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Avoiding autumn road accidents with wearing safety vest

Whether one is a pedestrian, cyclist or motorist, autumn, visibility is reduced, especially when the days shrink with the transition to winter time. Here are some road safety tips to see and be seen.

 

In autumn, we review its road safety rules

Whether one is a pedestrian, cyclist or motorist, autumn, visibility is reduced, especially when changing to winter time. The accident risks are increasing. In 2016, road deaths have increased for the second consecutive year, both at national and regional level, while the balance sheet in 2015 was rather positive (-8 killed or -4.1% compared to 2014 by region Centre- Loire valley). Since the beginning of 2016 (January to September), according to figures from the Road Safety Regional Observatory  of the Center-Loire Valley, there is an increase in the number of deceased (killed 2 or + 4%) -the trend is similar to the national level (76 killed or + 3.1%) – compared to the previous year. Here are some safety rules to follow.

Pedestrians: 10 rules recommended by the Road Safety

  • On the sidewalk, walk away from the edge
  • Avoid down on the floor
  • Take care of the vehicles
  • Along a road or sidewalk without street, walk left the roadway. At night, wear bright clothing or reflective accessory
  • Use crosswalks to cross or, failing that, seek the safest place
  • Before crossing, look left, right, then left again before to commit. In the middle of the road, look right again
  • At the traffic lights, wait for the man to be turned green for crossing. Ensure that all vehicles are stopped
  • Never run to cross
  • Pay attention to bicycles and motorcycles that weave between cars
  • At an intersection, when crossing, be careful to vehicles coming from other streets

 

For children on the way to school (on the advice of the police)

With the time change, the way to school is now done at night. For children who go there on foot or bicycle, you should make them wear a yellow vest regardless of their age. The vest will allow them to be seen by motorists.

 

Namely: the child has a visual acuity reduced until the age of 10 years. Although at 6 or 7 years old, his field of vision is comparable to that in adults, it tends to neglect peripheral vision essential to the understanding of the dangers of traffic. The child does not know properly judge distances, and it is difficult to distinguish a car that slowly moves from a stationary vehicle. Due to its small size, the child has a partial view of the dangers of the street signs are too high, cars or vans in parking tickets, prevented him from seeing and being seen. Parents good an example…

 

Safety Tips for Cyclists

Needless to say the Highway Code also applies to cyclists … Is not it? First, bicycle enthusiasts must wear a reflective vest and ride with equipment in good condition. Obvious that everyone does not seem to apply to the letter. Small wakeup call for better security: a bike in good condition and well equipped helps ensure your safety and that of other road users, says the road safety.

 

Day of the bicycle with reflective accessory

For some, they are environmentally conscious motorists with safety vest, other stay rider. Again and again motorists resent cyclists. We have compiled the 10 most annoying types of bicycles.

 

Four out of ten Germans climb regularly on the bicycle – for sports, shopping or the way to work. The joy of the two-wheeled transportation keeps many motorists, however limited. It often happens in traffic to dangerous situations between bicycles and cars. And every city there is quite typical cyclist. Here you can see an overview of the most annoying two-wheeler users.

 

  1. The fight rider

The street is his kingdom, he is the king, the wheel his scepter. The fight rider takes his brake only to come to a halt at the destination while driving, it is only decoration. The denser the traffic, the faster it tries to squeeze through cars, motorcycles and trains.

 

No red light can stop him; no crosswalk compels him to pace reduction. And woe to anyone is so bold, his attention to his misbehavior. Hardly one of his trips lacks menacing fists skyward facing middle fingers.

 

  1. The Schleicher

All time of the world. And above all, more time than motorists driving behind him and not gets past him. There is no evil intention; a lot more is the Schleicher with him, his bicycle – usually a city bike – and the whole world at peace. He brings other road users by its direction 0 km / h tending pace in a rage, he does not even notice.

 

  1. The security fanatics

No matter how bright it is and whether the sun is shining: For security fanatics a yellow reflective vest is indispensable, a velcro in neon colors and reflective tape to the pants. Once he passersby or other cyclist approaches to around 100 meters is ringing, ringing, ringing ever…

 

  1. Die Mami

She has at least one child in the child seat, or – in many cities more popular – in the bicycle trailer. Happy kicking slightly older tots along beside the mom-child team. That is, usually it is more behind it and mommy holds all five feet abruptly to look after her little ones: “Maximilian Joel, you come please” motorists who encounter such a tired family flock, must be vigilant.

 

  1. The athlete

A wheel is not a means of transportation, but a sports device. And every journey is a training, road users are challengers, green traffic lights start character, red lights superfluous. Whether two kilometers or 20 kilometers – no distance is too short for skintight cycling shorts and embarrassing printed cycling jerseys with reflective fabric. The eyewear fits naturally colored it. But even more important than the appearance is of course the technology. A wheel under 5000 Euro is the name wheel and not worth a ride without a speedometer is lost lifetime.

Reflective element bicycle

Nike, which is headquartered in Portland (United States), for 40 years, has decided to give the city he calls ‘home’ a gift.

 

Partnering with the Portland Office of Transportation, Nike will make an investment of $ 10 million over five years for the new system Bike Portland: BIKETOWN. In addition it will increase the number of bicycles with reflective elements, of the 600 initially raised to 1,000 (for a city that has more than 600,000 inhabitants).

 

“We are proud of our long history of collaboration with the City of Portland and we believe the program participation bike, BIKETOWN, is another example of how we can work together to help make the community of Portland even more active, vibrant and innovative “said Vice President of Global Community Impact Nike, Jorge.

 

Bicycles, which will have the logo of Nike, will be orange. This is one of the classic colors of the brand since 1971, when its founder, Phil Knight, decided to put his famous logo on this tone shoes in boxes, according ensures the company.

 

In fact, in 1989 this color became the official brand, “today there is no one that does not relate a shoebox with orange Nike” says the company. It is precisely the design of their boxes sport that has inspired the baskets that will incorporate into the front of the bikes for users to store their bikes things during the journey.

 

In addition, the safety of users has been very present during the design of bicycles through reflective tape gray strategically placed in different parts of the bikes.

 

Another city ‘bicycle-friendly’

This program, which will be released next July, makes Portland become a little greener city and joins the list of cities in the world who have decided to bet on two wheels as transportation for its inhabitants such as Barcelona or Madrid.

 

Although, the truth is that Portland was known as a city ‘bike-friendly’. Bicycle with some reflective accessory can enhance the visibility. With nearly 500 kilometers of bike lanes and passable roads on two wheels, it is considered among the top 10 cities for transportation bike United States. In addition, last September it was estimated that Portland received more than $ 130 million in revenue by business bicycles.