November 2019 - Reflective tape

Companies give people better work aids, but they watch out for waste

Low unemployment favors companies manufacturing work clothes, shoes, and protective equipment. The roughly six billion markets for this product is growing gracefully with staff hunger and increased turnover. At the same time, employers are trying to control the costs of equipping employees. They recycle and purchase vending machines.

More people at work need more overalls, helmets, and boots. But this is not the main reason why their sales are growing, according to industry companies. “Some employers see this as a benefit for employees and buy better and safer work aids, shoes, clothes,” says Leonard Mynář of Canis Safety, the market leader in protective work equipment.

For example, nicer, colorful work boots are bought. An eye-catcher is clothing with reflective material elements. “But somewhere, workers still have just car reflective vests,” Mynar points out.

Employers give their people more comfort, for example by not leaving care for their work clothes, but by hiring an external company. Leasing of work clothes was on the rise when the owner of work clothes is owned by an external supplier who regularly picks up clothes, washes, and exchanges them for new ones when worn.

“We are leasing some equipment and protective equipment,” said Kateřina Pavlíková, a spokesman for Czech Airlines Handling, providing airlines with check-in at Prague Airport.

Ardon Safety, a toolkit three, is also considering this service. “It is more expensive, but the workwear is made-to-measure in this case, it does not restrict its user, it is regularly washed and the employer is sure that his people work in clean clothes and represent the company well,” says company executive Tomas Vozenílek.

However, staff pampering does not work everywhere. “When visiting the factory, the employee at the assembly desk complained that her poor shoes that fascinate her legs smell more than her men in the evening after the shift,” says Miroslav Rous, CEO of the Cerva Group, the domestic leader in protective gear. “I also found that employees handle hot plastic moldings while burning their hands,” adds another example of Rous.

There is a difference in what kind of work equipment the core employees receive and what agency workers are hired. They often change their work, so it does not make sense for the agencies that are obliged to equip them with aids. They buy only the basic equipment to meet the safety standard, comfort is not so much taken into consideration.

“On average, turnover has risen by around 10 percent, increasing the cost of work equipment. The agency and end employers are addressing this by looking for new suppliers with better prices, seeking volume discounts,” explains Alena Zahrádková, manager of Randstad’s branch in Ústí nad Labem.

“For shoes and gloves, the employer is trying to buy the cheapest product, so it favors importers from China rather than domestic manufacturers,” adds Jaroslav Palát, chairman of the board of shoemaking company Prabos Plus.

When people take turns, the cost of the gadgets comes in part. “We are trying to put pressure on employees to return the tools after the end of their employment under the threat of financial penalties, but non-transferable tools need to be depreciated and cost a lot of money,” says Jiri Halbrstat, recruitment and marketing manager at ManpowerGroup. This registers a one-fifth increase in turnover and a similar increase in staff equipment costs.

“If employees leave earlier than a year, they return our clothes. We then have them professionally cleaned, washed and provided free of charge to our employees as a replacement. We provide used shoes and clothing of no interest to charities,” Zahrádková explains. Some things like clothing or goggles can be reused. However, for example, shoes cannot be recycled for hygienic reasons.

Here he felt the opportunity of Prabos and recently began offering washable textile work boots. No one else thought of it yet, because washing shoes meant practically destroying them. “We have been on the market for four months so far, they sell well. As far as it is due to washability, I cannot say,” says Palát.

It is no longer possible, just on the card

Employers are also trying to put costs under control by introducing vending machines. With a personal chip card, only a limited number of devices are allowed to pick up each month.

“Previously there was a free-standing work gloves dispenser in operation, and everyone took what they needed. But sometimes, workers also took gloves at home to work in the garden,” Rous says. According to Mynář of Canis Safety, which sells and leases vending machines to companies and subsequently replenishes with goods, one costs 10,000 euros. “It will return to the company within a year, save on the warehouse worker, and aids are available 24 hours a day,” he says.

Vending machines are often used in the automotive sector and in indoor hall operations. “We use vending machines in all of our buildings, and employees can pick up safety equipment of the size they like – work gloves, reflective vests with reflective tapes, safety knives or water bottles,” says Ctibor Jappel, spokesman for the Czech Amazon division who runs a large warehouse in Dobrovíz near Prague.

For example, a person is entitled to gloves at every shift. “But if he overdraws, he can go to the master to raise his account,” adds Zahrádková.

