These are the characteristics that reflective vest should have

From January 1 on all vehicles must wear with a reflective vest, measure that seeks to reduce traffic accidents and collisions of drivers when they get off the car.

Those who do not comply with the regulations will be committing a slight fault and will have to pay a fine that varies between 0.2 to 0.5 UTM.

 

In order to comply with the law, it is necessary to be clear about the characteristics of the vest that must wear. As of January 1, it will be mandatory to wear the reflective vest on the vehicles; can you identify the reflective vest required by law?

 

Characteristics of the vest

– Yellow fluorescent material

-It must have bands of retro reflective material with a width greater than 50mm

-The vest must be in a place accessible from inside the vehicle, so that the driver who gets off the car does so with this element.

 

According to the decree, these alternatives can use:

– Two horizontal bands bordering the torso separated by a minimum distance of 50mm and bands that joins the upper band of the torso from front to back, passing through each shoulder.

– A horizontal band that is surrounds the torso, and bands that join that from front to back over each shoulder. The 50mm distance should maintain.

– Two horizontal bands are surrounding the torso, separated by a minimum distance of 50 mm. The lower part of the lower band must be at a minimum distance of 50 mm from the lower edge of the safety vest.

 

The reflective vest use for the visualization theme

After the presentation of the six schools that will participate in the final phase of the second school competition “In the voice of children”, last Tuesday in the communal building, NORTE in reflective uniform spoke with the Director General of Transit and Transportation of the Municipality of Rivera.

 

Mauricio referred to the school safe transit contest. He expressed that the contest “is a great success”, because the Department of Rivera is the only country level with this modality, where the Intendance and the Departmental Inspection of Primary act together.

 

“The objective is to generate culture in transit, transfer it to the population, since it is the fundamental tool to lower the accident rate. The idea is to show what is being done from Rivera to the world, “explained the head.

Gonzalez emphasized, “There are already more than 36,000 views in a week. This will serve as an example for the whole population and for the world, being a message of the children, who teach us how to behave in transit.”

 

Referring to the accident figures in the Department of Rivera, he said that this occurs more with motorcycles and mopeds. “In our car park there are more than one hundred thousand vehicles, between the two cities, and sixty thousand motorcycles circulate. For being more dangerous, we are working on the use of the reflective vest, for the visualization theme, “he explained.

 

The Director of Traffic and Transportation noted that “the driver must slow down, respect traffic signals, not use the cell phone”, although he recalled that “there is a correct signaling from the Transit Division, which in two years has been applied a lot and it has the backing of the Departmental Intending. The idea is to continue advancing and counting on the support of the public.”

 

Returning to the theme of the school competition “In the voice of children”, said that the contest “is one more stage of the work of Road Education in schools. Officials go to schools to educate children on road safety, and work with teachers, principals and later in the year, the contest takes place. ”

In Dilbert Cholula’s photographic shot, Education officials give a talk about traffic in the initial education school “Green Land School”.

Cyclists would forced to wear reflective vest

Senators entered a project that provides “the use of high visibility reflective vest during the night and when visibility conditions make it necessary.”

 

“During the night and when visibility conditions make it necessary, bicycle drivers should always wear a high visibility reflective vest.” This is the main slogan of the bill that senators Alejandro Navarro, Lily Perez, and Antonio Horvath entered Congress.

 

Transit establishes, it will have to be studied by the Commission of Transports and Telecommunications. They emphasize that “in spite of the advantages, the bicycle presents like means of transport many cyclists and people. In general, they have difficulties to use it on a daily basis, among which is the insecurity of their cities, whose geography is not adequate to circulate in their streets, except that the drivers of vehicles do not respect their pace and therefore can be victims of an accident traffic”.

 

In addition, the legislators indicated, “Law No. 18.290 says nothing in relation to mandatory safety measures for bicycle drivers during their driving at night and when visibility conditions make it necessary, taking into account the statistics.”

In the same line, they explained, “the security elements allow to prevent traffic accidents and / or reduce the possible damages and injuries that they may cause. In this sense, the implementation and proper use of security elements such as the high visibility reflective vest ostensibly reduce the risk of injury in the event of traffic accidents.”

 

“The use of reflective material considerably reduces the possibility of being run over on public roads, especially in situations of poor visibility, alerting drivers to the situation of risk. If using the high visibility vest allows a visibility of 150 meters, distance that allows to avoid the reflective, it is reduced to about 30 meters when it is not carried, which prevents an adequate reaction from the driver”, highlighted the senators.

