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Yellow vests: a sparse growl, conducive to recovery

Calls to protest against rising fuel are abounding. And some want to erect the yellow safety vest in the symbol.

Protesters of all occasions had already made it a visible asset, during parades in the streets, during factory blockades, prison. This time, the yellow vest could, like the red cap, take a more symbolic, political value. The movement of anger resulting from the rise in fuel prices has chosen to federate behind the chasuble.

The initiators of several calls for a major event on November 17 are determined to make this safety vest which made of reflective fabric is a sign of rallying between motorists disappointed by the government’s desire to introduce a new increase in taxes on January 1, on gasoline and diesel.

“A little color code to show that you agree”

Difficult to determine the origin of the evocation of this accessory as a symbol of popular grumbling. In a video broadcast on 23 or 24 October and since become viral, a man calls for blocking “for diesel, for taxes for everything” and is addressed to “those who agree to the movement”: ” We all have a yellow jacket in the car, leave it prominently on the dashboard all week, until 17 “. This is for him a “little color code to show that you agree with us, with the movement.”

The following days, other Internet users follow suit, making a similar call to put this safety vest at the front of his vehicle. All have been in focus the big event, scheduled in two weeks.

If dozens of Internet users have shared photos of similar initiatives on social networks, it is difficult to quantify the resonance of this call, which is mingled with the much larger one of a rally on November 17th. Some authors of these tweets claim to make “no political choice”. Others are undeniably politicized, even inset.

There are messages of support for the initiative published by a secretary of the National Assembly in the Doubs, or his counterpart in the 95.

This popular discontent seems conducive to political recovery. An instrumentalization is denounced at the end of October by Benjamin, the spokesman of the government. In his viewfinder: The National Rally and Standing France. Both have effectively supported the multitude of blocking calls. “We will join the challenge that rises,” hammered on October 26 Marine Le Pen.

Recoveries on the right and on the left

On RTL this Monday morning, Nicolas called, in particular, to “put his yellow vest on the windshield” and proposes that, the 17, motorists honk “on all crossroads in France for the Elyse hears anger legitimate French “. A member of his party, Franck Buhler, author of a video called to protest, viewed millions of times, even if it is not the initiative of the movement-helped to popularize it, reminds Release.

But these two parties on the far right are not the only ones to support this discontent. The unassuming deputy François Ruffin also took the issue, wishing to “understand” the essence of the movement, rather than to determine if “facts” were at the origin. A problem shared by Jean-Luc during a meeting in Lille. Another parliamentarian, Jean Lassalle, broadcast a call to the event on Twitter, wearing a video of one of these vests.

Some would like to see in this movement, beyond the color code, similarities with that of the “Bonnets Rouges”. But at the moment, it seems difficult to perceive in this frameless absence of spokespersons, of structure and of union support, the weight reached by that of the Bretons, left five years ago in the war against the porticoes of environmental taxes.

400 events recorded

In fact, while the red hats were largely worn by the mayor Christian, no emblematic personality really emerges from the movement that federates the road users and has largely formed from local initiatives. The author of a protest video sent to the government and seen more than 5 million times, Jacqueline, who could have taken on this role of the media spokesperson, does not even mention the wearing of this vest.

For the moment, calls to the rally are therefore trying, but only at the local level. A map, published on the site Blockage November 17 lists 400 to date. Unsurprisingly, all planned events are illustrated by… a yellow vest and the creators of the site advise participants wearing the accessory during the event.

Proof of taking into account the grumbling, the policy is in any case of reassuring. “No, the police will not confiscate the yellow vests with reflective materials on November 17!”, She tweeted, to put an end to some rumors of conspiracy.

New safety vests for kindergartens

When it gets dark outside, children are particularly at risk. Also on the way to kindergarten or when you go home. Although they usually do this accompanied by their parents or grandparents, they should still wear safety vests.