Mandatory reflective elements: Even a pedestrian can be the culprit

Since February 20th this year, pedestrians have a new obligation to use outside the village with reduced visibility of reflective elements. As the head of the traffic police says in the interview, the first statistics suggest that fatal accidents outside the village decreased in the dark. However, the amendment to the Act on Road Traffic, which deals with reflective elements, brought another dimension of the view of night collisions with a pedestrian.

The share is normal

“The obligation to wear reflective elements (reflective vests, reflective tapes, etc)caused a balance between driver and pedestrian. There has been a legal situation where not only the driver has to focus on driving, but the pedestrian is obliged to be seen,” describes attorney Jan Cerný. Before the effect of the amendment, which instructs pedestrians to become visible, the driver was the primary culprit for the police and, consequently, the prosecutor. “I have also experienced cases of accusations when a pedestrian was walking on the wrong side of the road, wearing dark clothes and even under the influence of alcohol,” adds Jan Cerný.

Experts agree that in the investigation of traffic accidents, it focuses not only on the driver but also on the possible proportion of pedestrians. “We have a duty here, and it is assessed whether a pedestrian had a reflective element or not. If the driver with the reflective element had seen it, there could be situations that the driver would be fully developed. Previously, this happened very rarely in a collision of a motor vehicle with a pedestrian,” continues Jan Cerný.

Forget insurance benefits

Thus, in certain cases, a pedestrian may now be found guilty in part or whole. And this can also be reflected in the insurance indemnity. “It always depends on the investigation of the accident by the police on the spot. However, it may happen that the insurance company does not compensate the pedestrian, because he is responsible for the accident himself,” says Jiri Cívka of Generali. Labor Beran of Allianz also agrees: “There is always a general obligation to prevent damage. The possibility of shortening also applies. In each case, we examine whether the element has been used, how it was placed, and how it had a reflective surface,” he says, drawing attention to other pitfalls. “Typically, pedestrians tend to have a reflective element from behind, which may be useless if they go in the opposite direction. And then it is considered as complicity and guilt – and it can be 100%,” says Aries, and shows the case from practice.

We’ll see in five years

“Mum with a stroller went out of the village in the dark and did not have any reflective elements on it; A ninety car came from behind. The driver registered her at thirty meters, and in one-second reaction time, he drove 25 meters before taking an evasive maneuver to avoid knocking her. But in the opposite direction was the car, so there was a head-on collision with tragic consequences. It is quite clear that a woman is at least somehow guilty. It will probably recover at least part of the cost – and it can go up to millions of crowns,” Aries of Allianz describes the possibility that even the amount can be recovered by a pedestrian.

According to Beran, investigating similar accidents will be very challenging and will often have to be investigative. Even now, according to the head of the traffic police, it is common for courts to determine the percentage of responsibility of the parties. The new law, however, is still waiting for a specific interpretation and judicial practice.

“In several situations, a pedestrian will say that he did not expect reduced visibility, or that he believes that this is not a bad outlook. It will then be the judgment of the experts and at the same time, it will be a matter of interpretation of the courts. I assume that it will take at least five years before we can say what it is,” adds Jan Černý.

What the law says

“If a pedestrian is moving outside the village in poor visibility on the shoulder or on the edge of the road in a place not illuminated by public lighting, he/she is required to wear retro-reflective material placed to be visible to other road users,” talks about road law. It is important to emphasize what reduced visibility is. It is defined as a situation where road users do not identify other vehicles, people, animals or objects on the road, for example from dusk to dawn, fog, snow, heavy rain or in a tunnel. “People do not realize that reduced visibility is not only dark or dusk or dawn, but the obligation to use reflective elements also applies in daylight, even when it is raining, snowing or foggy,” says Martin Farář from Besip.

Where to?

The reflective element shall be visible to all other road users. “Therefore, in the case of reflective tape, we recommend placing it on the shin in the area above the ankle or wrist. Ideally, we have two tapes. We always put them on the right side, because outside the villages where there is no sidewalk, we walk against the direction of travel, ie the right side of the road,” recommends Martin Farář, head of Besip. “The lights of an incoming car shine first in the lower half of the body, so it is good to have the tape as low as possible. It is important to avoid having our clothes covered, especially when we put it on the wrist,” he adds.

Reflective elements for pedestrians. How much will it cost us?

Fine up to 2500 crowns! Such sanctions should be brought by an amendment to the Road Act approved by the government. These sanctions threaten pedestrians who, in poor visibility, will not have protective reflective elements outside the municipality. How much does this new measure, which still has to go through the legislative circle, cost us?

