Month: June 2018

Motorcyclists drove through Gdansk at night

More than 1,000 motorcyclists took part in the third edition of the campaign under the slogan “To be an example of Night at Motor Center”. On Friday evening, lovers of riding on two wheels formed a column that ran a 22-kilometer loop across the streets of Gdansk. Each motorcyclist wore a reflective vest to promote the need to be visible from the road.

Most accidents involving motorcyclists are caused by the fact that the drivers simply did not notice them on the road. The problem intensifies during autumn and winter, when the darkness falls already in the afternoon. Such conclusions come from police statistics on accidents in which two wheelers were injured.

Many tragedies could be avoided if drivers not only showed greater caution, but also motorcyclists more often supplied with clothing equipped with reflective tape for clothing. It is worth mentioning that the outfit in dark colors only reflects about 5 percent. The light that is emitted by the car headlights.

Therefore, Motor Centrum Gdansk, which is located at ulna. Make Slack 4/8, decided to organize preventive action under the slogan “Be an example at night”, the aim of which is to spread the use of reflective elements. Its most spectacular element is the parade of motorcyclists who, under police escort, travel across Gdansk dressed in reflective vests.

– Both the driver of the motorcycle and the passenger, as unprotected road users, due to road accidents, most often suffer serious injury or death. At the moment, among the Tri-City motorcyclists, the use of reflective materials is still not very popular. Motor Centrum together with the rescue group to Motopozytywni.Pl wants to change this trend. We believe that our preventive actions can measurably influence the number of accidents involving motorcyclists – explains Agni ski from Motor Centrum.

“Learn to grow with security”

The Councilor for the Environment, Joaquin Villa on, visited this morning the Mobile Training Unit (UMF) of the school campaign “Learn to grow with security”, installed in the park of La Palomar, where students of CEIP Pieta Salvador Rued have received training on risk prevention.

The U.M.F. of “Securitas” is the main scenario for this activity, with different educational games in which, in a playful and fun way, topics such as dangers of electricity, cuts, the dangers of poisoning with chemicals, burns or falls.

Educational play activity in which the students participate is divided into several phases. In the first place, they receive the comic-bus, in which funny vignettes appear, which represent situations that give rise to child accidents and indicate measures of prevention and protection that must be adopted to avoid accidents. The protagonist of the comic is Security @ as a prevention mascot (sewn-in reflective fabric), who will help them to have a healthy life without accidents.

Next, a mimicry game is performed with two participants chosen at random, who simulate a cut and an asphyxia. The rest of the classmates must guess what happened (accident), what are the causes (risks) and how they should act so that the accident does not happen (prevention).

The students have also worked with panels representing various types of accidents. Two volunteers who wear reflective vests have had to order 6 cartoons divided into two paths: green, security and red, danger. In the first, the characters of the vignettes heed the advice of Security @ and avoid danger, so the situation ends in a happy ending. In the second, by not taking into account the preventive message of Security @, the characters adopt the path of “no prevention”, which ends in an accident.

The transfer of chemical products and work with personal protective equipment (EPI) has been other aspects that the campaign has addressed, to which end the students have received a high visibility vest. Then, as a reminder of the day, a group photo was taken, accompanied by the monitors of the activity.

Wear reflective vests in private vehicles

Security measure seeks to reduce the risk of collisions due to lack of visibility. Fines would reach $ 22 thousand.

Since January 1, 2016, the wearing of high visibility vests will be mandatory inside private vehicles. The purpose of the measure is to reduce the risk of being run over by drivers who, due to an emergency, must get out of their car.

The Undersecretary of Transportation, Christian Bowen, explained to T13 that a person without an accessory of these characteristics is visible at twenty meters, with the vest on, it is possible to see it at 150 meters.

In Interval route, we deliver reflective vest for drivers. From the mandatory year in Kit d automobile pic.twitter.com/TQuoszgbW0

– Christian Bowen April 28, 2015

On the characteristics that the safety vest should have, Bowen indicated that the color does not matter and “the important thing is that it is fluorescent and that it also has reflective tape“.

“It’s the cheapest life insurance I know,” he added.

Fines for not carrying the item will be around $ 22 thousand and the undersecretary explained that it is important that this is transported inside the car cabin to avoid the risk of going to look for it in the luggage rack.

Peugeot Scooters also offers its airbag vest

PTW manufacturers and specialized equipment manufacturers know that motorcycles or scooters can seriously affect your health. In order to limit the risks, Peugeot Scooters proposes, in turn, an Airbag reflective vest.

Legally proud to be the first manufacturer to have equipped a scooter 125 with a standard ABS braking system (read our test MNC March 23, 2006: Peugeot Steles 125, ready for takeoff), Peugeot Scooters “goes further by proposing equipment to protect the driver and passenger directly “: the airbag vest!

Developed in collaboration with specialists of Halite / Protein bag, this hi vis vest is simple and – we hope! – effective: unlike the “wireless” electronic vests of Bering and Dinesen (read our Special MNC Airbag Motorcycle Folder), the system proposed by the manufacturer franc-comatose binds the scooter to its user with a security cordon, as on the jackets DiMaggio and the Aurelia or Gauzy jackets (read MNC of 2 July 2010 and MNC of 17 September 2010).