Otherwise, it can quickly lead to bad accidents. That’s why the kindergartens are helped now. The children of all day-care centers with corresponding needs can now fall back on the widely illuminated safety vests with reflective materials provided by Raiffeisenbank Kaarst together with Volksbank Düsseldorf-Neuss. Representing all kindergartens, a small delegation of the kindergarten has taken the vest in Kaarst town hall. These children are allowed to take home with them to be able to put them on their way to kindergarten in the morning. “We will also use you for excursions. It’s great that we can now spend new vests, “said Kita director Nathalie happily at the handover by Raiffeisenbank board member Martin Amman.

The kindergarten also has a great need. “We could use 25 more vests,” says director Stefanie Schneider: “We got a few vests through the ADAC, but are also registered for this action,” says Schneider on request of our editors. It assumes that the responsible employee of the Youth Welfare Office will bring in the West in the coming days. The vest with reflective tape for the daycare center on the buzzard road is ready for pickup in the city hall, as a spokeswoman said on Montage. The second establishment of the family center Kaarst, sufficient safety vests is available. “We currently have two groups of West available, which is enough,” says a spokeswoman.

Will Donald Trump move Halloween?

In any case, it is the wish already made by thousands of Americans through a petition.

In France as in a number of European countries, it is possible to celebrate Halloween without worrying too much about bedtime. The party is set for October 31, the eve of All Saints, a large part of the population can enjoy this holiday to recover from his evening.

In the United States, November 1 is not a holiday, which seems to be a problem for a growing number of citizens across the country. As a matter of fact, a petition is circulating to ask that the Halloween date is officially moved. At the time of writing, more than 16,000 people have signed to have Pumpkin Day and Michael Myers celebrate on the last Saturday in October.

Safer children

These are primarily safety reasons that are advanced by the authors and others of the petition. In the text, more than 3,800 children who without wearing reflective materials are injured each year as part of their night sweets hunt. If accidents are so numerous, it is because 70% of parents do not accompany their children during their trip, but also because 65% would not have discussions with their offspring to the safety rules. Respect. Figures whose source was not provided by the petitioners.

No flashlight, no reflective tape, no reflective vest: most kids would walk in complete darkness until hours, at the risk of being run over by motorists or falling victim to fall. However, according to the group at the origin of the petition, this lack of security would be due in large part to the low mobilization of parents, who work the next day and therefore do not make themselves available enough for their children.

The authors’ theory is that placing Halloween on a Saturday would make the party more family-friendly, allowing parents and children to celebrate together, or in any case to pay more attention. In addition, some of the children would probably have the right to sleep later if Halloween was a Saturday, which would be total to their advantage.

Still, it seems difficult to move a party celebrated on the same date around the world. Addressed to Donald Trump, the petition should not be among the priorities of the US president, even if we can expect anything and everything until the end of his term.

The dark season has started

Noticeably, the dark season has started. Rain, snow, darkness – diverse are the dangers that lurk children on their way to school. About to reduce this risk, MSC and the ADAC Foundation as part of the “Safety Action for First-graders,” distributed reflective vests to the freshman Scholl school students, who are the small road users to secure on their way to school. Thus, the first graders are genuine “traffic detectives”, who are in charge of the back of the vest.

At the Ulrich and Günter Schmitt of MSC, Mayor Claudia, Rector in Konstanz and of course the children with their teachers on site. 90 of the refugees and the first graders of the Geschwister-Scholl-School were distributed.

Fuller enthusiasm, children took the vest with the reflective fabric and tried it right away. Mayor Claudia thanked for the MSC for the commitment and this donation. Konstanz Burst noticed either, but they were very welcome to the coolest safety vest with the reflective material in the school. The traffic detectives of the Geschwister-Scholl-School are now definitely to be recognized and autumn can come.

A school bag with a back-up

Oren wants to promote reflections among students of schools. Animators dressed as fish will meet 8,300 children, tell everyone how to be safe on the road. And they will have a gift for everyone – a school bag with reflective material.