Increase road safety. This is the intention of the amendment to the Road Act, approved by the government. The amendment introduces, among other things, the obligation of pedestrians to wear reflective elements in poor visibility, in darkness or fog, on roads outside municipalities. The original draft of the amendment was that the obligation would apply also in municipalities, but that eventually fell out of the law at the legislative council of the government.

If they do not have pedestrians, they face a fine of CZK 1,500 to 2,500. “I am not a big supporter of repressive interventions, we should explain to pedestrians that it is for their safety,” said Transport Minister Dan Ťok.

And how many of us will the new measure if passed through parliament and signed by the president, the state? The most basic equipment is not expensive and anyone can buy it. Moreover, at many security events, these elements are distributed free of charge. Basic reflective tapes, which can be wrapped around the arm or arm cost about 30 to 50 crowns. Like various reflective pendants and stickers, their price is usually between 10 and 50 crowns.

Also, some people have already solved the problems with reflective elements, because much outdoor clothing already wears these elements.

Reflective elements significantly increase the visibility of pedestrians, with reflective fabrics it is visible at night up to 200 meters, in white clothing only 55 meters and in blue clothing, it is only 18 meters. “Reflective material is visible at night three times greater than white clothing and more than ten times greater than blue clothing. At 75km / h, the driver needs at least 31 meters (1.5 seconds) to realize the danger and the corresponding reacted in a way, “says Besip.

Safety reflective elements can be attached to hands, feet, back or backpack. According to experts, however, it is best to place them in places with which we move, such as feet or hands.

No risk of wearing reflective elements!

Revolution on the road! Today, at midnight, a new duty began to apply to pedestrians, who now have to wear reflective material elements at night and in poor visibility to be well visible, otherwise, they face a fine of up to two and a half thousand crowns. But as we found out tonight, pedestrians hardly know about it, so they don’t.

People do not know about the new regulation at all, or simply because they are to have reflective elements on them. People returning home along the road at night are not visible at all. From today on, police officers can impose a fine of up to two thousand fines on unenlightened pedestrians;

For example, some pubs are already thinking of getting reflective tapes or reflective vests for their regulars and lending them for their night return home.

Police throughout the country in the coming days and weeks plan special night events focused on pedestrian controls. In one breath, however, they promise to be a little more benevolent about fines for offenses.

For example, the measure has already been introduced in Slovakia, and in five years of operation, the number of killed pedestrians has decreased by almost half. Over the past three years, more than five hundred pedestrians have died in the Czech Republic, of which more than three hundred at night.

Reflective tape can save a life. A person on the road is almost invisible to the driver without reduced visibility. Also, if the pedestrian is wearing dark clothing, the driver’s reaction time is halved.

The number of accidents in which pedestrians die on the roads is alarming every year. On the last Thursday in the evening under the wheels of the car died a man, which the driver probably overlooked. The reflective tape might have saved his life.

For example, the newly-baked mother Kateřina from České Budějovice leaves nothing to chance: “Not only does our stroller itself have some reflective elements, reflex points, but I have added tapes to the stroller because I want us to be well seen when it’s dark or dark.”

But even wearing a tape has its principles. It should be located on the side facing the center of the road so that the driver who is driving against can see exactly where the pedestrian is and how far it reaches.

One-fifth of families carry their children to school by car

One-fifth of families in the Czech Republic use their cars regularly to transport children to schools. This was shown by a survey conducted by Škofin.

At least, only nine percent of parents transport their children to school by car in Prague. On the other hand, children living in small municipalities with up to 1000 inhabitants carry the family car (35 percent of families).

Just two decades ago, only two percent of children regularly drove to school, with 59 percent traveling on foot and 36 percent of schoolchildren using public transport.

“Today it is very different. About 37 percent of children go to school on foot and another 27 percent by bus or tram,” said the road safety team.

Fears of an accident

On the contrary, nothing has changed over the years that, at the beginning of the school year, there are police officers at every crossing near schools and make sure that children cross the road safely. Yet more and more parents do not hesitate to drive schoolchildren by car. They are usually led to fear of a possible accident if the child walks.

“There is a real danger for a child in the form of crossing busy roads in places where there are no pedestrian crossings or traffic is not controlled by traffic lights,” says Markéta Novotná, a method of traffic education from the Road Safety Team.

“The smallest ones may encounter complications that the adult does not perceive. After all, what a tall adult can see at a glance can remain hopelessly hidden from the first-graders through the parked vehicles,” Novotná added.

