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Driver was killed while riding safety triangles

According to the background, the man descended from the vehicle with the reflective vest.

The accident occurred at kilometer 12 of Rota 5 Sur, at the height of San Bernardo.

A collision recorded during the early hours of Monday left a fatality and caused a major traffic congestion at kilometer 12 off Route 5 South, at the height of San Bernardo, in the Metropolitan Region.

According to the first antecedents, the driver of a vehicle on the highway, so he parked on the first track, he got off with his hi vis vest to install the emergency triangle.

It was at that moment when the driver was hit by a van, which caused his death. Because without any reflective materials, the van driver cannot see him. Subsequently, the vehicle impacted the car that was stopped, leaving its other two occupants with minor injuries.

Staff of the Carabineers SIAT is investigating what happened and collecting more background information.

The accident caused great congestion in the area.

Reflective vests and college safety

Forty students from the Vale du Throe secondary school received reflective vests as part of a security operation, handed over by Florence and Daniel Villella, departmental councilors, and Dillon Kelly, a schoolboy and a young departmental councilor (elected from the departmental council of young people from the Tarn).  these vests is printed “Day and night. I save lives”. This is the interest of this operation which benefited nearly 2,000 Farnese schoolboys. These vests can be used on multiple occasions: on foot, by bike, moped, by taking the bus (school transport or regular lines), etc. They are offered on request to college students who have validated their registration on the ENT or the site of the department. “There are 42 colleges in the Tarn, says Florence, and about 5,000 college students. For the moment, just under 2,000 students have taken the step and receive their vests(which made of reflective fabrics). But this operation may be able to be renewed. ”

Every year, many children are involved in serious or even fatal accidents in collisions on the way to school, especially in the autumn when visibility is reduced, especially when the days are narrowing with the passage of time. Based on this observation, the Departmental Youth Council (CDJ), in partnership with the Departmental Committee and organizing committee of the International Federal Week, decided to alert the Farnese students to the need to wear a hi vis vest. Retro reflective safety device to be visible in all circumstances, day and night.

Since its creation in 1992, the CDJ has launched several projects to help improve road safety: poster campaign behind coaches on safety around bus stops, awareness film on the dangers of driving intoxicated, promoting safe means of travel, etc. At the Vale du Throe secondary school, as part of the “Artistic Practices” workshop, schoolchildren produced a clip on the theme of safety that is being edited. Security in all areas is therefore a topical issue within the institution.

Peugeot Scooters also offers its airbag vest

PTW manufacturers and specialized equipment manufacturers know that motorcycles or scooters can seriously affect your health. In order to limit the risks, Peugeot Scooters proposes, in turn, an Airbag reflective vest.

Legally proud to be the first manufacturer to have equipped a scooter 125 with a standard ABS braking system (read our test MNC March 23, 2006: Peugeot Steles 125, ready for takeoff), Peugeot Scooters “goes further by proposing equipment to protect the driver and passenger directly “: the airbag vest!

Developed in collaboration with specialists of Halite / Protein bag, this hi vis vest is simple and – we hope! – effective: unlike the “wireless” electronic vests of Bering and Dinesen (read our Special MNC Airbag Motorcycle Folder), the system proposed by the manufacturer franc-comatose binds the scooter to its user with a security cordon, as on the jackets DiMaggio and the Aurelia or Gauzy jackets (read MNC of 2 July 2010 and MNC of 17 September 2010).

“The trigger is a mechanical system consisting of a striker, a ball-key, and a spring,” describes Peugeot. “In the event of a fall, the key ball connected to the safety cord is detached and the striker pierces the cartridge under the pressure of the spring.” The high-strength polyurethane air cushions then create a 0.35kg inflated protective shell. / cc that unfolds in 0.1 seconds The cushions automatically deflate in a few tens of seconds.

The vest (sewn-in reflective fabric)weighs less than a kilo and is worn – no sir agent, not above a simple shirt! – above the jacket or jacket. In case of a fall and if the vest is not damaged, a new CO2 cartridge (€ 29.99) and a connecting cord (€ 22) are required to hit the road.

Available in “high visibility neon yellow” or in black, in all sizes from S to XL, this new airbag is already available from Peugeot Scooters network dealers for € 449.90.

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.