Tag: reflective vest

Road safety: Caution on the road in this year end

If a 16% decrease in fatalities is observed, the numbers of accidents and injuries are rising. In addition, the number of motorcyclists without safety vest killed is clearly increasing compared to the same year.

While the main factors of accidents are excessive speed and not adapted to driving conditions, 60% of accidents in light vehicles took place under the influence of alcohol or drugs, weekends and early morning. The number of young people killed (16- 27 years) is 35% against 47% in 2015, from the Beginning of the year.

 

Strengthening road checks

Reeve ad late awareness campaigns complemented by monitoring roads to fight against road accidents. Parallel operations “SAM” will be conducted at various events to encourage the organization of return by appointing a designated driver “one who leads, not drinking.” Breathalysers will be also distributed to road users on the site of festivities to enable them to check their driving ability. Police and gendarmes will be mobilized on the roads department and intensify their controls on hazardous behavior such as speed, alcohol, taking narcotics or the use of mobile phones while driving.

 

New measures

New measures against excessive speeding and driving with fake licenses have just taken beings. And since 20 November 2016, vehicles being tested in excess of 50 km / h (or more) of the speed limit are immobilized and placed immediately impounded by the police in reflective vest.

Hitherto limited to cases of recurrence of excessive speeding, a misdemeanor punishable by three months’ imprisonment and 3750 euro fine, the immobilisation faculty is now possible from the finding of a first passing offense 50 km / h or more.

 

The second measure to create a specific offense of driving a vehicle by use of a driving license forged or falsified, which will now be punishable by five years imprisonment, 75 000 Euros fine and several sentences further, including the compulsory confiscation of the vehicle Drink or drive, choose…

In 2015 and 2016, alcohol remains, with speed, one of the two main causes of road deaths. For the year-end holidays, the Road Safety alerts the public and offers solutions. The film “The Last Glass” and two radio spots revive the “shock wave” of pain occurred after a road accident after an alcohol at a party. A series of films and radio spots, of a different kind and tour with celebrity hosts of television and radio, giving good tips to confiscate the keys to a friend who drank too much without getting angry with him permanently.

 

Motorcyclists: Beware Danger!

A motorcycle, the greatest danger is to think that there is none. In 2015, users of motorized two-wheelers accounted for nearly a quarter of road deaths with 614 riders and 155 motorcycles. For the same distance, a motorcycle driver is 23 times more likely to be killed on the road a motorist.

Since Sunday, November 20, 2016, wearing gloves is mandatory for certified drivers and passengers (even minor) of the two or three-wheeled motorized. In this context, the Road Safety has launched a campaign, reminding users and passengers of motorcycles and scooters the value of their hands and the need to protect them with gloves. Since 1 January 2016, all drivers of motorized two-wheelers, motorized three-wheelers or motor quadricycle without fairing is also required to have a high visibility vest on him or in a storage of the vehicle.

 

The Inter ministerial Committee for Road Safety, met on 2 October 2015, decided to generalize the entire fleet of two circulating, motorized three-wheelers and quads pleading to legal size.

The owners of these vehicles therefore have a period of just over six months to come into compliance with the plate size. Otherwise, from 1 July 2017, any vehicle driver intercepted an illegal, illegible or removable plate will be sanctioned with a 4th class fine is € 135.

The standardization of license plates will simplify the control of security forces and allow equal treatment of the user’s vis-à-vis the radar.

The prefecture finally recalls that the front glass is dangerous for road safety. From the outside, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to maintain eye contact with the driver and thus to anticipate his conduct. The surteintage contributes, moreover, to conceal serious offenses such as the use of mobile devices or the port default seatbelt.

At a time when the terrorist threat is particularly high, recalling the ban preserves the ability of law enforcement to react to unsafe behavior of a driver or passenger of a vehicle. Surteintage the front windows will be banned from 1 January 2017. The offenders will face a fine of 135 Euros which will be accompanied by a withdrawal of 3 points on the driving license.

 

Road safety: A tragedy was averted on highway

Life expectancy for a pedestrian without safety vest driving on the emergency lane on the highway does not exceed 20 minutes. When a vehicle breaks down and is forced to stop on the side, all occupants must exit the vehicle from the outside to the floor and get behind the security barrier. Stay in the vehicle represents an extreme danger. The couple in their sixties, who was traveling in a motorhome yesterday on the A62 in the direction Bordeaux-Toulouse, had assimilated this precaution.

 

When the driver found that his vehicle had burst, he pulled over to the emergency lane, and with his wife, they are out. They were waiting and wearing a safety reflective vest when troubleshooting heavyweight violently hit the back of the camper, spraying almost in shock. The two occupants have been spared because they were outside. The trailer ended up in the ditch, he was carrying shutters. No contamination was found by rescue. Firefighters carried the slightly injured in hospital Agen.

 

In case of failure, it is recalled that before out of the car to get behind the slide with all the other passengers, the driver must put on his yellow vest that should be in the cabin. In the event of a puncture, do not change the wheel itself, calling for service on a terminal located every 2 km, walking behind the zipper for access.