Reflective elements for walking

It is therefore good to explain in detail to the child where to go and where to go. And it is definitely necessary to ensure that drivers can see them sufficiently in road traffic. It provides brightly colored clothing.

“It should be remembered that the autumn sleet is approaching. Bright fluorescent colors lose their advantage in the dark. Only reflective accessories will help. There is a sufficient selection of clothing with reflective fabrics on the market, and reflective pendants or belts are suitable accessories. Children will not resist wearing them, quite the contrary,” said Novotná.

Are reflective elements obligatory even in cities?

Since last February 20, people are obliged to wear reflective elements while walking outside the village in poor visibility. However, the number of dead pedestrians did not reduce it much. This year, by the end of October, 79 people died on the roads in the Czech Republic, only by six less than in the previous year. According to experts, it would be beneficial if reflective elements were mandatory for pedestrians on any road, including in a city or municipality.

“I proposed to introduce this obligation across the board in 2014 when I was still at the Ministry of Transport (MD). However, I was told at the time that it would be too much because people should not be burdened with excessive obligations,” Roman Budský of the Road Safety Team said on Wednesday.

The Czech Republic should be inspired by the example of Slovakia, Finland, and Estonia, where the obligation to wear reflective elements applies across the board.

Asked if people would have to wear reflective vests or belts even on Wenceslas Square in Prague, Budský replied: “Of course not, this would only be true on those roads in urban areas where there is insufficient lighting. It is on local roads that there are most often clashes of vehicles with pedestrians.”

The police also ask for an extension of the obligation

At the moment, the Ministry of Transport is not preparing an amendment that would extend the obligation of pedestrians to wear reflective elements to cities. “However, the discussion is already underway at the expert level, for example by the police,” Martin Farář, head of the BESIP department of the Ministry of Transport, confirmed to Právo.

If MD puts on the experts and suggests the introduction of reflective elements across the board, it will not be easy in the House. After all, in 2015, Minister of Transport Dan Ťok had missed: “When I heard some deputies that they did not want to look like clowns with a reflective vest, I could not be surprised.”

There are uncertainties in the current amendment

There are some uncertainties in the current legislation that would certainly deserve the changes. For example, the amendment stipulates that the pedestrian should have reflective elements in the dark or at daytime with reduced visibility when traveling outside the village along the shoulder or road edge. However, it does not address cases where a pedestrian crosses the road.

“Therefore, a pedestrian will not break the law if he does not have a reflective element when crossing. It must be seen,” Budský points out. The current amendment to the Road Traffic Act also lacks an implementing decree that would specify what color and minimum size a reflective element should have and where the pedestrian should wear it.

When a pedestrian is equipped with a correctly reflective element in poor visibility, the distance the driver can recognize is increased up to 200 meters. And that gives enough time for the driver to react in time and safely avoid the pedestrian. “But this is not the case when a pedestrian has too short a reflective belt on his clothing or turns it into a roll on a backpack strap, which is useless,” Brodsky said.

Fine up to 2000 CZK

If police find pedestrians that they do not have a reflective element when walking on a road outside the village in poor visibility, they can be fined up to 2000 crowns.

The reason why this obligation has been legalized in the fact that only between 2012 and 2015 a total of 523 pedestrians died and 303 of them died at night. Even more threatening is the long-term statistics, according to which from 1993 to October this year, 5770 pedestrians died on the roads, and this is a smaller town.

“People mistakenly think that they must have reflective materials only in the dark. However, this is not accurate, as it must be visibly labeled even at dusk, for example at dawn or after sunset. In the fog, it is advisable to have a light source with you, such as an electric flashlight,” recommends Farář.

Prepare reflective tapes

A fine of up to 2500 crowns is threatened from Saturday by pedestrians who will move in poor visibility on the road outside the village and in other designated places without mandatory reflective elements. This stems from an amendment to the Road Act, which will come into effect this Saturday. In particular, the measure should contribute to the safety of pedestrians, who often fall victim to traffic accidents in poor visibility.

The obligation to wear reflective elements for pedestrians will apply in poorly lit places, in municipalities especially in places where there is no pavement and pedestrians move along the side of the road. If pedestrians are not marked with reflective tapes or other elements, for example, they face up to two thousand crowns in block proceedings, while in administrative proceedings they are penalized in the range of CZK 1,500 to 2,500. Initially, however, according to the Ministry, the police will not penalize people but will negotiate and distribute reflective tapes and bags.

