Month: April 2018

The hunter deceased by a shot is a neighbor of Vandal

The author of the shot that has ended the life of the hunter would be from the parish.

 

It seems that the person killed by the accidental firing of a companion while hunting was Angel. A neighbor of Vandal who at the time of the events, was wearing the reflective safety vest. On the other hand, the author of the shot would be neighbor of the parish.

 

Because of this fact, and as a sign of mourning, the presentation of the living crib of Maia Castellan, which was to take place this Tuesday, December 26, has been suspended.

 

Upon receipt of the notice, the Generalist Fire Brigade has mobilized a terrestrial supply of Hospitalet Park and the GRAE helicopter (Group of Special Actions). The latter has been activated because it is an area of difficult access, which could have been difficult to help police in safety clothing to rescue the lifeless body of the victim.

Nearly half of those killed on the roads are pedestrians

A woman and a man without high visibility vest, in the avenue of Festers, were the last passers-by to be run over on the Costa. It happened on February 6. However, so far in 2018 the outrages accounted for seven. There were two victims. On January 11, Martinez, 53 years old was run in Cures. In Cabrillo there are four people who have been run over, two of them a couple, on January 30 in the avenue of Festers.

 

Victims of abuse, far from being reduced, remain dangerous in time, to such an extent that they represent almost half of those killed in the roads in the area. In 2016, four of the nine victims were registered. In Traffic of the Civil Guard, they have a well-defined profile of the deceased and wounded: person of about 70-80 years, who circulated without reflective garments and did it outside the enabled steps. In some cases, they traveled in the middle of the night on roads that are forbidden for passers-by, such as the Braganza highway and on the Costa Mote highway. The latter registered its first and only deceased since its implementation at the end of July 2016. It happened on October 11, 2017 when José, 76 years old and resident, lost his life. He walked through the middle of the two lanes, felt Festers and without any reflective clothing.

 

Before this rebound of the accident rate, with pedestrians involved, the Provincial Traffic Headquarters in collaboration with the Subsector of Traffic of the Civil Guard of A Corunna, yesterday began a prevention campaign in the DP-1914, between Adana and Enteric. The objective is to raise awareness among residents of the problems that exist on the Costa and the risk of violating the instructions on road safety. This campaign included the delivery of reflective vests, donated by the Junta Galicia, among neighbors in the area.

Reflective vest propose to include motorcycles and bicycles

If it is extended, a bill must be formulated since there is no standard that establishes a basic emergency kit for all types of vehicles. The Transportation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies received the holder of the portfolio Andrés Lobo to answer the questions and provide clarity regarding the obligation of carrying the reflective vest on all vehicles.

 

Although there were objections about the implementation, which led to the explosive increase in the price of the garment, the support of the table was transversal. Yes, the deputy of the UDI Gustavo asked to extend the mandate to motorcyclists.

 

“It’s an excellent initiative, it will never be free of criticism, there will always be people who are not satisfied, I believe that things can be improved, including motorcycles in the background, including bicycles is a subject that should be considered,” he said. Minister Lobo said that he is “open to studying it, some are already using it, without being asked, it is a first step” and added: “Another stage would be to work on a bill to establish requirements for other types of drivers”.

 

If the reflective safety vest is extended to motorcyclists and cyclists, a bill must be formulated, since there is no standard that establishes a basic emergency kit for all types of vehicles. In fact, during the first day of validity of the mandatory carriage, Carabineros fined a motorcyclist in Temuco for not wearing his vest, when the rule does not apply to them.

 

They raise fines for not wearing the vest

Deputy DC Mario argued that “you have to make a legal change to the Traffic Law. So that this can be considered a fault and you can take a fine as appropriate if you do not use (vest), because otherwise it is that have made spend thousands and thousands of Chileans to ride this famous vest in the glove compartment.

 

The Minister of Transport, who highlighted the effects of the decree, welcomed the assessments. “I am responsible for any problem in its implementation. We had differences between regions, but when talking about a white gear, the problem of a white march is when the white gear ends there will be the same problem. People who did not buy and gave that we had started this decree that was published 15 months before its implementation, it was a sufficiently broad term to inform,” he said. Lobo added that “to legislate on the use, I am open to study that One of the benefits of this initiative has been that it has had a side effect.” Cyclists have also started using this reflective clothing, so I think that it has been positive. “

The war of reflective safety vests

In a year, twice as many motorcyclist without safety vest fines were made in the City. They went from 22,177 in 2016 to 46,275 last year. There were more controls. The Government says it seeks to reduce the number of victims in road accidents.

 

More controls. More fines. That equation emerges after knowing the data of the Secretariat of Transportation of the City on the motorcycles that circulate daily in the City of Buenos Aires. According to the report, in 2017 the number of infractions doubled. From January to December of the previous year, 46,275 tickets were made, against 22,177 of 2016.

 

The controls are part of the Road Safety Plan carried out by the Ministry of Transportation Portion, which started last year and seeks to reduce the number of fatalities in road accidents, involving motorcyclists in 40% of cases.

 

Among the elements required by law for motorcyclists to travel around the city are the use of the helmet, reflective vest with the patent engraved on the front and back for the companion, green card, liability insurance, driver’s license and VTV (for motorcycles more than a year old). The use of headphones and telephones is also subject to a fine.

 

For some motorcyclists, the controls are exaggerated, although they also admit that they find it correct to circulate with the papers up to date. The strong increase in the number of infractions is also explained by the enormous growth recorded between 2016 and 2017 in motorcycle registrations: 48%, according to the latest statistics published by the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers’ Chamber.

