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Some tips for cyclists

In recent years, more and more people are switching to a bicycle, and unfortunately not all participants of the movement are familiar with the rules – this applies to both cyclists and drivers.

Some cyclists can be accused of keeping a lot on the road. Adult people do not have to take any exams to get around the streets, but it is their duty to comply with traffic regulations. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. On the other hand, it happens that drivers expose cyclists to danger, especially when they do not give them the right priority.

When do you need to give way?

Road traffic regulations state that the driver is obliged to give way to the cyclist always when “the driver turns into the crossroads (both right and left) and the cyclist goes straight ahead on the road, bike lane, bike path or other part of the road that the driver intends to leave. ”

Look for eye contact

When we plan to turn in a cross road, crossing the potential bike path (eg lane for bicycles), we should look long before the turn to look in the mirrors and far to the front, to locate the bikers approaching from both sides. It is also important to clearly signal the intention of turning and speed reduction. Thanks to this, both the driver and the cyclist have a chance to notice each other and react accordingly. What’s next? – Immediately before the turn, carefully check the right mirror and turn to the right to check the dead field of our vehicle. In all potentially collision situations, we seek eye contact with a cyclist – then both parties are confident that they have noticed each other – they say trainers of the School of Safe Driving Renault.

The position of the side mirrors in the car is also important. The driver should see in them a fragment of the car’s outline. Thanks to this, he can make sure that there is no blind spot behind the rear pillars of the vehicle (there could be a cyclist in it), which he would not be able to look at, turning his head away.

What can a cyclist do?

Safety is also greatly affected by the behavior of people riding bicycles. – Cyclists often forget that before entering a ride for cyclists, they should be careful, look around and slow down. If there is no such passage, and there is only a pedestrian crossing, one should get off the bike and carry it through belts – says Wesel, director of the School of Safe Driving Renault. And it is also important to wear reflective clothing or reflective tapes to be sure that you can be seen at night.

Cyclists should also ensure that drivers see them well, especially after dark. Then the lighting of the bicycle is a must (during the day, the regulations require only a red reflector at the back), the reflective vest will not hurt either. Although it is not obligatory, it is also worth riding in a helmet – in case of an accident it can even save a life.

In order to cope safely, the police give important tips.

The new school year is imminent. For the youngest among the students begin a exciting new period of life and many great challenges. One of them is the way to school, and in order to cope safely, the police give important tips.

Explore school way together:

Even before the first day of school, parents and their child should explore the future school route to explain the correct behavior in traffic and in hazardous areas. It is important that always the safest way is used, even if this is perhaps not the shortest. When changing the street side children should use crossing aid, such as traffic lights or pedestrian crossings. Even when coping with the school route, “practice makes perfect” – the more often the path is walked together, the better the child gets used to the right traffic behavior.

Conversely, children also adopt false and dangerous behaviors, so adults should always lead by example. Likewise, the wrong behavior of other road users serves to explain to the child how to do it right. Eye-catching, colorful, reflective clothing helps children to be seen better and faster by other road users. Reflecting tapes and applications on clothing and satchels additionally enhance the effect.

School bus:

Even if the child goes to school by bus, parents should pay attention to the proper behavior and warn them of danger: never cross the street in front of or behind the holding bus, but wait until the bus continues and clears the view is. When disembarking on passing cyclists and passing pedestrians pay attention and not jostle when boarding and keep enough distance. Although the waiting time on the bus can sometimes be long, time should not be spent playing games.

Drive with the car:

When traveling by car, it is important to ensure the proper securing of all passengers. Children up to the twelfth year of age and a height of less than 1.50 meters need a suitable child seat – without proper security. Children in the car have a seven times higher risks of being seriously injured or even killed by an accident.

Missing or inadequate security can be punished with up to 60 Euros and a point in Flensburg. If several children are affected, it can be punished with 70 Euros and a point in Flensburg.

The child should only get in and out on the side facing away from the traffic. Every road user should be particularly attentive in the coming weeks around the beginning of school. And it is important to wear a reflective vest when cycling outside at night. Even as a pedestrian or cyclist, children can be a good example. The field of vision of a child is one third smaller than the adult.

Distraction – mobile away on the way to school:

Children and adolescents are now reluctant to use the mobile phone. The accessibility of their children is important for parents, but the cell phone on the way to school has lost nothing in the hand and should stay in the satchel, so that the small road users fully focused on the way to school and the traffic. For adults, it also means: be a role model, keep your fingers away from the phone!

School accidents:

In 2012, there were still 171 school-leaving road accidents, but the number dropped to 124 in 2015. In 2016, the number increased to 133 and in 2017 there were 138 accidents of this kind. 19 people were seriously injured and 115 slightly injured.