 

The “Let’s see” education campaign, part of the “safe roads” program, will take place in all 24 primary schools. It will cover over eight thousand three hundred students in 459 classes, including non-public schools. Children will find out why you should be visible on the road and receive a reflective handy school bag which made of reflective fabric.

 

The leitmotif of the action is the slogan “Let yourself be seen”, which reminds students of the deep-water fish graphics with a skylight on the head, which in the dark helps her reach the goal. During meetings at the school, animators dressed as fish talk about what to do to be visible at pedestrian crossings and on the side of the road. The schools will also set a colorful advertising campaign in which every child can take a picture of themselves. The campaign has already begun and will last until November 7.

Silence, it turns for road safety

Wednesday, the streets of Billonnière were occupied by a shooting for TV Vendee around the wearing of the yellow reflective vest.

 

The initiative

 

“The yellow vest with reflective material protects it, but not everything!” The slogan served as a frame for the filming of elected representatives of the Municipal Youth Council (CMJ). The young counselors wrote the script of four sketches. They will play them themselves.

 

The idea was born last year in the CMJ with social action, during a meeting with the director of the local channel TV Vendee. “We thought why not shoot safety clips designed by the kids themselves? “Tell the supervisors.

 

The prefecture organizing a week dedicated to yellow vests at the end of October, immediately gave its approval. This action of the center of social action, led by Severna, is supervised by Major Laurence of gendarmerie, the representatives of Code Rousseau, Michel and Alain.

 

A message carried by young people

 

The members of the Social Committee are responsible for safety and the TV Vendee team. Laure and Hervey take part in the project. “When ideas come from children, they are better received by young people, they know what they are talking about and have their own experience,” says Major Laurence Lorena.

 

This Wednesday, filming was mostly on small country roads but next week it will be in the heart of the village, with other dangers to know and avoid. “Sainte-Foy represents the small rural communes. This filming could have been done everywhere in France”, supports Michel.

 

At the end of the shooting, after broadcasting for a fortnight at the end of October, a yellow vests discount will be given to all the children enrolled in the commune, in the presence of the gendarmerie, with advice to wear them when they take the bus at middle School.

 

“Teens are balking, but if we give the habit to young children to wear safety clothing, it will become an automatism for them, as today, the seatbelt for motorists. “

Why do you have to dress like a construction manager

Welcome to a world where the orange reflective vest, the sanitary hood and the safety shoe play it “survival solutions” in urban jungle.

 

Three options are available for the podium pillar to prepare for the advent of the post-human – an allegory of an uncertain future that everyone, the baroque demiurge way Alessandro Michele to the minimalist convinced trend JW Anderson, dreads.

 

First: to enter fashion orders and to wander in this very closed circle in a dress of bure and bare-feet of tourism.

 

Secondly, put on his gadget glasses and his amphibian suit, and finally be the trunk on the wings of a cyborg – dragon, chameleon or humanoid with three eyes.

 

Tertio: sign for life in the secondary sector and get the services of the house uniform: parka and pants with reflective tapes, helmet (or hood) and

Safety shoes, all carved in traffic light colors – green, yellow, red and ripe orange.

 

No less doubtful aesthetically but much more prophetically than the DHL t-shirt collective released in 2016, this is the option chosen this season by Simons, anxious to denounce the reign of fake news and prepare for the reign of an all-powerful AI, dresses the woman and man Calvin Klein in a high security uniform, between the construction engineer and the firefighter of New

 

John Galliano at Maison Margiela, Marcia Prada and Christopher Bailey at Burberry apply the same security policy, slipping an orange vest with reflective material under a overcoat, on a mini-dress or changing the parka to a bionic stage, between the garment cosmonaut and sapper, worn with a pencil skirt and sneakers survival blanket.

The police are talking about traffic rules

The days are getting shorter and more and more people are moving outdoors and in traffic when darkness subsides. Then it’s important to think about being visible.

 

“The most common mistake is that you overestimate your visibility and stand out to believe that you see,” said Camilla Samuelsson, intervention police in the local police area.

