Month: June 2017

Reflective vest is necessary when visibility reduced

On the A2 Bucharest highway, road traffic takes place in dense fog between Drina and Feet, visibility being less than 50 meters below this time. Police advise drivers to wear safety vest to enhance visibility for safety.

 

On the A1 motorway – Arad belt road, road traffic is under fog. Between 530 and 584 kilometers, visibility is between 50 and 80 meters.

The same phenomenon is also a problem on the A3 Bucharest – Ploiesti highway, here the visibility is between kilometers 14 and 68 under 150 meters. The reflective material is necessary for drivers to keep safety on road.

 

In addition to the usual rules on foggy traffic, some motorway recommendations should also be considered: Follow the indications displayed on the electronic panels, first of all those related to speed!

 

Increase driving distance!

Do not stop on the traffic lanes and on the emergency lane! In case of a feather or technical failure, switch on the hazard warning lights, fit the reflective vest, remove the passengers from the car outside the carriageway and place the reflective triangles one after the other at greater distances! You can also request support from the Highway Police through the Single National Emergency Call System 112.

Not only safety vest but also periodic inspections

You or not allowed to extend beyond next periodic inspections? Take or not take the ITP without medical kit and fire extinguisher?

 

Many drivers in safety vest forget that every two years must pass a workshop ITP and make periodic technical inspection. The law says NO You cannot exceed the period of validity of maximum 15 days (you will find on the Internet you have this grace period – totally wrong). If you exceeded that passed sticker on the bead, you’ll get a fine between 1,125 and 2,500 lei (pay only half 48h) plus bead suspension. Then you have to make the machine control to RAR to get your ITP and regain the coupon Police. So better avoid complications and losses and look on the back heel to see when you periodic technical inspection. Stamp and signature is written on a sticker.

 

A PTI today costs between 80 and up to 150 lei and takes less than half an hour. It is also about any irregular things that can be repaired or not occur in service. You should know that you have an obligation to go clean car with wheels inflated according to the manufacturer and it is not compulsory to have two warning triangles, medical kit and fire extinguisher. You cannot go into service without bead, owner passport and identity card of the car. Instead bead is accepted proof of its replacement. If you cannot fix things in place, you for 30 days to return to “take your” ITP’s. Here and operations are periodic technical inspection. The safety is not only the reflective vest and first aid equipment, but also need to periodic inspections.

Reflective material accessories for car

To be driven on public roads, every vehicle must be equipped with first aid medical kit, two triangles, a safety vest and a fire extinguisher, according to the Highway Code, Article 8.

Drivers who do not comply with these rules may be punished with a fine grade II, 4 or 5 points. A point penalty is 10 percent of the minimum wage. Thus, with the gross national minimum wage to 1,050 lei will increase proportionately and fine point, from 97.5 lei to 105 lei.

 

First aid kit

Ministerial Order 987 of 2007 says that the packaging Car Kits should ensure proper sealing to protect the contents against dust, moisture, fuels and oils, through a firm closure. Also, be sized appropriately for storage and ensuring the integrity of the content components Car Kits.

 

First aid kit contents:

Plumbing tools

A pair of scissors with two blunt tips, with cutting blades for thick cloth type fabric of at least

An intermediate device for mouth-to-mouth way valve or filter

Sanitary materials

A roller bandage

At least four pieces of dressing quickly (patch)

At least five packs of 25 pieces of sterile gauze compresses

Gauze bud – minimum two pieces for each of the dimensions of 5 cm x 10 cm x 4 m and 4 m

Two pieces of bandage deformable (size, must have two sides at least 80 cm)

At least two pieces of different sizes sterile dressing adsorbent

An elastic bandage

Two pairs of disposable gloves (or latex can be made of polyethylene). What car kit should contain first aid: other materials?

At least six safety pins

Minimum foil isothermal survival

A first aid instruction booklet, authorized by the Ministry of Health

List all should contain first aid kit

 

Reflective Triangles

Highway Code says that you are obliged to have two such products approved in the car when driving on public roads.