Traffic victims in the interurban roads increase by 8%

The number of fatalities in traffic accidents so far in 2017 in Andalusia has reached 167, eight percent more than in the same dates of 2016, year in which 154 reached, according to provisional data from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) made to 24 hours on interurban roads. On the other hand, in the Andalusia community have occurred so far this year 155 accidents, 12 percent more than the same period last year, where 139 accidents occurred.

 

At the end of October, the month recorded 119 deaths (28 more than the entire month of October a year ago, when 91 deaths were recorded), which makes this October the worst since 2010. That year 174 people died and only in 2011 and 2013, more than a hundred people died in that month (114 and 103, respectively).

 

In this way, October could become the month with the highest number of deaths in 2017, surpassing even those of summer, months that more fatalities usually register on the roads due to the increase in the number of journeys on the road due to the summer period , since June closed with 123 deceased, July with 121 and August with 103. Even the police in safety vest have more work on road,

 

On the other hand, the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard will develop this week in Andalusia a campaign to prevent pedestrians from leaving their vehicle after a breakdown or accident, since more than 10 percent of those killed in accidents road traffic were pedestrians.

 

During this campaign, the agents of the Traffic Association of the Civil Guard will develop specific surveillance and control actions, as well as an information and awareness task with the delivery of a triptych, to try that there are no deaths. To ensure the safety of the driver and other road users, it is mandatory to carry two hazard warning triangles and at least one high visibility reflective vest.

Don’t forget the safety equipment when walk in the sea

A boat trip is for sure a lot of fun. But between the weather, the equipment on board and the prolonged exposure to natural light, some recommendations are essential to navigate safely. Especially if you have children!

 

Before going out to sea, check carefully the schedules and coefficients of the tides as well as the weather forecasts, so as not to be surprised by the variations of the nature. Also ensure that everyone on board has a safety lifejacket that fits their size. Everyone must also leave with their sunglasses and a cap or hat to protect the eyes, the head … and thus avoid sunstroke.

 

On the side of the skin, apply sunscreen before leaving on all visible parts, even on your whole body in anticipation of a dive in the open sea. Take with you the tubes of cream for regular applications. Yes, despite appearances and feelings, the clouds let a large number of UV rays that can weaken your skin. Finally, even if the end of the holidays is approaching and your skin is already tanned, do not worry! Tanning certainly limits the occurrence of sunburn since your skin has become accustomed to sun exposure. But the risk 0 does not exist, let alone at sea on the surface of which the impression of freshness and moisture easily masks the force of the rays. A high visibility safety vest is eye catching for keeping your safety.

 

Before leaving, check that your basket will be enough to sustain everyone’s stomachs. Think of the practical and nutritious picnic formula, and plan for 1 liter of water per person if you leave for the day. Know it, to go to sea with an empty stomach exposes to seasickness! Be careful however to fatty and heavy meals. They can cause difficulties of digestion often misguided on board. In addition, do not forget the pharmacy kit with its lot of bandages, anti-nausea, mercurochrome, scissors and tweezers.

 

In the piloting department now … if you have to do little tricky maneuvers, your children will have to sit, both hands on fixed supports, buttocks well set, especially if the toddlers are light weights. In the best case, tell the young people to stay in the cockpit for maximum safety.

 

Finally, never leave a child alone on board or at the controls of the boat even they wear the safety clothing. And despite the concentration you show, always keep an eye on the actions of your toddlers. Also plan a child’s difficulty in staying in place for a long time. If it starts to get agitated, try taking a break where everyone can let off steam.

 

The security inspectors of the city armed with safety vest

“The attack on the Champs has shown that every uniformed agent is a target,” exclaims Nathalie Kosciusko, president of the LR group at the Paris Council. Faced with this observation, his political party wants to change the armament and safety uniform of the security inspectors of the city of Paris (ISVP), and will file a wish in this direction to the Paris Council which begins this Tuesday.

 

“Trained and equipped with lethal weaponry”

On April 21, a hundred security inspectors, on strike, had gathered in front of City Hall to demand a “development of their weapons.” At the call of the CFTC and the UCP (Union of Paris executives), this movement was intended to claim “at least initially a non-lethal weapons” for the more than 1,000 municipal officers tasked with combating the “incivilities” of everyday life. Currently they are equipped with a Tonka and a tear gas bomb “when terrorists are equipped with a weapon of war,” note Republicans.