Through various actions such as the “pedestrian pass” in day-care centers and schools, the action “little feet on the way to school” or the use of honorary school route guides, the police and various partners are supporting this exciting time in the lives of the smallest road users.

Balance SIAT: traffic accident investigations

At the national level, there are 11 people who were killed due to traffic accidents in the country. The accident was recorded at kilometer 2 of the road to Chaka, when a van traveling on this route ran over a woman identified as Clara, 55, who without wearing reflective clothing with reflective tapes.

Captain Daniela explained that there were three factors that influenced the tragedy.

“First of all we must consider that the accident occurred at 02.40 in the morning on Monday, that is to say at night and in a place where the lighting is very bad,” he said, referring to the null existence of lights on that route .

“Second, the victim was walking along the road itself, along with another person and none used reflective clothing or light; That’s why the driver saw them when he already had them on him. In fact you can see that he tried to avoid them and if he did not, he could have run over both of them. “he said.

But the most important thing was that “both the driver and the pedestrian were drunk. For this reason the driver was stopped and formalized on Monday morning,” explained the expert in traffic accident investigations.

The woman was assisted by SAMU personnel, since after the warning of the emergency units she was still alive, however, her death was confirmed about 40 minutes after the accident.

The balance of the SIAT also reflects a high rate of impaired drivers in the region, mostly due to speed.

According to data, whose personnel only carried out traffic checks, more than 100 parties attended between Saturday and Monday at 7:00 p.m.

“Most of them traveled on routes that cross through Neuquén, San and Tranquil, and show how important it is for people to know that we are not only focused on controlling Route 5 South or the Tate Route, but it also shows that despite all the campaigns and all the efforts of Carabineers and other authorities, there are still many people who do not respect traffic laws or take self-care measures to drive, “said Captain.

Most of the infractions were due to speed, followed by those who were notified for driving without the corresponding licenses and, in a third group, those who drove in vehicles without the daily technical review or with technical deficiencies.

With death of Clara the number of deaths due to traffic accidents amounts to 36, so far in 2018. This, out of a total of 70 serious accidents investigated by the SIAT. Most of them were not wear reflective vests when go outside at night.

As has been the trend for several decades, the abuses continue to be the main cause of death in the region and this year there are already 12 fatal cases. The rest of the deaths were recorded in 11 collisions, eight crashes and five rollovers.

And even though this long weekend has ended, “we believe that the maximum traffic flow we will see next Sunday, when the winter holidays end. This weekend saw a relatively low flow, since only those who had to return to their jobs returned. “they said in the SIAT.

Nearly half of those killed on the roads are pedestrians

A woman and a man were the last passers-by to be run over on the Costa da Morte. it happened on February 6. But so far in 2018, there are seven the outrage accounted for. There were two victims: Roberto and Evaristo.

Victims of abuse, far from being reduced, remain dangerous in time, to such an extent that they represent almost half of those killed on the roads in the area. In 2016, four of the nine victims were registered. And so far this year, two out of five. In Traffic of the Civil Guard, they have a well-defined profile of the deceased and wounded: a person of about 70-80 years, who circulated without reflective vests and did it outside the enabled steps. In some cases, they traveled in the middle of the night on the roads that are forbidden for passers-by, such as the highway and on the Costa da Morte highway. The latter registered its first and only decreased since its implementation at the end of July 2016. It happened on October 11, 2017, when José 76 years old and resident of Valona lost his life. He walked through the middle of the two lanes, and without any reflective clothing.

Before this rebound of the accident rate, with pedestrians involved, the Provincial Traffic Headquarters in collaboration with the Subsector of Traffic of the Civil Guard, yesterday began a prevention campaign in the DP-1914. The objective is to raise awareness among residents of the problems and the risk of violating the instructions on road safety. This campaign included the delivery of reflective vests, among neighbors of the area.

Lieutenant of Traffic of the Civil Guard and responsibility of the detachment of In Corunna, Jose Manuel Lopez participated yesterday in the campaign of sensitization initiated in Cabrillo. “The data are worrisome both at the provincial level and the Costa da Morte. At the provincial level we have 10 pedestrians who died in 2016; six in 2017 and three so far this year. These are very worrying data because, in most cases, they were abuses in which the victims were not wearing something as simple as a reflective vest .

According to the head of the detachment, these ominous statistics are even worse in a mural like the Costa da Morte: “Population aging and dispersion act as an aggravating factor. People need to run their errands and have to go on general roads, with a great movement of traffic. These pedestrians, either walk or vehicles that do not require a driver’s license, with the risk that entails .