 

The reflex can be a cheap insurance and Camilla Samuelsson thinks more and more people wear reflective vests.

 

“I imagine that those who are used to being out at these times have another idea. But in general, it is bad to take on, perhaps especially in the urban environment where it is illuminated and it is believed that the lighting helps one to be seen. “says Camilla.

 

Among the teenagers, Camilla sometimes hears it’s cool to wear a vest with reflective material. Just like wearing a bike helmet. To pop up the reflexes by designing, for example, reflective jackets, she believes that it may be important for a particular audience to start using reflexes and realize the risks.

 

“If you do not have a reflex, the children do not have it either. It is also very important how we influence each other. “says Camilla.

 

At preschool, educators believe that the influence can take place elsewhere and that the children bring home the behavior to the parents. They work with sustainability and wants to be in a safe and safe way. Therefore, the office has decided to hand out reflective vests to preschools.

 

“To target children was a choice we made. It should start on time. It’s a good target audience that can affect the parents. “says Ingvar Johansson.

 

Preschool has received reflective vest, and more preschools have the opportunity to get vests. It is the first to come to tell Ingvar Johansson.

 

“That’s really good. We are sometimes bad at using reflective vests but this will be like a kick at the end. “says Lisa, teacher at the kindergarten.

 

Do you ever talk about the importance of reflective materials?

 

“If we see that one of the children have reflective materials on the clothes, then we emphasize it and talk about why it is important,” says Lisa.

 

Police Camilla Samuelsson has no evidence that the number of accidents is increasing in the autumn. She thinks there are different risks for each season.

 

What should you think about going out and going to the dark?

 

To have a reflective element. If you do not want a big vest, you should take the reflective tape. A reflective tape may also be good, then there is something moving and catching attention. Do not take for granted that the driver sees you, even if you have reflective element, there are many unaccustomed drivers in traffic, so be aware. “said Camilla.

 

If you go by bike, other regulations apply. As long as the cycle is conducted, the rules apply to pedestrians. But as soon as you jump on the bike, it is counted as a vehicle.

 

“Then the traffic rules apply, like stopping at the red light and driving directions. You must keep to the right and do not ride a bike on the sidewalk.

 

If the lighting and reflexes of a bike are not met, it cannot be costly. If any of the light / reflexes are missing or they are out of order, it costs SEK 500. Should it simply be that the lamp is not turned on, it also costs 500 kronor. The police currently have no pronounced action against bikers. Previously, the police have informed the public about the rules that are applicable to then go out and make an effort in reality.

School starts – what should be considered?

Police Superintendent Jennifer from Directorate Traffic, gives tips and hints about traffic safety advice. These are not only addressed to the parents and children, but also to the other road users:

The new school year starts and the first graders begins a new phase of life. In addition to new impressions and expectations of the school itself, the children are confronted for the first time of the dangers of road traffic. In order for the children to become safe and self-confident road users, we would like to inform you here about how you can accompany and support your children on this journey.

Children are not “little adults”

Children perceive the traffic differently. You still cannot estimate speed and distances like adults. It is not possible for them to know which direction a sound is coming from and it is also difficult for them to filter important and unimportant noise. Because of their height they have a different angle; they cannot look over cars and their gaze is obscured by many obstacles. Even her field of vision is about one third smaller than in adults up to the age of 8 years. Children do not have any dangerous awareness yet. They mix imagination and reality. They can also be distracted easily in traffic and often react impulsively. They then run thoughtlessly and without concentration across the street. The conversion from near to far-sightedness also happens to children with a delay. So there are many reasons to prepare children for school in good time.

Walk to school

Give your child an early opportunity to get to know and explore the way to school. Practice correct behavior with possible danger points (exits, construction sites, parking cars) and use existing crossing aid (pedestrian traffic light, crosswalks, traffic islands). Many schools have school maps that can help you choose a safe way to school, because the rarest cases. The shortest route is the safest. Distractions such as mobile phones, music and wearing headphones should be taboo during the school trip, because they only distract your child from additional distraction. Inquire with classmates and their parents. This is more fun and also relieves a little. It is advisable to allow plenty of time in the mornings, so that your child does not have to travel to school on a stressful day or even have to run to school. In order for your child to be seen early by other road users, we recommend brighter and, if possible, reflective clothing. In the first classes, all children will be provided with reflective safety vests by the ADAC, which can save their lives on the way to school.

