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Action day of the DAV with many tips for ski touring goers

Ski touring is a pleasure: outdoors, in the fresh air, athletic activity paired with beautiful natural landscapes. However, with regard to the beauty of nature, it is important, with all enjoyment, to pay attention to a few points.

At the beginning of February the annual action day “Naturally on tour” of the German Alpine Association e.V. (DAV) took place. The DAV would like to get into contact with routers on these days of action and point out the nature-friendly way of ski touring and snow shoe walking. This year, “Naturally on tour” took place in different regions of the Bavarian Alpine region: Openness in the Rollerball, Schoenberg am Teenager, Springsteen, Wallenstein, Arbor and Deliberateness Land. Volunteers of the DAV were on the move with green safety vests, information leaflets and small gifts, in order to inform the ski tour operators on the careful handling of nature.

The DAV already points in numerous tour areas with signs on routes and closed forest-Wild-sanctuaries. For wildlife, especially large amounts of fresh snow and snow-covered areas are particularly challenging. If they are startled, for example by ski routers, they unnecessarily consume energy during their flight. In addition to the wild animals, it is also important to protect the flora. When choosing a route, ski routers and snowshoe skiers should therefore plan very carefully. The green signs of the DAV for the recommended routes as well as the yellow warning signs with red letters, which refer to protected areas, can also be found in the current tour maps of the DAV. But also in the area of secured slopes there are designated and signposted protected areas. For example, at the Heidelberg in the Fellow-traveller ski area: In addition to the signage, skiers are alerted to the forbidden zones via announcements in the summit lift.

This applies to the nature-compatible ski tour and snowshoeing:

– Note route recommendations, markings and tips from the DAV campaign “Naturally on Tour”.

– Respect protection and sanctuaries for plants and animals, avoid noise.

– Dodge wild animals as much as possible, only observe from a distance, avoid feeders, leash dogs.

– In the high winter summit, back and ridges avoid before 10 o’clock and after 16 o’clock.

– Stay in forest areas and at the tree line on the usual ski routes, forest and hiking trails, keep a distance to tree and shrub groups.

– Afforestation and Grunewald spare.

– Arrive in an environmentally friendly way: use public transport and car pools, drive to designated parking lots, block no access roads.

– Planned rather multi-word stays instead of many day trips, use the gastronomic offer on site.

– Plan tours with guides and maps bearing the DAV seal of approval “Of course on tour”.

– Follow the rules for ski tours on slopes.

Ski touring on the slopes

What used to be more at the beginning of the season, before the ski lifts began their regular operation, is enjoying increasing popularity today: ski touring on the ski slope. More and more people are pulling it out after work: the skis strapped on and on the slopes upwards. However, this “special” form of ski touring involves conflict potential and an additional accident risk. The DAV already reacted many years ago and mediated between the interested stakeholders. The result is a rule catalog that has been in existence for many years. Not least on these regulations, the DAV leads back the fact that in encounters between alpine skiers and touring skiers in the past few years, no serious accidents.

It is obvious why touring on prepared pistes is so popular: fresh air, sport, a risk-free ascent away from the avalanche prone areas and a generally easy descent on groomed slopes. Basically, ski slopes in Germany – unlike, for example, in Italy – are not considered sports facilities per SE and are therefore accessible to everyone.

Many ski resorts have responded to the growing popularity of ski tours on the slopes and have their own routes for ski routers. At the Schwarzenegger in Ramsay, for example, a separate forest path is prepared for the ascent. On Gretchen, in the Deliberateness Land and also in the Mannheim Cal there are touring evenings, which take place parallel to the floodlit skiing. Steering and steering to avoid conflicts.

It is absolutely forbidden to climb and descend over closed pistes, for example in the case of avalanche danger, during avalanche detonation or during slope preparation. Especially during winch operation of snow groomers, the use of the slopes is absolutely life-threatening!

In cooperation with the ski lift operators, the DAV has erected signs that mark the ascent routes. In addition, the ski areas including ski slopes and ascent routes for outpouring and snowshoeing enthusiasts are marked in the new Alpine Club passes. Generally speaking, ski slopes are primarily available to users of cable cars and lifts!