 

A triangle can be recognized by internationally certified approval mark, represented by the letter E and the code of the country which has granted approval surrounded by a circle and an identification number.

 

Fire extinguishers

Fire extinguisher that you are obliged to have in the car must be under warranty and have engraved shelf. Their prices start at 21 lei and minimum shelf life is 24 months.

 

Reflective vest

While not a mandatory element, it is recommended to have a reflective vest in the car, if you make a repair to the car on a roadside speed.

Equip yourself with reflective vest on snow day

National Company of Administration of Road Infrastructure (CNAIR) brought to attention that the National Meteorology Administration issued for the period November 12, 16:00 – November 13, 22:00 yellow code meteorological information. All drivers need to wear safety vest to keep visibility and safety.

 

It provided heavy large area and from the second of the night from Saturday to Sunday (12/13 November) and during the day of Sunday, November 13th, rains has turned to sleet and snow in the north, northeast center and passes west.

Also, the wind was temporary intensification in all regions, with speeds exceed 50-60 km / h, and the mountains and during Sundays and Moldova, gusts of 60-70 km / h.

 

“In this case, we note that to prevent unpleasant events that endanger road safety on national roads and highways is necessary to: reduce speed to avoid risks, increase the distance walking and proper use of lights.

 

Highways and other specific rules must be respected: turn off the lanes and the emergency lane. Turn on hazard warning lights in case of power failure or technical failure and equip yourself with reflective vest, remove occupants off the roadway and place reflective triangles, one after the other, at greater distances.

 

Also, in case of fog is advisable to adapt the speed and avoid overruns risk. It is advisable to use low beam. Fog lights should only be used when visibility decreases significantly and it is with dipped beam. As preparations for the winter started in all problem areas CNAIR will act wherever the weather conditions will require interventions that consist of spillage.

 

In the mountains and where the snow was already littered recommend equipping your car with winter tires with specific equipment and intervention in case of unexpected events. Recall that obeying traffic rules and restrictions that are imposed in problem areas is essential, “said CNAIR in reflective jacket.

Students in reflective vest to celebrate new project

A nice walk to the pupils wear reflective vest of the primary school “Galileo Galilee” of Ponte an Ebola was, this morning, an opportunity to celebrate the imminent launch of Pedi bus project. Initiated through a participatory process funded by the Tuscany Region, and implemented by the Company of the Lower Health, in collaboration with the service of education to the health of the ASL 11, saw right away the support of the City of San Mankato, which it runs for the fourth consecutive year. A healthy and accompany children on this walk, was attended by the mayor, the education commissioner and deputy mayor, Chari Rossi, the industry leader of personal services, Franco and Head of Education, Gloria Tonti. The service will be effective from October 13 and will cover the primary school in Ponte an Ebola, the school “De Amices” and the school of La Scale. This is an opportunity that children have to go to school on foot every morning, so a healthy, ecological and pleasant to start the day by meeting friends, doing movement, reducing traffic in front of schools and making a practical lesson in “education civic “.

 

To accompany the younger students there will be two educators, complete with a shovel to stop the traffic and they will receive a reflective safety vest with the logo of the City of San Mankato, in order to properly report their presence along the way. All Pedi bus paths are appropriately indicated and, at each stop, they were placed information boards, with their collection times, just as the bus stops.

 

“It’s a great opportunity for all these children, not only from the point of view of health and reduces pollution, but also as regards the knowledge and attendance of our country – said the mayor. Children wear reflective clothing are too often used to car trips that do lose their good taste of the walk and find out what’s in the place where they live. This service brings you to the rediscovery and offers them the opportunity to grow and learn, and gain health.”

Highway is dangerous even with safety vest

A woman has been drinking too much and not stops to pee, but in the place and in the most dangerous way. A journalist films the scene and saves lives. Please do not do this dangerous because the highway is dangerous even you wear a safety vest.

