Category: yellow vest

Add some extra reflective vests in car on vacation

Do you make a holiday car? Add some extra reflective vests instead and learn the specifics required by local regulations. Even if you are in a dispute with a foreign police officer (who often does not have to speak otherwise than “your” language) the truth, do not let your vacation spoil unnecessary conjecture.

 

European auto clubs warn that police officers are preparing for a sharper regime for the summer. According to Aldrich Vanier, the president of ÚAMK, he will focus on strict adherence to road traffic rules. “For example, it will focus on speed limits, driving under the influence of alcohol and other addictive substances, safe distance, technical condition of the vehicle, or poor parking,” warns Vanier. In Slovakia, since the New Year, you will not have a common highway mark, but an electronic vignette that you buy either on the border or on the web (details here). In Slovakia, penalties for speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, other addictive substances, and the like have also been tightened.

 

If you do not have a motorway mark in Austria, a passenger car will be fined 120 Euros and 65 Euros for motorbikes. “There is a fine of 200 Swiss francs in Switzerland for the absence of a motorway. In Slovenia, fines are even higher. There you pay 300 to 800 Euros (21,600 crowns), but if you pay on the spot or within 8 days, the amount is reduced by up to half, “says Vanier. In addition, watch out for attempts at lower penalties to be seen by the yellow vest dressed police in Slovenia as an attempt at corruption. As in the Czech Republic, fines are also threatened by the fact that you have an old invalid highway stamp.

 

Old cars are not allowed to Paris

From 1 July, they have a low-emission zone in Paris, where vehicles with an emission class of Euro 2 and below cannot. Entry forbidden for them is valid from Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm. The penalty for entering the ban is set from € 35 to € 78, but the collection starts only from September 1. The emission zone system has been in Germany for many years, it is necessary to have a special plaque corresponding to the emission standard on the windscreen. You can find it in the Czech Republic and Germany (there is cheaper than in the Czech Republic).

 

“In France, there is also a new ban on the use of headphones when driving, whether it is a bicycle, a motorcycle or a passenger car,” warns Aldrich Vanier, the same ban applies in Greece. In France, a tester of alcohol is mandatory, just the old tube with a balloon. In France, they sell them on petrol. If you do not have it, you will not be fined for Vanier, but it is a threat that the police officer in safety vest can get you out of the road.

 

José wear reflective vest protect children on road

The ‘semaphore man’ of Quito has spent 20 years regulating the traffic of the N-232 to the hours of entry and exit of the school. Today he receives a tribute.

 

The children greet José Maria Garcia ‘Machala’ while he, without taking his eyes off the road, checks that the vehicles have stopped when they reach the zebra crossing located next to the entrance to the school Fernando, which he has been attending five times a day for the past 20 years. In all this time, he has only missed his appointment in “very few occasions.” “If someday I do not come, people miss me,” he said. Dressed in a reflective vest, and with the help of a stop sign, warns drivers to stop when they travel on the N-232 national road to allow children to cross. “I am delighted and I am doing it because I love my people very much, and I will be there as long as I can,” he explained, while continuing to monitor the traffic.

 

To recognize their selfless work, the City Council and the association of mothers and fathers of the school have organized this afternoon a tribute at the house of culture. Most of them are wearing the high visibility vest. It will be an emotional act, which will coincide with his 73th birthday, in which he will be give details of the children, an audiovisual project will be screen, and there will be “some surprise.” Next, you will also discover the plaque that has been place in the place that bears his name, and which was decide after a popular consultation in which there was a great deal of the neighbors. The mayor, Morales, stressed, “If someone deserves this recognition, it is Machala.” Not only in Fifth, know his work. Many people who travel through the crossing has met once with the ‘traffic light man’: “It is already a typical image of Quito.”

 

José Maria was a municipal worker and decided to continue providing this retired service: “Many cars and heavy trucks pass through this national highway,” which is a way to increase the safety of pedestrians, said the local official.

 

Of the same opinion they were shown yesterday afternoon at the doors of the school Maria Pillar and Susana, grandmother and mother of students, who acknowledged and appreciated their task: “We are much calmer knowing that he is here stopping the cars. The children pay much attention to him; he is a very dear person in the locality and with wearing a yellow vest.” It is usual to see him minutes before school entry and exit times, but he also collaborates to regulate traffic if there is any exit from the students.

 

The opponents in reflective vest hold a sharp protest

Several dozen opponents in yellow vest of presidential couple Lech and Maria Kaczynski on the Wawa Hill met on the first anniversary of the Wawa Hill funeral. Demonstration takes place under the slogan “Wawa without politicians”. Participants chanted the slogan “Cardinal mistake” and “Wawa kings, not presidents”. There was talk of verbal opponents and supporters of burial at Wawa.