Police, in cooperation with Besip, are also planning to explain to people how to wear the tapes. “The strap should be located on the side facing the center of the road. So that the driver who is coming against me or from behind me can see how far as a pedestrian who goes along the side of the road or on the side of the road,” said Besip boss Martin Farář for Czech Radio.

The new facility mainly monitors pedestrian safety. Between 2012 and 2015, 523 pedestrians died on the roads, including 303 at night. Last year alone, 72 people died because they were not seen at night, the Ministry of Transport said. This repeatedly points out that to increase safety, it is not necessary to wear a reflective vest or another bulky reflective element, but even a luminous strip that can be easily removed from the pocket and placed on the sleeve. Reflective material elements increase pedestrian visibility in the dark up to 200 meters.

However, the amendment to the Road Act will not only apply to pedestrians. From Saturday it will also be possible to withdraw a driver’s license for half a year for drivers crossing the railway crossing at the time of signaling the arrival of the train. The fine for such an offense has not yet increased, but in the future, it is considered to increase from 5,000 crowns to five times.

Municipalities will also have the right to prohibit segway operation either using a traffic sign or by regulation, based on a related degree. The amendment also stipulates that people on these vehicles will be able to ride “at a speed comparable to that of walking”.

Reflective jacket for cars: obligation and penalties

Reflective life-saving jackets are mandatory to wear when you get out of the car parked outside the built-up areas and in poor visibility conditions.

The reflective vest also called a life-saving vest, required by law since 2004. The Decree of 30 December 2003 of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport establishes that those who get out of the car of a stationary vehicle in conditions of poor visibility (low illumination, fog, snow or heavy rains) is required to wear the jacket.

It is advisable to keep the jacket in the vehicle if possible not in the trunk so that it is within reach for wearing it before getting out of the car.

Reflective jacket, which one to choose?

The Highway Code provides in article 162 the use of the reflective jacket or alternatively high visibility retro-reflective braces.

What should the reflective jacket be like?

The 2003 decree established that jackets and braces must comply with the CE mark and UNI EN 471.

No matter the color, which can be yellow, orange or red, as long as it is fluorescent and has strips that reflect light.

The obligation of the reflective vest

Always art. 162 paragraph 1 of the Highway Code imposes the obligation of the reflective vest on drivers of all vehicles except cycles, two-wheeled mopeds, and motorcycles. Normally, quadricycles are not excluded, so those driving for example quads and mini-cars must have a jacket.

This also applies to foreigners, even if the decree focuses on vehicles registered in Italy, leaving drivers of foreign vehicles the possibility of having a non-homologated jacket.

In paragraph 4, the art. 162 of the Highway Code indicates that the jacket or shoulder straps must always be used by drivers outside built-up areas, stationary on the roadway, on emergency lanes and lay-bys, at night and during the day in cases of poor visibility, when they go down from the car, and in all signaling operations, how to position the triangle.

Once out of the car, the vest is also mandatory for other passengers besides the driver.

Lifesaving jackets: sanctions

It is advisable to keep the reflective vest in the door to wear it even before getting out of the car.

Those who break the rule can run into administrative fines ranging from 41.00 to 169.00, which for the driver goes to reduce even 2 points from the license.

In any case, it is not mandatory to have the vest with reflective tape in the car and show it during the checks, while it is for the triangle.

Safety check for fishing boats in autumn and winter

Masan Happo-gu, Changwon-si, has joint safety checks with related organizations such as Korea Maritime Safety Agency, Changwon Maritime Police Station, and related agencies to prevent the risk of fishing accidents such as the increase of fishing boats in autumn and worsening of maritime damage in winter. Unfolded.

On this day, safety inspections were posted on old and fishing vessels, which were vulnerable to fire. The focus was on checking.

Also, minor matters, such as trash bins, were corrected at the site, and safety training was conducted at the site, such as wearing life jackets with reflective tapes and banning drinking in preparation for worsening winter weather.

Yun Bum-sik, Director of Fisheries and Forestry, said, “With this joint inspection, we will raise awareness about safety accidents and provide guidance and promotion, which is a continuous fishery on maritime safety.”

Police alerted first-graders and other road users

To move children from home to school and from school to home as safely as possible, with the first day of the new school year, the staff of the Police Department of Istria began to act “Respect Our Signs”. The action is aimed at protecting children in traffic and preventing their lives being endangered, especially by the youngest who participate in traffic for the first time independently. Police activities at a press conference in front of the Giuseppina Martinuzzi Elementary School in Pula were presented today by Head of the Road Traffic Safety Department Josip Lukic and Assistant Chief of Prevention at the Pula-Pola Traffic Police Station Dubravko Slibar, while School Principal Susanna Cerlon emphasized the importance of implementing preventive measures action for student safety in traffic.