“The trigger is a mechanical system consisting of a striker, a ball-key, and a spring,” describes Peugeot. “In the event of a fall, the key ball connected to the safety cord is detached and the striker pierces the cartridge under the pressure of the spring.” The high-strength polyurethane air cushions then create a 0.35kg inflated protective shell. / cc that unfolds in 0.1 seconds The cushions automatically deflate in a few tens of seconds.

The vest (sewn-in reflective fabric)weighs less than a kilo and is worn – no sir agent, not above a simple shirt! – above the jacket or jacket. In case of a fall and if the vest is not damaged, a new CO2 cartridge (€ 29.99) and a connecting cord (€ 22) are required to hit the road.

Available in “high visibility neon yellow” or in black, in all sizes from S to XL, this new airbag is already available from Peugeot Scooters network dealers for € 449.90.

Mandatory car equipment. The fines are threatening

Mandatory equipment of the car is indicated by the ordinance of the Minister of Infrastructure of December 31, 2002, on the technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment. Each car should be provided with a fire extinguisher, a reflective vest and a warning triangle with an approval mark.

The fire extinguisher must be placed in an easily accessible place if necessary. It does not count its expiration date. Lack of a fire extinguisher exposes the driver to a fine of 20 to 500 PLN. The driver can be granted the same mandate for the lack of a warning triangle. In addition, failure to report it in the event of a breakdown is punishable by 150 PLN.

Depending on the current regulations in Poland, a first aid kit is not an obligatory car equipment. However, it is worth having it. Similarly, with a tow rope, reflective safety vest, spare wheel or additional bulbs. There is no requirement to equip the vehicle with these elements but are often used on the road.

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With the mandatory fitting of the vehicle, it is worth mentioning the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Depending on it, the car should meet the mandatory equipment requirements in the country in which it is registered. Thus, a driver from Poland entering a country where it is obligatory to have a reflective clothing and a first aid kit cannot be fined for not having it, because having a first aid kit is not mandatory in Poland. Practice shows that attempts to award a ticket for lack of equipment required by local law still take place. If you do here not accept a ticket, you may need legal assistance in your country. It is worth already during the inspection to notify the Polish consulate about the fact.

The yellow or safety vest is now mandatory

Bikers are housed in the same way as motorists regarding the possession of a safety vest. Whether you ride in two wheels, three wheels or quad, the yellow vest is mandatory.

The regulations came into effect on January 1, 2016. It will cost you € 11 if you do not have it during a check by the police. What? The reflective vest or yellow motorcycle vest.

Note that it is not necessary to wear it, but simply to have it at hand in a storage or net.

By cons, in case of emergency stop (accident, breakdown), you must wear it if you get off your machine. Otherwise, you risk a fine of 135 €.

Remember that this is a measure that allows you to be visible to other road users in case of problems, because you become more vulnerable. Read our article on what is changing on January 1, 2016 for motorists and motorcyclists

Reminder to motorists

A booster for motorists, the requirements of the high visibility vest and the pre-signaling triangle remain valid. For fines, they are identical, namely:

€ 11 in case of immediate non-presentation of the triangle or vest, in case of a road check. If you do not have both, you will be verbalized twice!
135 € in case of non-use of the triangle and / or vest. You risk only one fine in this case.

Racers pay for safety vests

The safety vests are distributed free of charge. Subsidized traffic safety training courses are also offered. “Super action,” says Fritz Meyer. The fit-skinned pensioner cycled on Friday to the weekly market by bicycle. Back we went with potatoes, apples and a brand new safety vest. At the beginning of the cycling season, representatives of the district, the police, and the Ampersand traffic police had distributed yellow safety vests to the visitors.

 

“That really brings a lot to safety,” says Elson, head of the police station. “Cyclists, but also scooter or moped riders can be seen much better,” said Elson. Even in bright sunshine, the reflective stripes would increase visibility. Rudolf from the Ampersand adds: “Good visibility is often vital for the so-called weaker road users.”

 

3000 vests will now be handed over free of charge at various prevention events or markets in the coming weeks. The necessary 6000 Euros come half of the National Traffic Watch and the district. He specifically uses revenue from traffic monitoring for such purposes. Not only are the safety vests financed by flashed Riser, but also other measures.

 

“For example, we regularly offer driver safety training on the air base. The participation fees are largely financed by the district’s traffic monitoring revenues, “explains prevention expert Hermann Nee of the police. Also at the spring meeting of motorcyclists on the weekend, he will again be present with colleagues at a preventive stand. Further distribution activities from the west are also planned in all other municipalities.

Policewoman celebrates success with reflective hood

In Vienna, the police officer Manuela made her big appearance on Wednesday: At the kick-off for the traffic safety campaign of the ÖAMTC under the title, “See and be seen” was presented what comes from her hand. Wilhelm: “Three years ago, I crocheted hoods with reflective yarn for the children of a friend. The visibility of children in the dark season on the road was a concern to me.”

 

At the same time, the ÖAMTC issued a competition. Wilhelm handed one of her caps and won.

 

Now the special handicraft celebrates a success. The ÖAMTC presented the reflective hoods and their “inventor” in Vienna at the campaign launch. That does not mean that the police officer in her free time crochets out hell. “I only do the hoods for so-called home use,” says Wilhelm. However, after their submission, the ÖAMTC makes the caps in larger quantities and they are available in every ÖAMTC base.