A safety vest as a ticket to concerts

 

What if you could go to a Coldplay concert without paying anything? Two journalists from vice magazine did. Zoo, concerts and cinema, happens everywhere: a safety vest.

 

Winning panoply

They made a journey. David and his friend Sean, both Australian journalists for vice magazine, had an idea of a crazy and unpublished report. Using a fluorescent safety vest, they had the goal of returning to any private event for a day.

 

“When you see a guy with a fluorescent yellow vest straddling a fence or going straight ahead of a bouncer, you assume he’s there to fix something. That’s why a fluorescent vest will help you all your life. ”

 

Using false walkie-talkies and their panoply then complete, they began by getting into a cinema, until the concert of Coldplay.

 

Wearing our fluorescent reflective jackets, Sean and I walked past the guy at the entrance counter and walked back into the first room on our way.

 

This was a crazy challenge brilliantly performed by the two compasses, an experience dreamed by all music lovers. After a visit to the zoo, David and Sean encrusted at the Coldplay concert and mingled in safety.

 

To be totally honest with you, getting into the stadium has not been easy. We had to go to several different entrances and come back several times, but we were relatively quiet compared to the stakes. To our surprise, everything went pretty well. In the end, we managed to get back. (…) I’ve never been a big fan of Coldplay, actually. Except that on that day, when charging the group of Chris Martin for free with a vulgar waistcoat, everything changed.

 

A day full of adventure that ends in beauty, all thanks to a crazy theory: that of breaking all prohibited in this case, thanks to a safety reflective vest.

Safety clothing: Pedestrian Training for first graders

In Hamburg practice abecedarians with the police in safety vest to school

Many children are now driven by car to school and it shows on the road noticeable when the children fall to reach even on foot to the classroom. “The children are unsafe crossing the road and also because parents trust them too little,” said Cornelia from police station 38 in responsible area for pedestrian training. Many of the first-graders would not even know the most important rules of the road and therefore it was also fortunate enough to be able to support the students in Jenfelder way in the context of road safety education.

 

“The white stripes here, which are for the blind,” says Daria in reflective vest, which knows quite well and also crossing the road safely acts. Samma and Mirjam dare indeed to cross the road in a safe place, but hesitate when she should emerge behind a big, illegally parked cars and waiting for a safe moment to pass. “Many motorists are on the sidewalk or parking so close succession that pass barely room to remain” complains Cornelia Kayser, which relies on frequent train with the first-graders directly on the road, instead of focusing only on the theory. That is their recommendation to parents: “Practice and practice again,” so that the children are safe and there is also no risk of accidents.

 

After the traffic education in the first class, which takes place several times a year, it goes from the fourth grade on the bikes. “We then try with the children riding on the excellent cycling routes,” said the police officer who has a good rapport with the children and knows how to motivate the timid. “Brain turn, think, act,” laughs the traffic teacher who has learned this morning with the kids from primary school Jenfelder road some new steps. The questions for the safest passage in a street with no crosswalk and traffic lights, as well as the behavior when crossing were established here by frequent training. For families whose children come to walk or bike to school, Cornelia recommended to wear bright reflective jackets and safety vest. “Clothing is now in the autumn not being bright enough.”

Shell gas station workers in safety vest

White shirt, safety vest in signal yellow and a dark sports trousers: In the clothes question the North retail and workshop owners Holger was agreed with his guest Patrick, head of the Shell gas station business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, on Wednesday.

 

Fuelled not have Patrick though. Nevertheless, the head of the Shell gas station business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Wednesday was a welcome guest at the North Shell station by Holger. 2600 stations comprising the network, the Carré passes of the Hamburg headquarters. Around 200, the 43-year-old business economist has not looked personally.

 

Visits to Shell stations not unusual

Employee in reflective vest and customer contact for him was nothing extraordinary, but philosophy, says Carré and asks buses, as the marketing campaigns and store concepts arrive at the customer. “We want to know how the reality looks at the stations.”

 

2000 gas stations in Germany

Carré has since February 2014 head of the Shell gas station business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is responsible for 2000 stations in Germany alone.

Among other things, studied in Paris and Milan

A native in reflective clothing has studied business administration in Mannheim, Leipzig, Paris and Milan. His professional career began 43-year-old literary friend at Shell in London. In the last 13 years Carré had with the energy companies, a number of global, regional and local roles – both in strategy and in marketing and in sales.

The police in safety vest are appealing to motorcyclists

Nice weather and conducive to driving conditions so began the season motorcycle. On the road you will notice increased traffic wheelers. Unfortunately, the country also notes accidents involving manager’s wheelers. We appeal to all fans of “two wheels”, and car drivers in safety clothing with caution and safe driving.

