Category: hi vis vest

The obligation to wear reflective vests was passed

MEPs adopted a draft law that would impose new obligations on pedestrians. It is about ordering to wear hi vis vests after dark. Pedestrians who do not comply with the order will face a fine.

 

According to data from the Central Police Headquarters, in 2012 there were 10.3 thousand accidents involving pedestrians. 1167 people died in them. Although the vast majority of such events take place at pedestrian crossings and intersections, a great danger is associated with the movement of pedestrians on roadsides in an undeveloped area. At night, it is virtually impossible to see a pedestrian on time, which is not wearing reflective elements. In 2012, there were 447 accidents, and 59 people died in them. There are many indications that soon there will be fewer such events. SLD deputies prepared a draft regulation that imposed the obligation to wear a reflective vest on pedestrians moving after dark outside the built-up area along roads where there is no sidewalk.

 

Why is it so important? Pedestrian, walking after dark without reflective clothing, is visible from a distance of only 20-30 meters. If the driver travels at 90 km / h, he travels 25 meters in a second. It does not give you any chance of any reaction. However, if the pedestrian is equipped with a reflective element, the driver will notice it from a distance of 130-150 meters and will not have any problems avoiding it.

 

SLD deputies wanted the new law to promote safe behavior instead of becoming a whip on pedestrians, which is why they did not foresee penalties for ignoring the requirement to wear reflective vests. Paradoxically, however, it can turn against a pedestrian. As informs, the police intend to enforce the provisions on general principles, and pursuant to art. 79 of the Code of Misdemeanors, a traffic participant who breaks the other provisions of the Highway Code or issued based on it, may be fined up to PLN 3,000. Of course, it is impossible to suspect that this will be a standard punishment for ignoring the requirement to wear a vest, but its amount will be discretionary and it will depend on the decision of the police officer how much we will receive.

 

It is also worth looking at the issue of adjudging blame for road accidents involving pedestrians. If the obligation to wear a reflective vest has been passed, the guilt or co-payment for the accident may be charged to a pedestrian who will ignore the order and be struck. However, if the deduction is made at the side of the illuminated road, the lack of flares will not matter to the police. The insurer to lower the value of the compensation paid to the deducted pedestrian, however, can use this circumstance.

Police officers will have new reflective tactical vests

The police officers themselves designed the reflective vests. The police officers from the Koln command will receive new reflective tactical vests. The purchase of a new pattern of tactical vests was dictated by the unification of the color of uniforms. Previously, other police officers themselves designed how a hi vis vest should look like and how the pockets will be placed on it.

 

The reference to the experience of officers as users of this type of uniforms resulted in the creation of a design that meets the expectations of a police officer performing both patrol and road services, is also in line with the ordinance regarding uniforms of police officers.

 

The purchase of handed tactical safety vests and other equipment for the needs of the service was possible thanks to financial resources transferred from the Sacristy, the city of Koln and the following communes.

Dark clothing could also play a part in the tragedy

The tragic accident, in which two lives were extinguished, moves emotionally in a wide region. On the main road line Kaolin – Prague, near a petrol station near Pesky road there was a passenger car with two pedestrians who are not wearing the hi vis vest. According to unconfirmed information, it should be a married couple. After the collision, the man was dead, the woman, despite the care of the rescuers, eventually succumbed to her injuries.

 

This was confirmed by Petra, a spokesperson for the Central Bohemian Rescue Service. “The first person suffered injuries incompatible with life; unfortunately the doctor could only declare death. The other person rescued the rescuers for several dozen minutes, but despite all efforts, it did not succeed, “said the spokesman. Cologne firefighters intervened on site to illuminate the scene of the incident, and tried to provide psychic assistance to the driver of a passenger car together with a post-traumatic care team.

 

Only during the night, the victims of the accident were able to identify. “It was a 66 year old man and a sixty-five-year-old woman,” police spokesperson Martina said.

The huge misery has become a topic of many discussions. “It is a misfortune on all sides, including a driver who has been devastated all the time, and perhaps the pedestrian may not even have a chance to see it in time,” Stanislaw, for example, left.

 

According to him, he was completely hungry when he realized that he was passing by a gas station shortly before a fatal accident. “But it was a little light,” he added. Just around the visibility of pedestrians is now a great debate among people. According to unconfirmed information, both pedestrians who were killed in Pesky road should be in dark clothes and without reflective tapes or other signs that would make them darker in the dark. Therefore, the police again appeal to pedestrians and cyclists not to underestimate visibility.

 

The cause of a number of traffic accidents is insufficient visibility. With reduced visibility, pedestrians are, of course, the most vulnerable. Drivers who have injured a pedestrian or a cyclist agree that they have not seen it at all or too late. Cars and motorcycles, as well as cyclists, are obliged to shine, pedestrians do not have such an obligation. For their greater safety, however, pedestrians and cyclists would have to use reflective materials in particular. It is recommended to motorcyclists. “It also happened to me that I was glad to avoid the unlit cyclist. In addition, when I called him out of the window, where he had light, he screamed at me vulgarly, “one of the drivers described his unpleasant experience.