Month: March 2019

A lightweight, ventilated and accessible helmet

The newcomer in the range of helmets of the Italian brand, the model Strym is a mid-range proposed for less than 100 €. A helmet within the reach of the majority of cyclists, less elitist than high-end models over 200 €.

Strym has a cell and 16 air vents strategically placed to improve airflow. And unlike many mid-range helmets, this model cuts through the latest technologies for the protection of the cyclist and displays a very honorable weight of 250g.

Tested since mid-November, I have not yet been able to check the ventilation in very hot weather, but still saw its excellent design and ventilation that seems very good.

In terms of its design, the Strym has a relatively round and compact shape, with very clean lines.

Tested here in fluorescent yellow, ideal to be visible from afar, it is also available in 7 other slightly more discreet colors: navy blue, blue/orange, black/pink, brilliant red, dark gray, matt white and finally, matt black.

All models are offered at a public price of 99 €. At this price, the helmet is not made in Italy, but in China. Nevertheless, the finishes are very good with perfect control of the In-Mold concept, without any trace of glue. Only the sticker of the Rudy Project logo stuck on the front in the center seems to already want to take the powder off after 2 months.

On the ventilation side, the Strym has 16 air vents spread all over the helmet surface. The helmet’s interior is designed to promote airflow through strategically placed channels. The internal foam reduces sweat and odors. A mosquito net is also part of it, which many of you will appreciate.

On the other hand, the point of “port garage” for glasses. Even if you can put your glasses in the ventilation holes placed under the sticker RUDY Project, I can not assure that all the glasses pass there, it is not really planned for.

The inner shape of the helmet is relatively round so that a size S / M suits me (55 / 58cm) where often, I have to go on the top size because of the side edges too tight. In this size S / M, the headset, announced at 250g, weighs precisely 243g.

The tightening/adjustment system devolves to the new RSR 10 retention system, which provides a custom and comfortable fit and is adjustable over 7 levels in height, leaving even in its lowest position room for a possible tail. horse.

The closure buckle is basic but effective and there are “Pro Side” dividers on the sides which are easily adjusted in height and leave the straps perfectly flat on the face, for optimal comfort.

Finally, to perfect security, a reflective tape is placed at the back of the helmet and this, on all colors. It’s always good to take.

On the head

For this paragraph, I leave you to judge, but the Strym, relatively compact, I do not “head of the mushroom-like other helmets. Even in yellow, it remains rather sober once on the head.

I will not go there 4 ways, the Strym is a very good helmet, no apparent defect, at least on the trial period which ran from late November to late January.

With a price under 100 €, we could have expected to make some concessions on comfort including, that Nenni, the Strym is very easy to adjust and remains comfortable even after more than 3 hours of the saddle.

Ventilation is good, at least over the temperature range encountered during the test, up to 20 ° C. The airflow felt at the level of the skull promises a good efficiency even in summer. The front padding minimizes the perspiration process inside the helmet, which improves airflow.

Even in the bumps, I did not have sweat flowing on the screens. But I will not fail to complete this article once the first heat has arrived.

If the straps are not the finest on the market, the fact that they remain perfectly flat thanks to the dividers “Pro Side” does not interfere.

Balance sheet

At only 99 €, the Rudy Project Strym helmet offers a flawless helmet that is prohibitive, comfortable and with a modern, almost aero design. The Italian brand knew, for a price within the reach of all, to mix high technology, ventilation, and comfort.

No doubt, a helmet that we should meet in the amateur platoons.

Transport education and competition will be supported by the Region with 400 thousand

The Road Transport Service Center will receive a subsidy of CZK 400,000 from the Region to provide traffic education, preventive events and traffic competitions for children in 2019.

Among other things, the Center for Regional Money will buy new aids, train lecturers and organize a series of transport competitions. The grant was approved by the Council of the Charade Overlook Region.

