabitants of the Kielce district, the Kielce began on Wednesday 6 December in the City and Community of Moravia with a reflective educational campaign during which the podia self-government will transmit to the first of the county schools 2,000 safety vests within a few days.

 

In this year’s edition of the Safe program, the Kielce podia took first place and won the award. – The Chapter appreciated the preventive undertakings carried out by the podia, covering activities in the area of road traffic and safety in public places. We have allocated the prize of PLN 15,000 for the purchase of vests and reflective braces. In autumn and winter the pedestrians who bear the most tragic consequences of accidents – says the Kielce.

 

Vests that improve safety will be given to first graders from primary schools located throughout the Kielce. In total, 2,000 of them were purchased and will be sent to students from 122 schools. On the first day of the action, the Kielce tsarist was present in three schools in the City and Commune – at the Primary School, at the Primary School named after Kernel in Moravia and at the School Complex in Breezing. – The aim of the “Safe” campaign is primarily to improve the safety of the youngest road users – said the tsarist. – Together with the police commander, we try to make the inhabitants aware that security is a priority issue.

 

During the action of the Kielce eldership in each school, there were police officers who brought children closer to the role of pedestrians in road traffic. The security lesson was conducted by police officers from the Traffic Department of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kielce: senior sergeant Joanna and Sergeant. Officers reminded how pedestrians should behave while moving on the road, what should be done before we cross the pedestrian crossing and what influence on our safety is the use of reflective elements. From an early age, it is worth emphasizing the importance of visibility on the road. Remember that a pedestrian dressed in a dark outfit is seen by the driver of the vehicle from a distance of about 30 meters. The pedestrian, wearing reflective elements, becomes visible even from a distance of 150 meters – said Joanna.

 

The action of the Kielce eldership and the police met with an extremely positive reaction of the youngest. The first girls were very satisfied with the prepared attractions. As they said, they learned to move safely along the way and wear reflective vests. The meeting in Moravia was also attended by the First Deputy Commander of the Provincial Police in Kielce, Inspector, and Deputy Commander of the Municipal Police in Kielce. I really want these reflective children to wear; I want you to be safe – appealed commander Arturo. The organizer of the campaign is the Kielce County Board together with the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kielce. Reflective Vests – bear the county logo; will be handed over by all members of the District Board in Kielce for first grade children on 6-13 December 2017.

 

 

Firefighters gave students their reflective vests

Firefighters gave students their reflective vests. Dressing them during evening exits will improve security. Students from the Primary School in Plenary visited the drums from the local unit of the Volunteer Fire Brigade.

 

In a festive gift, they brought reflective vests for all pupils and children from the kindergarten. Preschoolers received safety vests with a smiling face, and other students with the OSP Plenary logo. OSP vice president Macaw Krupp urged children not to forget about wearing vests because they can save health and even life when going out in the evenings on busy streets.

 

It is worth introducing a fashion for wearing reflective waistcoats, and adults should pay special attention to children’s safety on the road and shine the example themselves – say the Dramas.