 

Demonstration dressed in reflective waistcoats formed a cube before entering the castle from Canonizes Street. Passers gave away the flags with the inscription “Cardinal error 18.04.2010”. Among the gathered were the verbal attacks of adversaries and supporters of burial at Wawa.

 

According to the representatives of the “Civic Wawa” Association, which is protesting against the burial of the presidential couple at Wawa, the place and other national symbols were appropriated and used by politicians. They chatted: “Cardinal mistake” and “Wawa kings, not presidents”. A few days later – notwithstanding the Poles’ opinion – a controversial decision on the burial place of the President of the Republic of Poland has been made, “reads the leaflet of the association.

 

The protesters demand the depolarization of Wawa, which, in their opinion, should serve the inhabitants of Cracow and tourists. At the same time, they assured that their goal was not to bring the bodies of the Presidential couple to Warsaw.

According to the protesters in reflective vest, the quarrels of Poles after the Smolensk crash did not begin at the cross in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, just from the error of Cardinal Stanislaw, the decision to burial the presidential couple at Wawa.

 

Will it get to a fight?

In the evening, two demonstrations were announced in Krakow: supporters of “Gazette Polkaed” and anti-burial camps of Lech and Maria Kaczynski in Cracow.

As the RMF FM learned, both manifestations may meet before the Katy Cross at the church of Sts. Diego. There are plans to move people who will come to Krakow to commemorate the anniversary of the funeral of the presidential couple. The organizers of this demonstration estimate that it could be up to 1000 right-wing activists.

 

At the same time, the opponents of the presidential couple in Krakow will be countered by Wawa Hill. There the demonstration will end on Bernadine Street, which is in a straight line 100 meters from the square, where Pisa supporters will be.

The Krakow municipality assures that the two manifestations will not come into contact with each other. It may, however, be enough for verbal rants. Law and Justice Deputies filed flowers – without J. Kaczynski. On the first anniversary of the burial of the presidential couple in Wawa, MPs paid flowers at the grave of Lech and Maria Kaczynski in the afternoon.

 

– We made flowers, we prayed for a moment. It has been a year since this tragedy. Exactly a year ago the whole nation faded here his president, a presidential couple. Time is running fast – he told reporters. “It is up to our hearts today to be able to return to these kinds of national retreats that took place here exactly a year ago in Wawa,” said Brazens in safety vest.

Reflective clothing can be as uniforms

Does that mean if someone who does not wear such a reflective vest asks us for the bus travel card, should we not present it? It seems that things are not that simple. Besides controllers “on sight”, there are still “incognito”, as RATB spokesman Constantine Tabasco told.

According to him, besides the controllers showing the insignia of the institution on the vest, there will still be those dressed in street clothes, so the Bucharest people who thought they could realize at a glance that the bus, trolleybus or tram is “safe” They did not escape.

“Vests are an additional accessory that is not used by all teams, and there are incognito controllers. The traveler must validate the title when it has boarded the vehicle and submit it to the controllers who have delegates and badges on them, Have news, “said RATB spokesperson.

So why are they being worn by some of these news? “RATB aims to increase revenue and not to pay fines. RATB aims to increase the civic consciousness of travelers,” Tabasco explains.

Regarding Bucharest’s feed-back with this change, this is a “positive” one, already feeling a decrease in the number of contraventions. In addition, although there are no statistical data yet, the queues at the counters have shown that more travel has been paid than before: “Feedback from travelers was positive, obviously, we cannot do a statistic yet, But in the early days there was a decrease in contraventions.

At the same time, there was an increase on the sale, which was seen with the naked eye by the tails that appeared at the sales centers, “said RATB spokesman.

Earlier this month, a change in the “controller profile” is also announced. We wanted to know what this is and this is the institution’s answer: “The controller who wears a yellow vest is not a person who simply hunts a certain type of traveler to sanction him. As I said, our purpose is not that.

The Controller is an important interface in the RATB-Travel relationship; he must have the attitude that the entire Direction has towards our clients, namely serving with attachment, fairness and firmness.

Let’s not forget that, however, these people are confronted with all sorts of people. Not many times they were beaten, assaulted. Think about it they know they are watched by travelers without sympathy. This is exactly what has to be changed: the controller is an employee who does his job, which checks if you have paid your trip, so you seem to respect the other travelers who pay. ”

Constantine Tabasco also told us that the institution is thinking of awarding “good pay” trips, including free tickets to performances. Specifically, one of RATB’s projects is that subscribers subscribe to the site and participate in a lottery, where lucky people will receive invitations or tickets to the theater, circus or museum. This project has not yet started, but will soon be implemented, as Tabasco said.