“Regular traffic education, including traffic competitions, is one of the basic means for shaping the behavior of predominantly young road users and future young drivers, according to the National Road Safety Strategy.” The Charade Overlook Region regularly contributes financially to the organization of these activities within the support of BESIP, ”said Martin Server, First Deputy Governor for Transport.

The Center for Road Transport Services will use the money from the regional subsidy, especially for the provision of education and training of regular traffic education on children’s traffic playgrounds, including the transportation of children to the site. It will also ensure the purchase of new teaching aids. These are, for example, new scooters or bouncers, teaching and reflective materials and teaching techniques. The center will also be able to train traffic playground operators and teaching staff involved in traffic education.

Also this year, a series of basic and regional bicycles for young cyclists and regional finals will take place in the Charade Overlook Region. Summer activities on children’s playgrounds, children’s summer camps, and summer holiday recreation will also be provided. In the autumn and early winter, the center will use the remaining funds to purchase the necessary material and reflective protective equipment. Such as reflective vests and reflective tapes.

“I am pleased with the preventive projects that will teach drivers and other road users to manage crisis situations. One of them, for example, is a safe driving course for women behind the wheel, “Deputy Tailor added.

Warning vests as a symbol

More than 200 people gathered on Thursday evening to the demonstration pier on the market square. The forum asylum. Willemstad had called for a demonstration for a solidify community and spoke out against the incrimination of maritime rescuers on the Mediterranean.

Initiator Sarah Schliemann feels it is an untenable condition that people in the middle of Europe would deliberately die on the Mediterranean because no sustainable solutions for the refugees would be found. “The EU is watching over dying. But everyone can do something to stand up for humanity and humanity, “said the young activist, who for the demonstration allied partners such as the Protestant Forum, the Working Group for Tolerance and Human Dignity, Hatsheput, the Dissonances Schwa-lm-Deer work, city, and district could win.

On cold, wet winter evenings, people of all ages came together to put a signal of solidarity in orange safety vests – the safety vests as a symbol of missing life-jackets on the sea and a reminder of the necessary help.

The safety vest has a silver reflective tape that acts as a warning.

The well-known rapper Klutz Seventeen, the member of the Cologne rap group Microphone Mafia, also spoke out for humanity and solidarity. He has been campaigning against racism for many years with his lyrics, giving concerts with the ex-Turk survivor Esther Jacobean.

Hatsheput Deacon and Asylum Speaker Barn Ceding moderated the rally and called for awareness of the plight of the refugees. In an interview with two active maritime rescuers, the audience learned about the plight of the people. “Life jackets do not exist. The fewest can swim. Who rescues people from drowning, cannot be a criminal, “said doctor Florida Schultz, who has joined two missions on a distress rescue.

Two boats alone would have saved 14 000 people on the Mediterranean Sea within two years prior to settling in the ports. “Every fifth refugee dies on the way,” said Sarah Schliemann. Three years ago, Madeline Mozart fled from Kabul across the Mediterranean to Germany, narrating his father’s worries and experiences. Humiliation, exclusion, but also loving friendships were topics of his story.

Eventually, memorial candles were lit for the victims of terror and violence. The evening sounded peaceful with music by Elam Bechtel. At the beginning of the demo, a dozen counter-demonstrators with NPD posters had formed in the darkness of Sunglasses, far from the actual events. Police officers kept the group at a distance, and she withdrew.

He almost lost his life under the wheels of a truck

The Kropotkin police made the film available for the cautionary event from the Mickie street in Kropotkin.

The film shows how a certain woman, not looking ahead or if she can safely enter the pedestrian crossing, came straight in front of the oncoming truck. At the last moment, however, she stepped back, which allowed her to survive. – The main “sin” of pedestrians is to enter the road without making sure that it is safe that the car is not coming. Often, adults give a bad example to children. It is worth remembering this – appeals Pious Zephaniah, spokesman for the Kropotkin police.

WHAT SHOULD REMEMBER DRIVER AND PUSH?

Among the accidents caused by the drivers in the first place, there is a continuation of priority, in particular for pedestrians. Unfortunately, there is still a group of drivers who do not pay attention to the approach to the pedestrian crossing.