 

Favorable for several years to an “armed municipal police”, NKM recovers from the security file and asks that the security inspectors can “without distinction wear a tactical bulletproof safety jacket“, that “the totality of the ISVP profits from a non-lethal armament, defensive bullet launcher (LBD) or electric impulse pistol “. Finally, the LR Group wishes that the “voluntary ISVPs be trained and equipped with lethal weapons”. Some political parties remain opposed to this development.

 

“It would be a disturbing rise in rank,” reacts David Billiard, co-chair of the Ecology Group of Paris (GEP). On the side of the municipal executive, we do not comment this wish but we recall the work in progress on the issue.

 

“We are not closed”

“We are not closed to the question of strengthening the armament to improve the mission of the agents”, one recalls to the city hall. After the strike movement of the agents, a delegation of agents was received at the office of the mayor. An administrator has been commissioned to study rapidly the conditions of any weapon allocation, lethal or non-lethal.

 

“We will work with the agents to assess the needs of their missions. We want them to do their job in the best conditions, “AFP Colombes Brussels, security assistant to the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, told AFP, recalling that the agents had already been equipped with bullet-proof safety vest.

 

 

Municipal agents in safety vest are ready to assist the citizens

Forty municipal agents from Thiensville will come to lend a hand in case of disaster. The city set up Friday, October 27 the device of the communal reserve of civil security.

 

Their fluorescent vests on the shoulders, a badge on the chest and the torch that is waiting on the table, the forty or so municipal agents of Thiensville are now ready to assist the citizens. Friday, October 27, the city has formalized during a solemn meeting, the creation of a communal reserve of civil security. A first in Moseley for this device created in 2004, which allows volunteers to support relief units during missions.

 

The flood of 2016, the click

The memory of the 2016 floods in the North Moseley sector is still in everyone’s mind. “We had a lot of people who were flooded at home,” recalls Pierre Cluny, Mayor of Thiensville. “The communal reserve would have been activated to repatriate the population, distribute food and reassure”.

 

That’s what prompted Dannie to get involved in this new scheme: “My neighbors were here to help me, it’s a balm to see that there are people who care about you and who help you when you’re in trouble, so there’s no reason we cannot do the same thing.” This responsibility will be at all hours of the day, as needed. “Disasters do not happen between 8 am and 5 pm so if there is anything, in the middle of the night for example, I put on my safety vest and boots, I take my tools and I go for it,” says Martine, in charge of the early childhood center within the city.

 

Three days of training

But before being operational, civil servants will benefit from three days of training. They will (re) learn the first aid gestures (the PSC1 diploma) or how to react in the event of a nuclear emergency, with the nearby Catena plant. A good sting reminder rejoices Roland, employee at the health department of Thiensville: “How to react with people under stress. Now, do not be stressed and communicate it as little as possible”.

 

In 2016, Nancy was the first city of Lorraine to set up a communal reserve of civil security. But unlike Thiensville, it’s not limited to municipal officials and police in reflective vest. But Pierre Cluny, the mayor of the Moseley city assures him, they were numerous to want to volunteer.

 

 

 

Operation “Well seen together”: what security for cyclists

In association with the General Insurance Agents and with the support of road safety, France Bleu Saint-Etienne Loire offers a special day “well seen together” this Friday, October 27th. The opportunity to question is the safety of cyclists in Saint-Etienne.

The transition to winter time takes place this weekend. It is synonymous with a significant increase in the number of road accident victims, especially among the most vulnerable, pedestrians and cyclists. Indeed, the night falling an hour earlier, pedestrians and cyclists are less visible because of this lack of brightness. AGEA and France Bleu are therefore organizing a “Well Seen Together” prevention campaign and offer our listeners a visibility kit including: a yellow reflective vest with reflective stripes, a yellow backpack with reflective stripes, a reflective bracelet, adhesives to stick on bicycle frames. Come see us this Friday.

 

What security in Saint-Etienne?

Good visibility is not everything. For good cycling, especially in the city, you need bike paths. And obviously, in Saint-Etienne, it misses a little. It is enough to settle at an angle of the place of the Hotel to realize the problem. First there are very few cyclists. And most importantly, they do not know where to put themselves. The first rolls on the tracks of the tram, the second on the sidewalk and Miguel, a young student, are down from his bike! Too many people, too much danger, and do not even try to convince him to take bi-directional cycling.