As many Buchan rosters seem indignant that in the middle of the public transport controllers seem to avoid asking for travel card verification from certain segments of travelers, we wanted to know why this is happening.

“The inspector often does not have time to check the travel titles around the world, and the police do not stop all traffic participants, except when there are operations to do so. The support of the Community Police with safety vest and the Gendarmerie, especially where problems have been found, “is the spokesman for the institution.

Motorcyclists are required to wear reflective vest

The measure was announced at the beginning of the year, after the publication of bad figures of road mortality. It is now official: drivers of two or three motorized wheels will have obligation from 1 January 2016 to have on board a yellow vest, such as motorists, according to a decree published Sunday in the Official Journal.

Officially called “high visibility vest“, “retro reflective vest” or “fluorescent vest” by some, this accessory must be within easy reach of drivers “on them or in a storage of their vehicle (net, trunk …) “And they will have to” wear it when they come down from their vehicle following an emergency stop, in order to improve their visibility “, the decree specifies.

Fine from 11 to 135 Euros

Compulsory since 1 July 2008 for motorists – such as the red triangle – the fluorescent yellow vest, in conformity with the regulations in force (CE marking), must be lined by the driver before leaving his vehicle in the event of immobilization on The causeway or its surroundings as a result of an emergency stop.

Offenders will incur a fine of € 11 in the absence of a vest on board, € 135 if they do not wear it as a result of an emergency stop.

The measure, several times announced, had been the object of a shield of the French Federation of angry motorcyclists (FFMC). This encourages incentives to travel with appropriate equipment such as reflective vest (gloves, jacket with backbone, boots …).

Motorcyclists are required to wear reflective vest

The measure was announced at the beginning of the year, after the publication of bad figures of road mortality. It is now official: drivers of two or three motorized wheels will have obligation from 1 January 2016 to have on board a yellow vest, such as motorists, according to a decree published Sunday in the Official Journal.

Officially called “high visibility vest“, “retro reflective vest” or “fluorescent vest” by some, this accessory must be within easy reach of drivers “on them or in a storage of their vehicle (net, trunk …) “And they will have to” wear it when they come down from their vehicle following an emergency stop, in order to improve their visibility “, the decree specifies.

Fine from 11 to 135 Euros

Compulsory since 1 July 2008 for motorists – such as the red triangle – the fluorescent yellow vest, in conformity with the regulations in force (CE marking), must be lined by the driver before leaving his vehicle in the event of immobilization on The causeway or its surroundings as a result of an emergency stop.

Offenders will incur a fine of € 11 in the absence of a vest on board, € 135 if they do not wear it as a result of an emergency stop.

The measure, several times announced, had been the object of a shield of the French Federation of angry motorcyclists (FFMC). This encourages incentives to travel with appropriate equipment such as reflective vest (gloves, jacket with backbone, boots …).

They are demanding more safety on the “road of death”

While a tribute is organized in memory of the victims, tongues loosen and hopes are formulated.

 

“Death Road”, an exaggerated term, “usurped” for the Department and specifically the county House of sustainable management. Responsible for maintenance of the RD231, they point to further the “errors of conduct” of users and call for their wear a safety vest and compliance with the rules of the road.

 

Simply yet to type the name of the road into a search engine to find that the axis has very bad press and cumulative fatalities. The words of the Department are bound relatives of various victims who lost their lives in different places of this long winding axis. They are called Antoine… Only on the year that just ended.

 

“And we do not know half of the accidents that have occurred on this road, as there were many others, fatal or not,” says the family of Anis, another victim of accident on the county in 2014. The girl, she has not died on that road. But she and her family had their daily switch as brutally as for others. Anis has now lost any form of autonomy. Her parents hope that she will one day a minimum of mobility and will contact them again. They engaged in a daily struggle for that.

 

Families waiting

They share another hope: that work be undertaken to secure the RD231. “We just wish there are more accidents”, begs Evelyn’s mother Anis, pointing the dangerousness of the county. “We could do if only shave a little embankments to improve visibility in bends, for example”, says the father of Anis.

 

An investigation is ongoing to determine the causes of this accident. “We will carry complaint in all cases. The results of the expertise simply determine how we will. But for now, I’m waiting to know if my son well respected speed limits and all indications are that it did “spear dad, too convinced of the accident-prone nature of the road. He added: “Myself, I never borrowed this road; I walked around by the A16.”