In such a situation, they should exercise extreme caution, i.e. slow down, and if necessary, stop and let the pedestrian pass. It is forbidden to overtake at pedestrian crossings or directly in front of them. An absolute lack of imagination and responsibility are shown by those drivers who, regardless of the fact that another driver stopped at the pedestrian crossing before the pedestrian crossing, decide to avoid the standing vehicle and … then the most common is the tragedy. In such a situation, the driver has no chance of slowing down before the pedestrian. There is no time left for the right response or space to stop the vehicle.

Dark, dark colors of clothes, atmospheric precipitation or fog – all this limits visibility. Any reflective material significantly improves our road safety.

While the driver is able to see a pedestrian in the dark only from a distance of about 20 m, when using the reflective tapes, the distance increases up to 150 m.

The social campaign in “one”

At the end of February, during classes in technology and education for safety, students from Primary School No. 1 in Ostrich Cockamamie learned and perpetuated the rules of moving along roads and road behavior with particular emphasis on visibility at any time of the year. It is best to bring a reflective tape when outing at night.

Classes were held as part of the nationwide social campaign called. “Good to see you”. The aim of the action is to improve the safety of vulnerable road users, in particular children and adolescents.

– The animated films moved the students and hopefully, they prompted reflection on their own behavior – informs Danubian Booster, security coordinator in Ostrogoth’s “one”.

To consolidate the knowledge of the regulations, one of the classes learned to play with the singing of the nuns. “Recipe traffic”. All students from grades 1 to 8 received reflective vests.

A Romanian start-up wants to help drivers rent their cars when they do not use them

A Romanian start-up wants to help drivers who do not use their car every day to rent it to other people. Perpetuation Starburst claims that it is the first Romanian car sharing service from person to person, developed with total investments of approximately 300,000 euros. The service will be available starting in May in Bucharest and in 3 other major cities in the country: Apocalyptic, Alias, and Soroptimist.

Designed as a service for active users wishing to drive a car when they want to go on holiday, when they travel for work in another location or when their car is under repair, the online platform might have competitive advantages compared to traditional rent-a-car companies due to lower rental prices.

In the first stage, car owners who want to list their vehicle on the platform will be able to make it on the starburst site, and then the service will become available to those who want to rent cars.

Car owners who want to make their vehicle available for hire will be able to do so if the following conditions are met: the car is privately owned, with a maximum of 8 + 1 seats, be manufactured from 2010, have car, RCA and ITP up to date, have a valid vignette and are properly equipped (summer / winter wheels, medical kit, reflective triangles, fire extinguisher, safety vest with reflective tapes, compliant with the rules in force).

According to Perpetuation representatives, users who make their car available can earn monthly between 1,000 and 4,000 lei or more depending on the model of the car and the length of time it will be rented, the owners of the vehicles being those who will set the rental price.

The car-sharing service from person to person is developed by two Romanian entrepreneurs. Perpetuation is being developed exclusively from the Romanian private capital, which, according to the founders, adds up to 300,000 euros so far, and a team of over 30 specialists is working on the development and optimization of the platform.

Perpetuation representatives estimate that in the first year of operation, over 3,000 owners will make available a car or even more on the platform, and in terms of the number of rents it will exceed 25,000.

Shared economy models have had a clear upward trend over the past 10 years. Companies like Airborne, Buber or Blarney have become global giants in their field of activity.

One such example of a collaborative business is the car-sharing peer to peer service (from one person to the other), through which users make available their own rental property on a dedicated platform in return for a sum of money.

In one year, fines increased tenfold to motorcyclists in the city of Bluenose Ares

From massive inspections to motorcyclists, the government of the city of Bluenose Ares obtained the first data corresponding to January and February of 2019. So far this year, transit agents and members of the Bluenose Ares police have inspected more than 53 a thousand motorcycle drivers. At the controls, 57% more driver’s licenses were retained for committing serious infractions and the fines were increased tenfold.