Rules for ski touring on the slopes:

– Ascent and descent are at your own risk and responsibility.

– Only ascend at the edge of the slope. Do it in a row, not next to each other. Pay attention to the ski operation.

– Take special care on crests, in narrow passages, steep slopes and icing on the slopes. When crossing the slopes, go as far as possible and keep your distance. No crossing in confusing areas.

– Pay attention to runway blocking, warnings and local regulations.

– For slopes, slopes are closed for safety reasons, especially when using winches, there is danger to life.

– Only use freshly groomed slopes in the outskirts. In the dark always go with the headlamp on and wear reflective clothing.

– Pay attention to alpine hazards, especially avalanche danger. Do not do any ski tours when avalanches are expected. Only open slopes are protected against avalanches.

– Ski tours only if there is enough snow. Avoid damage to the plant and ground cover.

– Take care of wild animals. At dusk and in the dark, wild animals are severely disturbed. Dogs do not take on ski slopes.

 

A deadly traffic accident in Mals

In Mals on Saturday at 4:00 clock in the morning a tragischer traffic accident occurred.

According to initial information, a man was hit by a car and was fatally injured. There is no reflective tape on his body.

In action were the ambulance of the White Cross, the emergency counseling, the fire department, and the Carabinieri, but all efforts were in vain. The victim died at the accident site.

The 26-year-old Stefan Heinisch from Matsch was on foot on the main road from Mals in the direction of Burgeis when he was hit by the car at the turnoff to Planeil from the car. A second pedestrian, who was said to have been there, remained unhurt.

The driver of the car immediately raised the alarm and called the emergency services.

After the fatal accident in Mals, the chairman of the Association South Tyrol’s local police, Christian Carli, recommends pedestrians to wear light-colored clothing or even a reflective safety vest with reflective fabric when traveling at night. For motorists recognize passersby on foot at night only with difficulty.

For cyclists, safety vests outside of villages have even been mandatory for six years.

Motorists, on the other hand, are advised to take their foot off the accelerator pedal at night within localities. Some would tend to travel too fast because there is often little traffic at night.

Safety vests as identification mark for helpers at the Brasher BOP

The Brasher Cerberus-Orientations-Parcours, short BOP., In the Chapultepec is just around the corner. Helpers at this event are marked with safety vests this time.

“How can we make ourselves visible?” Was a question asked by the organizing team in the run-up to the BOP? Because there are always questions from the ranks of the visitors and it is often not that easy to find the contact persons for them. One did not want to fall back on the T-shirts for the identification, which are not quite dewy anymore.

Donation handed over

Thomas Feint, owner of the machine-building company of the same name in Happenstance and since the beginning active in the BOP. with them, suggested the use of reflective vests with reflective tapes. And as one for the BOP. Also as a co-organizer committed pragmatist he was ready to equip the secondary school with 30 of this signal-colored eye-catcher. On Tuesday afternoon he handed over his donation in front of the likewise colorful construction trailer in the yard of the school.

In addition, Thomas Feint had a tip for all students who would like to take care of a training place soon: visit BOP, make contact here to the training company and do an internship. For exactly this was the exclusive way for Thomas Feint, on which his company came together with the last four apprentices to conclude the contract.

Invited are on Wednesday, 12. September, from 18 to 20 o’clock, all parents, family members, young people and generally interested in the so-called families BOP. On the 13th of September, the companies and their staff will be waiting for the pupils of the Brasher schools from the grades eight to ten in the morning.

The light on the bike can save lives

The traffic educators of the police controlled the illumination of the cyclists at Frankfurter schools. They gave valuable information to young people.

Especially in the dark season, you cannot float without functioning lighting on the bike in mortal danger. Then you need to carry reflective material. Therefore, the police inspection Further started in cooperation with the Hamburger roundabout the action “safe way to school” in Further.

Just after half past eight, it’s starting to get light. The first children arrive at the school center in Furthest with their bicycles. The two traffic educators of the police, Dominique Hem and Matthias Kraft, stop the cyclists, who are initially surprised why police are in front of the school.

