Tag: reflective jackets

Safety in school transport: keep safety vest for college students

Between September and December 2016, the county council, in partnership with the Road Safety and the prefecture, is organizing a new campaign in the safety of school transport for the 6th of students in safety vest across the department. This falls under the departmental plan Transportation Department and its school transport security policy.

 

During the 2015 campaign, it is 6000 6th of students who are loaned to exercise. The animation happens in two stages. The first part consists of a theoretical presentation of half-time by a representative of Road Safety. The speaker in reflective vest will remember the basic safety rules of commuting and stopping secure bus, the behaviors in the waiting school bus, during the rise and installation in the vehicle during the trip and fall with the usual precautions to cross the road when the bus is stopped or after his departure.

 

The second part is a practical demonstration. Two drills in a car, with gradual difficulties calling for help, unlocking doors … At the end of session, it is offered to college kids a thematic strip and a plate of information with best practices.

 

Compulsory yellow jacket

Addition to awareness campaigns, the Manche county council has made wearing the compulsory yellow vest since January 2014 for all users pupils of a school transport circuit or of a regular department. The Department presented during the school year this year 6000 yellow reflective jackets for new students of the 74 schools served by bus.

 

NOTE:

If a child is not wearing a seat belt, it is the parents who pay the fine.

Cyclists’ bad visibility due to lack of reflective jackets

Wednesday morning, Sylvia, cyclist for three years in Paris, was arrested while traveling in the street on his bike by Francis, member of the Association Road Safety. “We will check all your lighting and visibility equipment such as reflective tape, safety vest and helmet etc.,” he offers to the young woman. An awareness campaign for cyclists’ risks night organized simultaneously in 10 cities (Lille, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Rennes, La Rochelle, Besancon, and Gap) by the association and the Road Safety insurer MMA.

Because according to a joint investigation by the insurer and the combination of 2, 000 cyclists between March and June 2013 revealed this Wednesday, three quarters of cyclists riding into town on their own bike poorly lit at night. “Many bikes were originally equipped with inefficient dynamo broke. Others have been degraded and cyclists have not retrofitted provided. In contrast, self-service bikes have less default lighting because they are regularly checked, “says Jean-Yves, general delegate of the association Prevention road.

As for reflective jackets and armbands, they are almost never used by cyclists less than 5% of rental bike users use it and 16% of owners of personal bike. “But the utilization rate increased to Paris, Lille and Rennes (25%), probably because cyclists feel more vulnerable s because the bike paths are less developed than in other cities,” says Jean-Yves. Yet these devices are useful “because they can be visible up to 150 meters against 30 meters without these accessories, he insists. A powerful argument is that 20% of 155 cyclists were killed in an accident road in 2012 at night.

Still, the majorities of cyclists is still poorly informed on the subject and are unaware of the risks they face. “Do you know what the mandatory equipment for riding is?” Francis Gael asked. “The front and rear lights,” replied the young woman. “Not only wearing a retro reflective vest is mandatory open road. A retro reflective device on the pedals is also indispensable, “explains François-Gael. To help Sylvia no longer seem unnoticed, he offers a kit containing a vest, armbands and protection for fluorescent bag back. “I put the now when I will cross the Place de la Bastille at night,” Sylvia advance. Olivier, another seasoned cyclist, also gets his kit: “The safety vest does not look like the Karl Lagerfeld, but I’ll make an effort and put it on as often as possible,” he promises, before straddling his bike.