By car to school

If you bring your child to school by car, remember that it takes a suitable child seat to strap on until the age of 12 or up to a height of 1.50 m. Use seats with backrest as long as possible and change as late as possible to the so-called seat shells. It is always important that the belt of the vehicle is clearly guided over the clavicle of the child and does not go along the neck. Always have your child get off the sidewalk side, taking care of cycling and walking.

Leave the car in the garage

Your child can only become a safer road user if they get the chance to experience their environment independently. A so-called island hopping (to be taken by car to a friend, to school, to sport, etc.) hinders her child. In addition, the large number of vehicles in front of the school in the morning causes a real traffic chaos and it can lead to dangerous traffic situations.

If it is not possible for you to complete the way to school completely on foot, then park a bit away from the school. Dare your child a walk of 200-700m and make the way to school a ritual. Your child can gain experience on the road along the way, learn to recognize danger, to estimate distances. It enjoys the fresh air and will arrive waking up at school. It can also go along with classmates and exchange with them before class.

The idea of not driving up to the school by car is worth it! Not only you and your child benefit from it, but also teachers and residents as well as the police. You also support climate protection with it. Some schools offer projects on this topic. (Walking bus, traffic tamer, etc.) Inquire.

By bike to school

In the lower classes, we advise against letting your child go to school by bike alone. Children of this age are quickly overwhelmed with the bicycle in traffic. The cycle is driving training, which we carry out with your children. Therefore takes place only in the 4th grade. If you decide to accompany your child to school by bicycle, there is nothing to stop them from a police point of view. It trains your child and makes it familiar with the traffic reality. However, you should pay a lot of attention: your child should already be safe in dealing with their own bike and control it so well that it can pay full attention to the traffic. Wearing a bicycle helmet and a vest with reflective material is more than recommended. Children up to their 8th birthday have to, older children up to the 10th birthday are allowed to ride their bicycles on the sidewalk. You may accompany your child to the age of 8 years of cycling on the pavement. Take advantage of two existing walkways always the right one. Particular attention should be paid to the entrances and exits. When crossing the road, at traffic lights and crosswalks must be lowered and pushed. Cycle paths may yet use the children, but then only in the prescribed direction. Once your child drives on the road, the bike must be roadworthy. Make sure there is enough air in the tires. Choosing the way to school when riding a bicycle is especially important. Pay attention to the help of the crossing.

No matter which school you choose, be sensitive and respond to questions and fears of your children. But also promote his independence.

Be a role model because children learn by imitation and are guided by family role models.

Accompanying the policy in the first classes, pedestrian training, to practice the crossing of the road and to prepare the children for possible danger in traffic. At the beginning of the school, large banners of the police will point to the start of school and more school trips will be carried out in primary schools.

We also want your children to become confident and safe road users and to be able to look forward to their school start.

Delivery reflective vests to cyclists and motorcyclists

The Secretariat of Public Safety of Yucatan, through its police elements, delivers reflective vests to cyclists and motorcyclists to promote education and road safety, since last July 22 in different parts of the city of Merida and in some parts of the interior of the state.

To request this security measure, you can go to the SSP Police Bases located on the Peripheral Ring at the Alfa-Beta Base of the Valladolid exit, the Delta Base at Causal and the Prevention Guard. In Security Complex of kilometer 45.

The vest is yellow with a reflective material and Velcro on the chest that allows drivers to distinguish these vehicles at a considerable distance and more safely.

In its social networks, the SSP urges the drivers of two-wheeled vehicles and tricycles to use the vests with reflective tapes, because “no safety measure is too much”.