The City wants more control of motorcycles

“We seek to improve citizen security,” said Deputy Chief of Government Buenos Aires Diego, presenting the work of the Buenos Aires police. The deputy head of Buenos Aires Government, Diego, presented on Friday the work being done by the safety vest dressed City Police in relation to the control of motorcycles to prevent crime and prevent the movement of those who violate traffic rules, and stressed that they were already supervised “52 thousand motorcycles and about 2,500 kidnapped”.

 

“All this is done in the search for the improvement of citizen security that we are carrying out in the City of Buenos Aires within the Comprehensive Security Plan, which is something very important for us,” said the Deputy Chief of Government.

 

Santali explained that the implementation of these controls, which are made in conjunction with the Body of Traffic Agents, imply “a central change in a problem that grew as sales and users began to grow” of this type of vehicle. In as much, it needed that “the motorcycles that later do not retire go to compact themselves and all that generates resources for the Graham Hospital and for the Hospital of Children of the City”.

 

Most infractions are related to adulterated or illegible patents, vehicles without domain name, non-compliance with insurance, expired or disabled driver’s licenses, lack of mirrors on the motorcycle, lack of green card, circulation without a helmet or without a vest and evasion of the traffic controls.

 

The sanctions include the retention of the vehicle, fines of 100 fixed units (which rise to 200 when it comes to the unauthorized circulation of a companion or the non-use of the reflective vest with the domain number) and the disqualification from driving 5 to 10 days. Each unit is equivalent to $ 10.40, with which fines range between 1,040 and 2,080 pesos.

 

Also, present were the Security Secretary of Buenos Aires, Marcelo D’Alessandro, and the Under Secretary of Sustainable and Safe Mobility, Paula Bissau. For his part, D’Alessandro said that “we are carrying out 56 daily checks in the City area” and “to this is added what is the Digital Ring that allows us to control the entry and exit” of the motorcycles. “What we are looking for is to create a safer City and regularize the motor vehicle park,” he added.

 

Bissau said in turn, “we are committed to the Head of Government in reducing the number of deaths in road accidents by 30%, knowing that no person should die for the mere fact of traveling on the street.” In this line, he recalled that the first Road Safety Plan of the City was presented “in March of last year” and that “we are working mainly with the vulnerable actors, and one of them is the motorcyclists” that “in 2016 represented the 40th % of those killed in traffic accidents “.

Cyclists would be forced to wear reflective vest

Senators entered a project that provides “the use of high visibility vest during the night and when visibility conditions make it necessary.” “During the night and when visibility conditions make it necessary, bicycle drivers should always wear a high visibility reflective vest.” This is the main slogan of the bill that senators Alejandro Navarro, Lily and Antonio Horvath entered Congress.

 

The initiative that modifies the article 80 of the law 18,290, of Transit, establishing and that it will have to be studied by the Commission of Transports and Telecommunications. They emphasize that “in spite of the advantages that the bicycle presents like means of transport many cyclists and people. In general, they have difficulties to use it on a daily basis, among which is the insecurity of their cities, whose geography is not adequate to circulate in their streets, except that the drivers of vehicles do not respect their pace and therefore can be victims of an accident traffic”.

 

In addition, the legislators indicated, “Law No. 18.290 says nothing in relation to mandatory safety measures for bicycle drivers during their driving at night and when visibility conditions make it necessary, taking into account the statistics.”

 

In the same line, they explained, “the security elements allow to prevent traffic accidents and / or reduce the possible damages and injuries that they may cause. In this sense, the implementation and proper use of security elements such as the high visibility reflective safety vest ostensibly reduce the risk of injury in the event of traffic accidents.”

 

“The use of reflective material considerably reduces the possibility of being run over on public roads, especially in situations of poor visibility, alerting drivers to the situation of risk. If using the reflective vest allows a visibility of 150 meters, distance that allows to avoid the reflective, it is reduced to about 30 meters when it is not carried, which prevents an adequate reaction from the driver”, highlighted the senators.

They judge a driver without safety vest cause the accident

The Malaga Prosecutor’s Office initially requested in its provisional findings, to which Europe Press had access, that the accused should be sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. According to the public accusation, the defendant without wear any safety clothing, and had used cocaine and, in addition, caused injuries to the driver of the crane.

 

The events took place in August 2015. According to the initial indictment, the defendant was traveling with his vehicle on the A-7 towards Barcelona, in a four-lane section with a single direction, with the speed limited to 100 kilometers.

 

The Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the accused had his psychophysical faculties altered by the previous intake of cocaine, which caused him not to see that the victim’s vehicle, which was wearing the reflective vest and had placed the signaling triangles. In addition, there was also the crane with emergency lights.

 

At that time, the defendant according to the prosecutor, “did not make any evasive maneuvers,” colliding against the left front door of the crane and against the owner of the damaged car, which was heading towards it. This caused him “multiple and very serious injuries that caused his death.” The driver of the crane was also injured because of the collision and suffered a cervical sprain and post-traumatic disorder that has required treatment, taking more than 100 days to heal, as indicated in the provisional conclusions of this accusation.

 

For the prosecutor, it is initially a crime of reckless homicide in competition with another of imprudent injuries and a crime against road safety, requesting, in addition to four years in prison, the withdrawal of the card for six years and loss of validity. In addition, 3,349 Euros of compensation are initially requested for the driver of the crane and it is indicated that the relatives of the deceased have already received 123,000 Euros delivered by the insurer.