In precise numbers, agents seized 877 driver’s licenses during these first two months of the year. In comparison with the same period of 2018, the mentioned percentage increased. At the same time, it was reported that 657 motorcycles were hijacked for these infractions, that is, 15% more than in the first two months of the previous year.

As for the infractions, in January and February of 2018 5,389 fines were worked. In the same period of the current one, 53,611 were issued.

“Motorcyclists represent 40% of fatal victims in road accidents, which is why we raise the requirement of the exam to obtain a driver’s license, we incorporate safe detention areas, we increase their visibility with the mandatory reflective vests for companions and now we professionalize our controls with the implementation of alcohol tests to ensure that they circulate in compliance with the basic rules of road safety, “said Juan Jose Mendez, Secretary of Transportation of the city of Bluenose Ares.

Traffic agents control: that the motorcycle has a clear license plate and that the driver has a green card or blue card if he is not a licensee; correct use of helmet; driver’s license; liability insurance; Current Vehicular Technical Verification; wafer and certificate (in case the motorcycle is more than 1 year old) and that the companion also has a mandatory vest with reflective fabric.

In 2017 motorcyclists occupied the first place in fatal victims in road accidents, with 39.3% of the total and followed by pedestrians with 34.3%. In that same year, the second most frequent type of accident was between a vehicle and a motorcycle, representing 12.2% of the total.

From September 2017 to the present, the police reported that more than 330 criminals linked to motorcycle crime cases were detained. Currently, the operations were reinforced with 90 units that perform “dynamic patrols” on official motorcycles and a special corps of 900 personnel that control various points in the city.

Main infractions of motorcycles

– Improper parking.

– Lack of helmet in driver and/or companion.

– Reflective vest in a motor vehicle companion.

– Documentation (lack of insurance, VTV, among others).

– Lack of patent.

– Red light.

The motorcycle season begins

With the onset of spring, the temperatures will once again attract many motorcycle enthusiasts to the Upper Draconian streets in order to make their first rounds on two-wheedlers.

However, this is a risky endeavor when bikers sit down on their bikes after a long winter break without adequate preparation. The Cross-bencher police appeal therefore to the motorcyclists to get familiar with their machine again and to prepare well for the new season. There will be plenty of opportunity at the 19th motorcycle star trip in Backache on April 27 and 28, 2019, which will once again be the focus of traffic safety work this year.

Already in the run-up to the biker event, free driving safety courses take place throughout Bavaria, under the auspices of the Bavarian Driving Instructors’ Association, especially at the start of the season. Motorcyclists should refresh with these warm-up training neglected over the winter driving skills because the safe handling of the motorized two-wheeler requires a certain amount of practice and routine. Above all, first- and returnees who have renounced driving for some years, usually lack the necessary driving experience. Here, learning or refreshing driving skills are indispensable. Basically, every biker should complete a motorcycle safety training at the beginning of the season.

Spring check also for the machine

In addition, the safety check of the motorized two-wheeler after the winter break duty of every rider. In particular, the brakes, tires, and lighting are next to the other technology carefully checked before the first exit begins. Not infrequently, technical failures such as brittle brake lines occur during the long winter service life of the vehicles, which – if they are detected during the journey – can have fatal consequences. With a trained eye in a specialist workshop, even hidden defects can be quickly identified and corrected. In addition, the impeccable condition of the protective clothing is important, which is optimized with a reflective safety vest with reflective tapes for better visibility.

Mutual respect and caution

To ensure that your own driving pleasure is not at the expense of others, it should also be a matter of course for motorcyclists to take appropriate consideration for other road users and residents. This includes a predictive and safe driving style within the legal requirements. Unfortunately, many bikers often forget that high speeds or manipulated exhaust systems create extreme noise that is not only annoying for others but can also be harmful to health.