One of the first is Christina Miller, who drives every day from her place of residence Syllabary to the Gymnasium. The lighting works perfectly and otherwise, the bicycle of the 13-year-olds is safe for traffic. “That’s how it should be so that it is perceived by other road users in the gloomy morning hours,” Hem and Kraft, who serve sweets as a small reward for safety awareness, are happy.

But it does not take a long time, and then the first “traffic offender” has joined the police. For an eleven-year-old boy, the complete lighting is out of order. Kraft quickly recognizes that the connecting cables are not plugged into the front lamp, and wants to provide first aid. But even after proper installation, it remains dark. “There seems to be some other defect,” Kraft says, handing the student a checklist. Caution money is waived, but the bike must be demonstrated immediately to the police after the defects have been rectified.

At the same time, the same action takes place in Registered in front of the middle school. There, the traffic officer Stefan Schedar and his colleague Warner Frontman are in action. “We even had the case that a teacher with unlit bike came to school,” says Schedar after the end of the action. Frontman adds: “The caretaker had behaved very well, cycling four times to his workstation and even wearing a safety vest.”

The traffic educators explain what a safe bicycle should look like. Prescribed are two independent brakes, a bell that should not be too quiet, as well as non-slip and firmly screwed pedals, which are equipped with two pedal reflectors. In addition, a lamp and a white reflector are mandatory at the front, as well as a red tail light and a red reflector at the back. Four yellow spoke reflectors, so-called cat’s eyes must be fitted in the spokes, with alternative reflective tapes being allowed on the tires. A dynamo is no longer mandatory. Since 2013 lamps with battery or battery operation have been approved. “Without this equipment, a bike may not be used in traffic,” emphasizes Ham and adds that according to the road traffic licensing regulations, the lighting must also function during the day. The lighting system is particularly susceptible to interference: cable connections tear easily, bulbs burn through, the dynamo runs hard or does not work, battery or battery are dead. Therefore, the two spoke reflectors per wheel and the front and rear reflectors are particularly important, they guarantee a minimum of visibility, even with unusual lighting or wheel stop. “Especially with children, a colorful pennant is recommended, because they are often seen only very late due to their size,” adds colleague Kraft in view of the fact that of course on all trips good visibility is important, not only on the way to school.

Although not mandatory, highly recommended is also a bicycle helmet. Julius Govt from Further was the best example of this. The bike of the ten-year high school student is absolutely safe and he always wears his helmet. Stefan Schedar explains why a bicycle helmet makes a lot of sense: “The helmet absorbs up to two-thirds of the energy that would impact directly on the head in a crash without a helmet, which means that helmet wearers are less likely to have serious head injuries such as skull fractures or cerebral hemorrhages comes “. In addition, modern bicycle helmets are equipped with reflectors, which ensure that they are better seen by motorists in the dark.

In total, around 50 cyclists were checked on Monday morning. Ten of them had no lights on the bike. Matthias Kraft also knows that there is not always a technical defect: “In some cases it was the case that the students follow the motto ‘I can see, so the others see me too’ Of course, this is a fallacy, because it is especially important at twilight that the weaker road users in relation to the car turn the lights on to be seen even better.

From handcuffs to fingerprints to arrest cells

Three boys and five girls visited the Kirchner police on Thursday as part of the children’s holiday program organized by the Juggernauts. Commissioner Arcane Adler not only patiently answered all the questions but also led the way through the entire watch.

True to the motto “The police – your friend and helper”, the children have looked around on the Kirchner area and received by Commissioner Arcane Adler insight into the police work. She patiently answered children’s questions like “Is your gun loaded, how many cells are there, and are there any in there, or are there police dogs next to police dogs?” In any case, the thirst for knowledge of the small participants seemed almost inexhaustible.