 

A young man standing in the middle of the roadway to carry out a physiological need, on the highway, as many motorists shamelessly that would not last until the next service area. The woman is visibly disoriented for alcohol he drank and gets in line behind each other imprudent gestures that might cost her life. Vistas recovery by a reporter on the side of the road crossing on foot to discuss with the cameraman, and then back in the car with shocking ease: a tragicomic scene that is unbelievable for the possible consequences escaped.

 

MADNESS ONE BEHIND THE OTHER

The stage is I-15, a busy highway near San Diego and the first lady is a young man with high heels and pants – perhaps – too tight at the waist. An ABC-10 News TV team realizes the machine stops and the woman engaged in “activities” and the films, not for voyeurism but for the danger of the situation. The woman, probably while impaired by the alcohol, he realizes the shooting and crossing the busy thoroughfare to discuss with the operators. Shortly after he moves away, back to his car (always walking through the street) and starts fiddling with his cell phone, keeping strictly off the four arrows. All the while the signaling passing motorists as they see the obstacle, but someone likely to end up in the wall to avoid the car of the unconscious woman in the video below.

 

SOBER AND ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES

Despite repeated calls by the cameraman, the woman continues unabated until a police in reflective uniform patrol leads in the nation (US) prisons. The main question is concerned, of course, the state of mental and physical alteration of the lady in question, but even if you are sober you must use extreme caution when walking on foot on fast roads. In a recent AUTO article he pointed out the dangers of walking on foot on country roads and highways; tragic cases which raised people appetite by a fault (see how to behave so as not to end up killed on the highway), lack of petrol or who had been involved in another accident, although there are examples of pedestrians “volunteers”, who then chosen to move on foot where it was not prudent to do so.

 

THE ROSARY OF OFFENSES

To the lady of San Diego it went well, in the sense that you saved the life even if you will be liable to a (hopefully) exemplary punishment. What would happen in Italy? The stationary vehicles without headlights or hazard warning lights must be from triangle or in another effective way; those who put it in work must wear the reflective vest. Since 2004, then, the jacket must be worn as soon as it comes down from the vehicle, even in the lay-bys failure implies perished two points and a fine of up to 168 Euros. Also the ‘ Art 158 would be called into question: in paragraph 4, it says that “During the stop and the stop the driver must take appropriate precautions designed to avoid accidents and prevent use of the vehicle without his consent.”L lists the conditions and limitations of traffic on motorways and country roads leading. At Comma 6 we read that in these streets circulation p is prohibited Edina and animals, except for the service areas and rest areas. In these areas the animals can circulate only when properly stored. Along the emergency lanes is allowed for pedestrians only to reach the points for distress calls. Art paragraph 15, indicates the only pedestrians allowed to move on the highway:” The staff on duty on motorways and their appurtenances is exempted in case of actual service needs and the adoption of appropriate safeguards, the observance of the traffic prohibition for pedestrians. “In summary, behave like the woman in the video is very dangerous and, if it leads to home the skin, breaking several rules of the Highway Code (the list may not be exhaustive): it’s worth it?

Reflective jackets for refugees

The proposal of the League: “We will provide these tools for free in a home”.

Asylum seekers are a danger to road safety. And ‘This is the last report of Nicola Lodi, responsible for security and immigration Northern League, which collects “several reports of citizens who’ dodge ‘dangerously asylum seekers, either on foot or by bicycle, lacking appropriate reflectors signals over in special lights on cycles, although it is expected by the highway code “.

 

At the center of the criticism, then, there are the supposed dangers of refugees hosted in the various cooperatives that manage the reception. Host houses often found secluded in the middle of remote countryside and, therefore, immigrants have to travel several kilometers on foot or bike in the narrow streets and dark.

 

The League then asks Alderman Chirac to prepare a security protocol, perhaps providing a reflective vest. “On what grounds it is advertised very publicly the Italian language courses for refugees and would not work with a real and serious protocol to make sure not to cause danger both for the refugees and for those who may be faced with danger? Cooperatives earn about 35 euro a day and a jacket signaling costs 1.5 Euros, you cannot provide everyone with this security tool?” asks Nicola Lodi.