Precautions to take

No matter what type of bike rack you have chosen, when going on vacation, it will be necessary to be careful of the conduct to take to be serious. A vehicle with a bike carrier is not driven in the same way as without a bike carrier. It is for this reason that each person is expected to have a great responsibility to avoid creating disturbances on public roads.

The holidays are often conducive to this type of event: the overload of the vehicle with the business of each, the 2 or 3 children … The car quickly becomes full. The weight of a bike and/or a roof box can seriously affect the ability to ride safely. A heavy car does not stop like a light car. There are several precautions to take into account to avoid creating a huge mistake.

In this article, we will give you many tips to avoid having problems and the different precautions to take into consideration to not receive a fine, when returning from vacation.

How to drive with a bike carrier without problems?

First of all, we must remember that there are 4 types of bike carriers. There is one that is placed only inside certain vehicles. We are going to start on three different types of bike racks, the aim of which is to provide an effective solution for the driver who wants to go on a mop with his or her bikes.

The roof rack is certainly the most dangerous element in some situations. This is particularly the case when there is a lot of wind. The management of aerodynamics is far from being of high quality with 1, 2, 3 or 4 bikes on the roof. The wind will rush everywhere and it will slow down your car. If you are unaware of this, it can be a hazard in braking management or on some steep hill climbs.

To ride quietly with a bike rack with rails that tighten on the roof, it is important to secure all bikes securely so that they can not move and fall, either forward when braking or in back in the climb of a coast or its descent.

For the other bike carriers, the difficulty is much less important, as for the system which is placed on a ball of coupling. The consequences will be almost the same as with a bike rack that will be placed on the trunk of the car. These are usually the wheels that will exceed the width of the vehicle that may cause some problems. In this case, the first thing to do is to prevent the wheels from spinning with speed. A simple strap will do the trick and the vehicle ahead will not be disturbed in its conduct. The second action to be performed is especially valid for the night when the brightness is low. We will specify that it is not because you have planned to leave by day, that you will be able to be sure of returning by day. Just have in his car, a small device to be seen. This lighting system must be waterproof and be closer to the car that will follow you, so it can better calculate and effectively manage its safety distances. By realizing this little trick, you will avoid having damaged bikes (in the case of a low pace) or a serious accident (for higher speeds). This can be a reassuring element, that of placing reflectors on the wheels of bicycles so that they are reflected with the headlights of other vehicles. If, however, you do not have this light device, it will imperatively be necessary to put the number plate. It includes a reflective material to be seen. But it’s much less effective than a flashing red light.

The last advice we can bring is to be serene in his behavior and to redouble his vigilance. Do not lower your guard, respect the Highway Code and do not hesitate to take breaks to avoid all the small errors of inattention. Finally, it is best to wear reflective clothing, such as reflective vests.

Crossing the street on the belts do not guarantee safety.

In the morning around 6:00 am on Pulaski Street in Stochastic there was a tragic deduction of a pedestrian. He passed in a designated place. He died on the spot. The driver of the A3 Audi, driving towards the Monte Casino Heroes Avenue, struck a man passing by at the height of the PKP Stardom station through a pedestrian crossing. The 38-year-old Audi driver was sober.

The details, causes, and circumstances of this tragic event are now explained by the police officers from the criminal department, together with the prosecutor.

The police are appealing for wearing reflective tapes

The use of reflective elements especially in autumn and winter, when it is dark early and visibility is definitely worse, can save our lives. Therefore, wearing reflective clothing by pedestrians should become a habit. Pursuant to the Road Traffic Law, pedestrians who move along the road after dark outside the built-up area are obliged to use reflective elements in a manner visible to other road users.

Correctly worn reflective materials should be placed in such a place that they are in the field of car lights and visible to drivers coming in from both directions (from the back and the front). If you attach a reflective element to the backpack (on the back of the silhouette) it is obvious that it will not be noticed by drivers coming from the opposite direction and vice avers when the reflection will be only in front, the driver behind us will not see him. It is safe to have two reflective elements one at the front and the other at the back or to use such types of reflections that can be seen from both sides, for example, reflective tapes.