 

For him, there is an obvious solution to secure the road: lowering the speed limit. The man does not understand why it remains so high (90 and 70 km / h) and changes several times over a few kilometers. It also points to the lack of visibility in different places. And on the very spot where his son died, he added, “this junction should have been abolished long ago”. It’s near the same intersection Antoine Boniface, volunteer firefighter, was killed a year ago. He was on foot and climbed the RD231 at night without reflective vest. Driving at risk, but that does not resolve Nicolas Devein, his former colleague who lives a few hundred meters from the scene of the accident, to draw a line under what happened.

 

The white walking is above all a tribute, but it also offers hope of some relatives of victims. Not all want one thing: more security.

White On October 16, at 9:30 am at the school Ellingham. The procession will join the cross street of Angouleme. Participants must bring a yellow vest.

Road safety: A tragedy was averted on highway

Life expectancy for a pedestrian without safety vest driving on the emergency lane on the highway does not exceed 20 minutes. When a vehicle breaks down and is forced to stop on the side, all occupants must exit the vehicle from the outside to the floor and get behind the security barrier. Stay in the vehicle represents an extreme danger. The couple in their sixties, who was traveling in a motorhome yesterday on the A62 in the direction Bordeaux-Toulouse, had assimilated this precaution.

 

When the driver found that his vehicle had burst, he pulled over to the emergency lane, and with his wife, they are out. They were waiting and wearing a safety reflective vest when troubleshooting heavyweight violently hit the back of the camper, spraying almost in shock. The two occupants have been spared because they were outside. The trailer ended up in the ditch, he was carrying shutters. No contamination was found by rescue. Firefighters carried the slightly injured in hospital Agen.

 

In case of failure, it is recalled that before out of the car to get behind the slide with all the other passengers, the driver must put on his yellow vest that should be in the cabin. In the event of a puncture, do not change the wheel itself, calling for service on a terminal located every 2 km, walking behind the zipper for access.

An army of yellow reflective vests for the future line Canal

Preliminary studies of the future tram line “Channel” are visible from a few days in town: officials in yellow reflective vest covered the routes of cars to see traffic flows.

 

If you traveled in the city center these days, you do not miss them: posted along major axes, dressed in yellow vests, a strange interim army performs a counting operation. Counting ground-based instruments and cameras placed on red lights at some intersections complete the system. This will determine where do and where to direct the cars on the main road between the Grand to determine what is the best path for the future tramway Canal, called to enter into Service in 2019.

 

“AA BD 564 … 298 …” In his Dictaphone, the agent records the first five characters of car license plates. Organized in trio, each agent handles a file, Boulevard of the mouthpiece, at the bridge. A hundred meters away, Boulevard des, a new trio recorded the plates. The operation also performed Boulevard Marquette, will post recordings of counting, to know precisely the path of each car.

 

Where will the tram “Channel”? This is the question that will have to meet officials SMTC and Toulouse. First, what side of the canal? The two tram routes will they be on the same side? How very crossing used by he will build a special car design with reflective tape? What impact the route he will have on traffic?

Road safety: the students wear safety vest

Bracieux nine college students received the National Order of Merit for their project around the port of yellow reflective vest.

 

Thursday, June 16, Hubert school in Bracieux has hosted prestigious guests. Valerie Goff, academic director of the department and Alain, Chief of Staff of the prefect, had traveled to greet the “amazing work and smart” 9 students.

For over a year, these college students and their history teacher, Romaric set up a project on the promotion of wearing safety vest. “We were surrounded by two professors of the college and then we got a grant from the Highway Safety to help us finalize the project,” says Camille, a student participating in this production.

As a reward, they received the National Order of Merit awarded by the medalists and departmental chairman, Jean-Claude. “Now we will communicate this production to the national jury of the Order of Merit in Paris. We truly support this project because it is in time and we will do everything for it to go away, “says Jean-Claude.

 

Eight panels on a wall tell the story of the yellow vest over the centuries. It is amazing project Romaric and 9 of his students. “It was a kind of timeline incorporating the yellow vest in paintings and texts of our history book” says Camille.

 

“A Citizens’ Agenda”

But basically, the idea germinated in the head Romaric. The teacher wanted to start a project that echoes an internal problem in college. “Many students ride bicycles or off the bus without wearing a yellow vest, he says, so we already wanted to trigger awareness in them.”

In depicting characters from the middle Ages coating the yellow vest, Romaric has integrated this item in history to “create a reflex” for these college students. Professor promotes another type of prevention, bypassing the awareness campaigns it deems ineffective.

This production, own students, allowed them to “take ownership history “, adding a touch of humor to the illuminations of the Middle Ages. What, hopefully, to get the message to their peers.