 

“As per the protocol, within each reception center there must be at night a manager – recalls the head of the Northern League – in order to help, in this case perhaps accompany, those who have to go out at night without the risk of accidents or cause, because the seats are also secluded in the middle of remote countryside “.

 

“The Sapping fires immediately – Lodi presses – because it is important to remember the last victim; he died in an accident that involved just an asylum seeker. The Northern League will be activated shortly and will provide free reflective safety vests delivering them at a reception center explaining their function. “

SOS reflectors for immigrants cycling

“In the evening you cannot see them. They must begin to wear the reflective vest otherwise motorists run the risk of investing. “This, writes Enrich Coretta on the Vicenza on page 34, the appeal of the neighborhood residents Eugenio in Bassano concerned about the safety of the eight African migrants hosted the Bethany House of the Sisters of Our Will. The problem is that immigrants when they come out at night on their bikes do not turn on the lights and do not even wear reflective jackets provided by the cooperative.

 

“Motorists often see them only at the last minute because they run without light. Given the poor lighting in the area, the situation is rather dangerous, primarily because of them, and of course for motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and passers-by, “says the president of the neighborhood committee has sent a formal request to the municipal administration for you to load the face of the problem. The mayor concluded, “Should alert their hosts of behavioral dangerousness of these black guys.” Request to wear reflective clothing when running at night to keep safe.

Reflective material spray that illuminates cyclists

Volvo has invented a spray that illuminates things and people when they are lit by a car’s headlights. It’s a life-saving solution to road accidents.

 

Often you happen to make accidents or avoid them for a while because in the street, at night, there are cyclists; people walking or racing that are not very visible. There are many people use reflective vests and spotlights, but not everyone follow these basic rules.

 

Volvo Life Paint

Life Paint comes to the rescue of road users, a “magic” spray developed by Volvo engineers who, when sprayed on clothes or other items (boot, bike, etc.), makes them immediately visible as soon as the light of the A car’s headlights hit them.

 

The spray is contained in a small aluminum can and does not require special instructions or special application methods; just pin it and sprinkle it. Everything that strikes becomes instantly a reflective surface. The spray is clear and invisible in daylight, but at night it lights up when hit by a light beam.

 

As written, it could be of great help to those who move on the streets in the evenings or at night with means that are not a car. The paint works best on fabrics, and it is likely that it lasts longer if applied to a backpack rather than on the bicycle frame.

 

Volvo says the spray is special because reflective particles are bonded together with a glue to create gloss. The spray, however, is not permanent. It is based on water and after a week of “normal use” degrades – without counting the action of any rain or snow. At the moment, Life Paint is only sold in the United Kingdom at 13 pounds, or about 15 Euros.

Reflective vest is mandatory for motorcyclists

The French Government introduced the obligation to wear a reflective vest for all motorcyclists, including the drivers of three wheels and quad. Starting next year, from 1 January 2016, according to Decree 2015-514 of May 7, the French bikers will have to have in the trunk a high visibility vest that will be used during stops at the roadside, the same jacket that French drivers carry with them in the car as a must since 2008.

 

Motorcyclists across the Alps will have to wear the safety vest in case of emergency, accident or damage, and must be kept in a storage compartment of the bike, as long as it can be easily removed. Who will be caught without a reflective vest you will have to pay a fine of 11 Euros, not those who will wear it in case of emergency will be forced to pay a fine of 135 €, as is the case for motorists.

 

In Italy the obligation to wear a reflective vest in case of emergency is in force since 2004, to pay a penalty from 39 to 159 Euros plus the subtraction of two points from the driving license. Even cyclists are obliged to wear special high visibility vests when they march to the tunnel “from the towns by half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.” For them, the penalties range from 24 to 94 euro.