This campaign aims to be an awareness of the need to follow the indications on road safety. “It’s no use having the reflective vest with reflective materials at home. You have to use it whenever you go out. It is the only way to be visible to drivers because the risk of being run over is very high. If you add to that a poor public lighting, adverse weather conditions and the use of dark clothes, the possibility of danger increases exponentially. “

Witness of the death at Pesky brood

The driver on Tuesday night struck a married couple who were not wear reflective vests near Pesky brood. The man was dead, the woman fought for life, but died shortly after the accident. The witness described the entire tragic event.

“A lifetime experience, seeing how someone is knocking a car,” she confided to a witness through Facebook and shared a photo she had taken from her own car window. “Framer in place of the dead, his lady’s open cranial bone fracture, to the arrival of the ambulance in consciousness, but the rescuers had to resuscitate after a while,” she described the horror she witnessed.

“Human life is so fragile, it’s enough if people were seen on the road, no illumination, no reflective materials, nothing,” the woman added. According to local people, however, the crossing of the road is commonplace at the site of the tragedy.

“Very often in this place people in dark clothes, who are unfortunately many times seen in the last moment, are very sad, everyone should think about their health and really have reflective clothing,” one of the many discusses. Read more here

“The driver who struck them have a psychological trauma in life, collapsed at the scene of an accident, and I was in shock,” said the witness. “Two members of the post-traumatic care team were called to the accident, the firefighters provided psychic assistance to the car driver, illuminated the scene of the incident, and cooperated with the Czech Police in the investigation and subsequent obstruction of the road,” Yaroslavl Gabriel said.

According to the witness, a woman of sixty-eight years old did not have the chance to prevent the tragedy: “The driver could not have been able to see them.” The police have not yet spoken about the cause of the accident, but according to the spokesperson, investigators are intensively working on the case.

People started cleaning with the help of volunteer firefighters

On Saturday, around 14:00, people at various ages began to gather at the fire department, all of them were wearing the same reflective clothing. First of all, this year, volunteer firefighters, in cooperation with the municipality, joined the event Let Us Clean the World, Let’s Clean Up The Czech Republic.

The idea came from the coach of young firemen Ditka Matos. “We remembered the last minute, so there was no more reflective material from the organizer, but the kids were enthusiastic about this idea, and instead of regular training they enjoyed the outdoors so we did not hesitate and started preparations,” she explained.

First we asked for a blessing village, then we created a poster where we specified the time and place of the meeting. We called our clean up to clean up Kosice and its surroundings. “We had a little worry that we do not have much to do, because this afternoon was a football match on the local court, but the opposite was true,” Ditka Matos said with a smile.

After careful recalculation, 43 volunteers were involved not only from the fire department, but as a separate unit, members of the hunting association worked, as well as municipal representatives, parents with children and other citizens. Not one bag of 50 has gone to the crush – so, on average, one full one weighed about 20 kilograms, we managed to help out of 1000 kilograms of rubbish. Tonnage of waste is no longer a number.

The commanders of the five teams at the start were given maps with their tracks and their descriptions, each of whom drew plastic bags and a string that did not have a working glove or reflective vest. The first route was probably more difficult to clean. It was in the direction of plan and lunacy and the section around the pond soberly. Jerome Ferny, Mayor of Jerome Ferny and his team of “grown-ups” got this on his hips. He reminded me of the end of the joke: “Thank you very much, we chose the worst of us, we did.” His cleaning team consisted of his wife Yaroslavl and daughter Lucie, the mayor of SDH Kosice Vaclav Kroner and her husband Herrick appreciated the excellent organization and their whole team: “The cooperation was great, the participants were nice and they worked like dragons. The enemy was just a wind. “She added one observation:” On a Saturday bike ride, we recorded a mess on the Doubt – round route, if not to join the next time and the cottage. ”

The waste was left on the road in black bags and, as reported in the radio, our pickers picked it up. At about 16 o’clock, a full Avid village was leaving the collection yard. Panel and his hunting team filled the litter of their small tractor. Among the biggest attractions, teams included boats, monitor, enamel bucket, golf ball, boots, car seat or car fender. The reward for all was a great fire on the fire for children, adult lemonade with beer. Thanks to all who helped both the organization and those involved in the cleaning, it was a really good afternoon and we are looking forward to next year.

Santa Claus not only brings presents but also important tips

On St. Nicholas Day, elementary school children were informed about the correct behavior in the dark: the importance of wearing reflective clothing at night. In tow, Santa Claus had not servant Utrecht, but two policemen and experts from the ADAC.

Santa knows everything. He knows who can write beautifully, paint well or calculate quickly. He knows who a good footballer or a vocalist singer, who is visiting Primary School on December 6, knows a lot more. Namely, how important it is to be clearly visible from the road. And he does not have farmhand Utrecht, but two policemen and experts from the ADAC.