 

It’s very dangerous “- Miguel, Saint Etienne cyclist

“It’s super dangerous! I prefer to make a detour and take the streets in the direction of traffic of cars that take double-meaning,” says the Stephanotis. “And if I’m really in hurry, then I get off my bike before being honked by cars that do not understand what I’m doing there and for good reason, the signage is on the ground and they do not see it.”

 

So Miguel often finds himself, like others, on the tracks of the tram, yet forbidden. And it’s not just downtown that’s a problem. Pierre-Yves has been pedaling for 20 years in Saint-Etienne, but it’s been a long time since he ventured on the boulevards: “The cycling network of Saint-Etienne lacks continuity, for example on the boulevards, there is only fragments of bike paths, without continuity we have to go down often on the roadway.” With all that, Saint-Etienne is one of the biggest French cities in the field. Only 0.9% of the working population moves by bicycle in the Loire against almost 4 in Isere and even more than 6% in the Bas-Rhino.

 

And the town hall does not seem to really take the problem seriously. First, the physiognomy of the city is what it is. “We are not going to drop the buildings to widen the streets of the center”, assistant in charge of the town hall of Saint-Etienne. Then, the city has created 18 new kilometers of bike lanes for two and a half years thanks to the zone 30 in the city center, but these are not kilometers of protected bike paths, they are the famous double-senses that do not please cyclists without high visibility vest… Saint-Etienne does not want, like other cities, to deter cars from entering the center. “There is no question of reversing the balance of power between cars and bikes; it is not up to us to encourage people to take the bus, their feet, their car or a bike.”

 

Road safety: pay attention to the accident

The over-accident is the cause of many deaths on the roads each year. This double drama can be avoided by respecting the safety instructions, in particular that concerning the wearing of the yellow reflective vest.

 

On the Internet, the Gendarmerie reports two recent events to raise awareness. Last week, in the Nerve, on the A77, a heavy truck came crashing into a van of gendarmes of a Road Safety highway platoon, but also a van of the interdepartmental direction of the roads. The three gendarmes and the patrolman managed to hide behind the guardrails; however, a serious injury was reported.

 

The previous Sunday, in the Gironde, on the N89 between Bordeaux and Lilbourn, a vehicle carrying six people from the same family is forced to stop on a band of emergency stops following a fuel outage. The whole family straddles the guardrail for shelter, but finds itself near an unlighted side road. In the rain, a 10-year-old girl is then hit by a motorist. She will die in the night following her injuries.

 

Two facts not so different: in the event of an accident, it is imperative to remain vigilant and respect the instructions of road safety, the wearing of the fluorescent vest, the setting up of the warning triangle, the list not being exhaustive.

 

 

Pedestrians in safety vest: be visible on the roads

In 2014, 499 pedestrians were killed in France and 4,323 admitted for their wounds, according to statistics from the National Observatory of Road Safety (ONISR). Since 2010, the mortality of this category of users is constantly increasing.

 

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At night, accidents are more frequent and more serious. The share of pedestrians killed at night represents 47% of the pedestrian mortality, or 233 pedestrians. It is a little stronger than that of all users killed at night (41%). But this proportion varies according to the environment: pedestrians killed at night represent 32% of the pedestrian mortality in the city (342 of which 110 at night), 73% of the pedestrian mortality on roads outside urban areas (113 of which 83 at night) and 91% pedestrian toll on motorway (44 of which 40 at night).

 

At night or in fog, pedestrian groups should be visible

Wearing retro-reflective equipment, such as the yellow safety vest, is not required at night or in low visibility. Road safety only recommends that pedestrians wear light-colored clothing or retro-reflective tape to be visible at 150 m instead of 30 m.

On the other hand, the Highway Code provides that “at night, or during the day when visibility is insufficient, the processions, convoys, processions or groupings of pedestrians must be indicated at the front by at least one white or yellow light.

 

Wearing yellow vest for drivers stopped on the roadside

Since July 2008, motorists and truck drivers have to wear a yellow vest when they are forced out of their parked vehicle on the road or by the roadside. Since 1 January 2016, this requirement also applies to drivers of two or three-wheeled motor vehicles. In addition, the Labor Code requires the use of high-visibility clothing for workers working on roads and highways during construction work or temporary danger.

 

Raising the awareness of the youngest

Many local initiatives to protect pedestrians have been adopted. Departmental councils require the wearing of the yellow vest for children who use the school bus. Since the start of the school year 2015, a half-day of awareness of good behaviors and basic safety rules has been introduced in high schools. Wearing retro-reflective tape or fluorescent visibility elements on clothing, school bags or armbands is recommended.