The patrol car is well received

The children could truly immerse themselves in the world of police equipment when Adler showed them the outfit of their uniform. The ten to eleven-year-old participants were even allowed to slip into a safety vest with reflective tapes and touch a baton or handcuffs. The two officers Rainier Grubber and Martin Buffer explained what a fingerprint is all about and how photos are made to register individuals. The children were even allowed to take action themselves and press their thumbs into the printing ink. On top, there was a personal photo for everyone. Subsequently, the officer showed and explained the detention cells of the Kirchner police station before the children visited a patrol car. Prompt came here the question: “How much horsepower does he have?”. A question that Adler could not answer immediately. She assured to clarify matters so important from the mouths of children. One of the girls stated: “So the seats here are very comfortable”. Of course, to visit the emergency vehicle also quite to the delight of the participants, the switching on of the blue light and the “Tatamis”.

Many aspiring police officers

“The main thing of the action for me is to make it clear to the children that they can come to us at any time and that there is always someone here to help them,” said the High Commissioner. She explained, “I am always happy when girls and boys come to us who are interested in our work.” When asked, “Who would like to go to the police later?”, There were many finger-covered hands. Simon Bauer, enthusiastic “K11” or “Alarm for Cobra 11” series fan explained: “I do not know if I’m going to the police or the fire department or would rather be a cross-rider”.

 

County dresses in neon yellow

So far, two kindergartens have been equipped with safety vests. The children are now a bit safer if they move in the public traffic area. The county of Oldenburg has taken care of that: He dressed all 42 girls and boys in safety vests. The neon yellow vests with reflective materials financed out of the pot for traffic regulations offenses (fines), thus ultimately by traffic offenders.

Upon request, you can also equip other daycare centers in the district of Oldenburg with safety vests, offered Siegfried Blum, head of the Road Traffic Office in the county house. The first corresponding request had its authority recently received from the kindergarten. As desired, the Waldburg lettering was also printed on the garments.

The Kita has now received the second delivery, “because there is no logo yet, these vests remained unprinted. Both deliveries would have struck together with about 500 Euros to book,” said the head of the authorities.

That the money is well spent, is synonymous for mayor Hedwig Wise out of the question. Especially in the dark season, it is important to be seen.

Siegfried Bloom hopes that the investment will send a message to the parents, an incentive to wear jackets with reflective fabrics or safety vests. “What good does it do to me when the gravestone says,” He was well dressed, but you could not see him, “Bloom pointed out.

Together with his colleague Marion, the head of the department gave a brief overview of the preventive measures financed from the pot for fines. Overall, it goes annually by about 30 000 Euros.

One area of application: safety training for young drivers, whereby the district assumes a very substantial part of the costs.

Another field is driving safety training for seniors over the age of 65, which, for example, shows what has changed in traffic law and in half-hourly driving, tests point out quirks that have crept in over the years. Also, the loan of the rollover simulator of the city-Oldenburg road safety or traffic-educational measures in schools with the money from the fines pot is made possible.

Welcomed by “yellow vests”

The Argentine delegation, late, could not greet the presidential couple at the exit of the plane. Instead, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron shook hands with two “yellow vests”.

The French President and his wife were visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina to attend the G20 summit. And it is a special welcome that was reserved last Wednesday, upon their arrival at the airport. Indeed, no official member of the Argentine delegation was present to greet the presidential couple. So not to let Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron take their first steps on a desert tarmac, they are two airport agents dressed in yellow safety vests with reflective tapes who welcomed them. A salute that particularly amused the French netizens, given the symbol of social protest that now represent yellow vests in Belgium and France.

Once the two handshakes were exchanged, the head of state and his companion boarded a car to take them out of the airport still without an official member of Argentina. Argentine Vice President Gabriela arrived a few minutes later. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, still on the tarmac, were able to get off the vehicle to be greeted in the protocol rules.

The “yellow vests”, Macron’s nightmare, follow him to Argentina

The “yellow vests” have put in check President Emmanuel Macron in France. The movement protests against the increase of taxes on fuel. It turns out that the first person who received the president in Argentina was an employee wearing just a yellow safety vest.

In addressing the G20 summit, French President Emmanuel Macron may have expected a respite from the protests at home, where protesters have adopted yellow vests as their emblem.