Head Lukić pointed out that during September 2017, during the action, no traffic accident occurred in the school zone at the time of arrival or departure of the students, in which the children participated. In the last year, 48 children aged 1 to 14 years have been killed, which is 6% less than in 2016, when 51 children were injured. The children were most often injured as passengers in vehicles: one child sustained serious injuries and 29 children sustained minor injuries. As a bicycle rider, eight children sustained minor injuries, while pedestrians were slightly injured by ten children. It is certainly important to point out that 63% of children are killed as passengers in their loved ones’ vehicles. “Experience so far indicates that children are one of the most vulnerable categories of road users, whether it is crossing the street, playing on the roadway, whether on the way to school or as passengers in a vehicle. A moment of carelessness often has dire consequences for the youngest,” Lukic said.

As in previous years, police officers, in cooperation with the representatives of the competent authorities for road maintenance, inspected all roads and traffic signs in the school zones to renew or replace the worn traffic signs by the beginning of the school year.

“At the beginning of the school, twenty-minute lectures and talks will be organized with the principals, pedagogues, and teachers with the students of the first grades of elementary schools. During the interview, police will hand out gifts to the children, and this year they are reflective yellow raincoats with reflective tape,” Assistant Silber said. The main objective of the lecture is to familiarize the youngest traffic participants with the basic rules for safe traffic. Also, the police will be present at the first parent meetings of primary school students, where parents will be advised of desirable traffic behaviors, as their children most often imitate them alone, which is why parents must obey traffic regulations.

During September, every day, especially during the start and finish of first-grade students, police officers will carry out enhanced traffic monitoring at driveways and intersections near schools to make it easier for children to get and leave school. In addition to preventive activities, the police will also act in a repressive manner in primary school zones, and will primarily monitor the speed, improper parking and compliance of pedestrian obligations on pedestrians at marked pedestrian crossings.

WAY TO SCHOOL

Practice your way to school with strict adherence to traffic regulations and safety rules. You are a role model to your child and it will imitate you in everything, and so in traffic behavior. Explain in a child-friendly manner the purpose of the pedestrian crossing, the change of traffic lights and their meaning for changing the movement of vehicles, as well as the role of a traffic policeman. Do not rush your child on the way to school, because getting to school faster is not the safest.

CHILDREN’S CLOTHING AND SCHOOL EQUIPMENT

If you are able or have not yet equipped your child for school, pay attention to the colors when purchasing children’s clothing. Lighter-colored clothing is easier to spot in traffic, especially for reduced visibility. It is also useful that the school bag has reflective straps or glasses (cat eyes) that are of great importance at night. In rainy weather, it is recommended to wear a raincoat as the umbrella reduces the child’s visibility.

CHILDREN AND BIKE RIDING

Before the age of nine, do not just put your child on a bicycle on a public traffic surface. A child of this age is capable of cycling only under controlled traffic conditions, therefore, in playgrounds, parks, areas with reduced traffic flow. Follow a child on a bicycle from nine to 14 years of age and do not release it to a public traffic area – it is not yet a “mature” cyclist and his or her fast reactions may be tragic for him or herself, but also other road users. A child under 16 must wear a safety helmet when riding on the road!

CHILDREN IN THE CAR

The Road Traffic Safety Act stipulates that children less than 150 cm in vehicles must be transported in a separate seat/stand, which is secured to the vehicle with a seat belt or special buckles. Exceptions are children less than 150 cm tall and at least 135 cm high, which need not be placed in a safety seat/pedestal, but may only be transported in the rear seats and must be fastened with a seat belt. The prescribed fine in case of non-compliance with this provision is HRK 500.

Please note that properly used child seats reduce the risk of a collision by up to 70% and the risk of serious injury by up to 60%. Therefore, use child seats even if the ride takes only a few minutes. Also, you must use the rear door lock to prevent the child from opening the door while driving.

We hope that the preventive action “Respect Our Signs” carried out by the Istrian Police during September will result in more responsible, tolerant and attentive behavior of drivers in traffic, especially in the areas where schools are located, and ensure a safe and safe arrival and departure to school for our students and a more enjoyable start to the school year. We urge all road users to obey the traffic regulations, and in particular, we urge drivers to exercise caution, that is, these days they pay attention to children in school zones and on their way from home to school so that we can all contribute together to safer participation of children in traffic.