“The safety vest is your flare,” explains the long-bearded and red-robed man to the girls and boys of the class 1b. He brings some to himself. Some wear yellow ADAC vests, others do not. A policeman turns off the light and everyone can see it: anyone who wears a vest is immediately recognizable, but others hardly recognize it – especially not if they wear dark jackets and trousers. First graders also learn how to cross a zebra crossing correctly and how little a driver sees in the dark. After that, of course, comes what everyone has been waiting for: Nicholas opens his bag, chocolate, rulers and reflective tapes come to light. This St. Nicholas day, the children agree, they will not forget so fast.

Reflective jackets keep you running safer

This jacket made me a glowing runner that nobody could see. Large reflective surfaces are complemented by special optical fibers that light up and flash as an imaginary running beacon. This is one of the warmest running jackets designed for the worst weather.

Special clothing sets with distinctive reflective elements for running in winter, when the light is barely a few hours outdoors, have virtually every brand of running clothing in its portfolio. Most of them come with quality functional materials and design of reflexive elements, whose imaginativeness and design will make you look up at night after lighting with a headlamp.

Since it is a soft-shell jacket, it is especially useful at lower temperatures. If I was running at a faster pace at five degrees above zero, I was warm in it despite generously designed ventilation. Reflective material from which the main part of the jacket also increases stiffness, so it is not possible to stretch the sleeves. But when the temperatures drop below the freezing point or a fresh wind blows, becoming a welcomed helper from the jacket and maybe even in the winter on cross-country skiing. It is also warm enough to be used when walking when you feel well at temperatures above zero. In addition, he can handle heavy rain, which he can resist for quite a while. Also worth mentioning is a small MP3 player pocket with an internal earphone hole, so the headphone cable can all be worn under the jacket.

Reflective elements do not form any small reflective tapes, reflective logos, or tiny dot as usual, but straight across the entire surface. And so at the moment when the headlight light came on, I looked a little like a knight in shining armor. If you run in places where cars or cyclists are moving, they will certainly not overlook you.

PUMA Illuminate is an interesting running jacket designed for the worst weather when it is snowing, raining, wind blowing and temperatures below zero. Just in such a climate, it works best, and unlike ordinary reflective clothing, a car driver or a cyclist who does not have lights on can see you in this jacket. Given this unconventional light security solution, it is a fairly high price.

Reflective fabric for making outdoor wear

A specially designed collection of clothing that throws sticks under the feet of all-purpose paparazzi who want to feel the sensation.

From personal experience that DJ Chris Holmes gathered during his performance in the world tour of Sir Paul McCartney, a brilliant idea finally emerged.

The well-known master of the mixing console could not fail to notice that the reflective clothing he frequently used during his performance had an unfortunate effect on the photographs he had taken. Along the glare, the silhouettes always showed the pictures, making photographs worthless.

Hence, a brilliant idea is coming from here, which can surely endure the lives of often very hunted hunters, the paparazzi.

Chris Holmes and the Beta brand clothing brand are a special collection of Flashback Collection, made of the highly reflective material, with an integral part of glass calibers. They have the only effect when capturing a photo. The wearer of this specially dressed garment makes it virtually invisible.

In addition, the complete collection is designed to protect its wearer not only in society but also in leisure activities. It offers both a social suit and sports reflective jackets and bombs, which can be combined with other accessories such as hats, hats or scarves.

Do you think Flashback Collection has a real chance to succeed? For us, YES.

Reflective vests and a fire extinguisher

You must have two dyadic glass in Spain, a biker must wear a set of clothes in Belgium, and when you park the vehicle in Estonia on a hill, you must secure it with a wedge. Did you know that? For all the differences in the required equipment, we have focused and made a comprehensive overview for you.

Frequently, the driver thinks he or she is required to carry out the required equipment, as in the Czech Republic, and argues this fact either by the Vienna Convention or the Geneva Convention. The problem is that these conventions only mention the technical equipment of the vehicle, not mandatory equipment of the vehicle. Therefore, we have to equip the vehicle differently in every state.

Belgium

Motorcyclists must wear protective clothing: gloves, jacket with long sleeves, trousers with long trousers and ankle protection shoes. The reflective vest is mandatory only for motor vehicle drivers. The fire extinguisher is mandatory for vehicles registered in Belgium, for foreign vehicles it is only a recommendation.

Bulgaria

All vehicles, except motorcycles, must be equipped with a fire extinguisher. Reflective safety vests are mandatory for anyone who comes out of the vehicle during an emergency, even for bikers.

Croatia

Children under the age of 12 must not travel to the front seats. An exception is children up to 2 years of age in the “egg” and the airbag off. Motorcycles or mopeds are not allowed to carry children under 12 years of age. Vehicles with a trailer must have 2 triangles. The reflective clothing is mandatory only for motor vehicle drivers.