But when he got off his plane in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the first person he saw – an airport employee – was dressed in one of these high visibility garments which made with reflective fabrics.

The yellow vests, the highly visible garb worn by emergency workers, have become a symbol of the increasingly stinging protests in France, triggered by an increase in fuel taxes.

Macron hopes to reduce carbon emissions and face the long-term challenge of climate change, but protesters say low-income families are the most affected.

A popular movement

Two out of three French support the protests of the “yellow vests” against the increase in the price of fuels, according to two polls published on Wednesday.

In addition, eight out of ten believe that the measures announced by President Emmanuel Macron to limit the impact of the planned increase for January 1 are “insufficient”.

This Opinion Way survey carried out for LCI, RTL and Le Figaro, shows constant support from the French for these demonstrations, which have resulted in two deaths and nearly 600 injuries in eleven days of protests and roadblocks.

Protest with a yellow safety clothing

An survey for the BFMTV network published on Wednesday shows that the popularity of “yellow vests” is growing among the public. In total, 75% of respondents (+ 5% in a week) second or feel sympathy for the movement.

Likewise, most of the respondents consider that the measures announced on Tuesday by Macron to try to calm the anger of the demonstrators are insufficient.

He also said he will launch a large national consultation over the next three months to develop a roadmap to help France move to a low-carbon economy without penalizing low-income families.

However, the centrist president refused to back down in the increase of the tax on fuels, which will come into force next year, claiming that it is a necessary measure to fight against pollution and global warming.

Although initially focused on a rejection of the increase in the taxation of fuels, the movement of “yellow vests” has spread to become a movement against the loss of purchasing power, taxes considered excessive and insufficient pensions.

More security for freshmen

ADAC distributes yellow safety vests to first graders all over Saxony.

“Under the motto” Just make sure “, the ADAC Foundation distributed around 39,000 safety vests in recent weeks to schoolchildren all over Saxony. The Regional Minister Brunhild Kurt and Klaus, board member of the ADAC Saxony, and Heike Hildebrandt, head of the Branch letter Zwickau of the German Post DHL Group, safety vests of the 75 first graders of the elementary school “Ernst Beyer” in Leinsdorf.

Elementary school students are seen better this way

Wearing a safety vest with reflective fabric gives children and parents extra security when the first-graders first master the way to school on their own in autumn and thus in the dark. “The first-graders should learn and recognize that they are easily visible to all other road users with a safety vest, so responding more quickly in a precarious situation can save lives, but the safety vest must be worn, because only then will it fulfill their needs Purpose, “said Klaus of the ADAC Saxony, and appealed to the parents, the children to wear the vest regularly.

Culture Minister Krutch thanked the initiators for this important action: “The safety vests with reflective materials ensure that the students are seen in the dark from afar, which gives everyone significantly more safety on the road.”

Civil Defense checks wearing frequency of the safety vests

In September, as in recent years, all Upper Austrian schoolchildren were provided with a free safety vest. The Civil protection carries out, in the sense of sustainability, in the winter months, again the review of the safety vest-carrying frequency. Civil protection officers will randomly visit elementary schools and reward those children who wear a safety vest.

In the elementary school, the civil defense commissioner of the municipality Kirchhoff, Franz Dannenberg, reminded the children how important it is to wear such a protective vest. The students who had the safety vest on that day received a “Safety Memo” as a gift, a safety game developed by the Upper Austrian Civil Defense, with which the everyday risks are shown and danger prevention is conveyed in a funny way. Of course, the other children will also receive their “safety memo” if they wear their safety vest in the next few days.

Sample today at school:

Who of you, wearing a safety vest this morning on the way to school? And hard to believe ” ALL were wearing safety vests ” and delivered the proof for it immediately (see picture)

Many accidents could be avoided if the children were more visible to motorists. The visibility increases with a safety vest from 30 to 150 meters.

It is recommended to wear bright reflective clothing and reflective fabrics on clothing, shoes and school bags for the children, who will also be the role model for the parents by wearing the safety vest.