Do motorcyclists have to wear a reflective vest?
That is the question that Mafias Bah monde, 23 years old, has after Friday when he went out for a ride in Temuco on his motorcycle and fined by border police for not wearing a reflective vest.
“I was on my way to Librans when I ran into a couple of border police who performed a routine check, they asked me for the papers and since I had everything up to date and in order, I remained calm,” the young man explained to LUN.
He added that “we were finishing when they look at each other and ask each other: ‘What do we do with the reflective safety vest? Did we pass the infraction or not? The border police were not clear what to do.”
Bah monde indicated that at the crossroads, one of the border police decided to take the radio and ask, obtaining as a response a ‘yes’, so he must appear at the local police court next January 12. Despite the clarification, the doubts regarding this issue is due to the fact that article 75 of the modified decree 164 of the Ministry of Transport does not specify which vehicles the vest must have.
It should be remember that the only obligations of motorcyclists’ clothing are those that appear in Decrees 231 and 234 of the Traffic Law, which are relate to the biker’s clothing and the use of reflective helmet.