 

Damage to the asphalt, about the sand on the road and increased traffic, it’s a potential danger for motorcyclists. Just a moment of inattention, rapid maneuver and trailer is certain. Motorcyclists are mostly young man. Young people often characterized by bravado or desire to show off in front of their peers. These behaviors often go hand in hand with a lack of driving skills. It often happens that the director of his fast and heavy vehicle is not able to control it, and then often comes to disaster. Recall that such a vehicle has neither belts nor airbags. The collision of a motorcyclist with another vehicle or tree usually ends tragically.

 

According to the police by far the most common cause of accidents involving motorcyclists include speeding and overestimating their abilities, to stop at a red light, pressing between the cars, and finally the usual performances.

 

Motorbike, keep in mind that public roads are not racetracks! Think, therefore, of the other drivers. Follow the rules of the road: do not exceed the speed; do not force the priority; demonstrating the limited trust towards other drivers; Take care of reflective clothing that will make you more visible on the road.

 

We appeal to all managers of prudence and compliance. Each participant of the road traffic must have regard to the safety of themselves and others. Let us remember that in the event of even the slightest collision motorcycle and a car, it motorcyclist in reflective vest has the slightest chance of survival or exit from the accident without injury.

Active Seniors in safety vest familiar with the road safety

Listens Pleszew University of the Third Age learned how to safely participate in traffic .Bank Cooperative in Pleszew gave them a reflective vest.

 

Police handed a large dose of information the Audience University of the Third Age, who came to the Police Headquarters a meeting in the framework of “I saw, and I heard…?”.

Head of the Department of Prevention encouraged observing what is happening. He urged that in the event; call the toll free number 997.

 

– By phone and inform the dispatcher commands that something happens, cause immediate response patrol police in safety vest – Thanks to avoid danger, maybe we can help many a man in need – he added.

With the favor of Cooperative Bank they received reflective vests. Marketing Tomasz handed all reflective vests, which are designed to improve road safety .Bank Cooperative also sponsored calendars, pens and leash. The vest with reflective tape can be useful when riding a bicycle or walking.

Student in safety vest to introduce their school as a guide

For parents whose children are currently learning in fourth grade, now stands at an important decision: How should the way to the completion of the fourth grade to go? Which school it should be, which profile like for the best? School’s students are wearing yellow reflective vest to introduce their school.

 

The Gymnasium had last Friday made a decent program off the ground in order to imagine potential future students and their parents. Teacher answering questions ready, but also some students could be looking at the finger or over his shoulder and stood to school life and answer questions.

 

One of them was Tim, who belongs to the fifth graders of the school since August. He had the two-hour open house donned a yellow safety vest and led interested visitors by his new school. So could any interesting insights into the teaching and learning materials get?

 

So some classmate of Tim showed, for example, like the “arrival” of the new students is designed and how they experienced it. Older students led in the technical rooms before physical and chemical experiments. Here was a lot to see. For example, even Gabriel from the class 7.2, which declared the centrifugal force of a spirit parabola. Where was experimented, there was particularly much action. But the parents Café, where the parents were able to exchange among themselves, were widely used. “We can welcome not only the future students, but also our own students and even former students used the day like to once get past,” said Babett, school technical coordinator at the school.

 

Some of them were also involved in the presentation of the working groups in the sports hall. Here the guitar students, the choir and the musical class 5.4 showed their skills, the theater group invited spontaneously to join in and also the dancers and acrobatics group set up their capacity to show. Many fourth graders, who were previously delivered by their parents here, were part of the audience.

 

“We offer in cooperation with the music school, Kurt ‘also a music class in which can be learned in small groups instruments like guitar, flute, clarinet and keyboards,” says Babett in reflective clothing. As a counterpart to a sports class to be built, in which a special interest is placed on ball sports and dancing. The background for this consideration is that many “learner” to perhaps limit their hobbies and could find so new at the school or her old hobby could indulge further here.

The police are giving away reflective vest

The police Inowroclaw “traffic police” operate under the name of “Pedestrian”. They distribute them special reflective vest.

 

– Recently, we observe an increase of road accidents, where perpetrators are not only directing but also pedestrians. The reasons for this can be seen in the rapidly changing aura weather, rapidly fading light, but also incorrect behavior of road users

 

Therefore, police officers pay special attention to how they move on the road, pedestrians, or observe the basic rules of the road and if they glare. – During these operations police WRD county Inowrocław equip pedestrian reflective material vest. Moving them especially outside built-up make pedestrians is more visible. This will ensure that not only the convenience, but also control. The driver because he sees a pedestrian having reflective elements, even from a distance of several hundred meters – emphasizes Drobniecka.

Prostitutes required wearing reflective vest

Measure for wearing reflective material vest is to avoid accidents and if not fulfilled entitles the fine.

Spanish Prostitutes working in a city in northern Spain, in Catalonia, are required to wear reflective vest for security reasons. If they do not comply pay a fine of 40 Euros.

 

According to the “Telegraph”, the police said that prostitutes are not being punished because of what they do, but put at risk drivers.

 

Prostitutes will not vest against a 2004 law that says anyone who walks the walk on the main roads should wear high visibility clothing.

 

It is estimated that 300,000 women work as prostitutes in Spain.