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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. “

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”.

The policemen handed out reflective elements

You can encourage the use of reflective materials in many ways. This time, policemen from the Rude highway encouraged to improve their safety during the “Safe Intersections” operation.

Uniforms the pedestrians to take care of their safety during the pre-Christmas rally. Police officers from the RW road route appeared on pre-Christmas Thursday in the area of the main intersections of our city. Their aim was to increase the safety of pedestrians and drivers, especially at intersections. Pedestrians promoted the use of marked pedestrian crossings and wearing reflective vests that improve visibility. Uniforms reminded everyone that wearing retro-reflective elements is not only an obligation, but also an indication of common sense on the road. These were successive actions of the policemen from the roadside, to make the road users aware of the dangers they would face, to remind the existing regulations and to improve the safety on our roads.

Remember that a pedestrian who is moving on a dark road without reflections is practically invisible. The driver is able to notice such a person only from a distance of 20-30 meters. However, if it has reflective tapes, the driver can already see it from over 150 m. You want to come home safely – WE WORK REFLECTIONS!

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.

We have to wear reflective vests after dark

Yesterday we informed about the mysterious figures standing by the roads. From a distance, they look like real people, but they are really only wire-shaped silhouettes that have been put on safety clothing. Today we were able to solve the mystery of metal ‘ pedestrians ‘.

We found a few places, in which pairs of wire silhouettes were placed, and our Readers informed about the next ones.

Today we already know that typical pedestrians were sent to the root roadside by the Active for Development Association, and our assumptions about the “mission” of metal people were hit.

Unfortunately, there have been many accidents involving pedestrians and, in order to meet the situation, we decided to do something – says the president of the Association, Andrej. – The mere distribution of reflective vests does not bring much effect. You must also try to reach people’s consciousness. During the brainstorming, during the Association meeting, an idea was created to visualize the visibility of pedestrians in a reflective vest and without.

As we wrote yesterday, wire silhouettes appear on the roadside in pairs. In any case, one of the characters is wearing a reflective vest and the other is wearing a dark blouse or T-shirt. As long as both men are quite visible during the day, the situation changes dramatically at night. From a distance, we can see the figure in a reflective vest, while the second one can be noticed only from a close distance.

President of the Association reveals that around twelve pairs of metal silhouettes have already been prepared. Some of them are on the road. Others will just be there. It may also happen that where pedestrians will change their places. The members of the association made the wire silhouettes themselves.

In our association, we have people who professionally do different things. Some work as welders, locksmiths, they are experts.

We would like the human habit of wearing vests when leaving the house after dark. When I go outside in the winter – I take my hat. Even when I do not have it at hand, I’m looking for it. It’s good for it to be the same with the vest. In some Western countries, a man who comes out without a glare is called a suicide.

The campaign enjoys the support of local entrepreneurs and is not limited only to roadside figures. We managed to obtain funds for which the association will purchase reflective vests. However, according to Andrej, mass distribution of them may not bring results. That’s why every member of the organization will carry a dozen or so vests in his car. Whenever he sees a pedestrian without any reflective materials on him after dark, he will give him a vest and encourage him to put it on.

If the city really is “reflective”

The policemen equipped the semi-colonists with reflective vests. The whole group will now be perfectly visible when they are going through the holiday routes.

Today In the “Rondo” football club in Inca, there was a group of 30 semicolons insecurity. Preparing for a pedestrian rally around the city, they learned important rules about their own safety and the importance of using reflective materials on clothing. It is thanks to the policemen of the Prevention Department and the Road Traffic Department.

Knowledge of the basic rules of moving on the road is the key. That is why theory and exercises had to go hand in hand. Children learned in which places and how to cross the road correctly. There was no shortage of hints about contacts with strangers and dogs. Responsible behavior will avoid threats.

During the meeting, the police taught the children how to alert the services if it was necessary. Half-colonies received educational books with traffic regulations and hi vis vests from policemen. Now they are fully prepared for the rally. Successful trips!

Reflective vests and college safety

Forty students from the Vale du Throe secondary school received reflective vests as part of a security operation, handed over by Florence and Daniel Villella, departmental councilors, and Dillon Kelly, a schoolboy and a young departmental councilor (elected from the departmental council of young people from the Tarn).  these vests is printed “Day and night. I save lives”. This is the interest of this operation which benefited nearly 2,000 Farnese schoolboys. These vests can be used on multiple occasions: on foot, by bike, moped, by taking the bus (school transport or regular lines), etc. They are offered on request to college students who have validated their registration on the ENT or the site of the department. “There are 42 colleges in the Tarn, says Florence, and about 5,000 college students. For the moment, just under 2,000 students have taken the step and receive their vests(which made of reflective fabrics). But this operation may be able to be renewed. ”

Every year, many children are involved in serious or even fatal accidents in collisions on the way to school, especially in the autumn when visibility is reduced, especially when the days are narrowing with the passage of time. Based on this observation, the Departmental Youth Council (CDJ), in partnership with the Departmental Committee and organizing committee of the International Federal Week, decided to alert the Farnese students to the need to wear a hi vis vest. Retro reflective safety device to be visible in all circumstances, day and night.

Since its creation in 1992, the CDJ has launched several projects to help improve road safety: poster campaign behind coaches on safety around bus stops, awareness film on the dangers of driving intoxicated, promoting safe means of travel, etc. At the Vale du Throe secondary school, as part of the “Artistic Practices” workshop, schoolchildren produced a clip on the theme of safety that is being edited. Security in all areas is therefore a topical issue within the institution.

Shine in the dark

How important light clothes and reflective vests are in the dark season, learned the first graders of the Bamberger school by a traffic safety adviser to the police.

Under the motto “Safety through visibility”, traffic safety consultant Ralf Desman of the Coifed District Police Department in the Bamberger School carried out an action aimed specifically at the children of the first classes.

Since the girls and boys in the winter months in the morning on the way to school and in the afternoon are more often in the dark on the road, it is vital for them to be seen in good time by the selection of garments (reflective jackets, pedestrian reflectors, reflective applications). Within a school lesson, Ralf Desman made children aware of the importance of choosing the right clothing in the dark based on a story with a pictorial representation.

The children received at the end of the hour reflective tapes for the jackets. This application allows the driver to perceive the children in the spotlight at a distance of 130 meters. This could be made available to the children for the support of the Coifed roundabout and the Coifed road traffic department.

A year after the introduction of reflective elements

More than two hundred traffic accidents have been caused by pedestrians in the South Moravian Region since last year’s introduction of compulsory reflective vests for walking outside the village in the evening. Some have not respected the law. Others have caused them in municipalities where they are not obligated. Police officers, therefore, point out that reflective materials are worthwhile to have in subdued lighting conditions constantly.

“A person who is wearing a reflexive vest can be seen in the darkness for as long as 10 times longer than in normal clothes. Drivers thus have much more time to react in time and avoid pedestrians. “police spokesman Alice Musial said.

According to police statistics, pedestrians are often not only victims but also road traffic offenders. “Last year, pedestrians in the South Moravian Region caused 117, this year by the end of September 93. Four unfortunate crashes resulted in the death of the pedestrian. ” Musial said.

The police will demonstrate the meaning of reflective elements in Blanco on November 23 at 4 pm in the police building. Parents and children on the spot will see the difference between the visibility of the pedestrian with the reflective element and without him.

In addition, they can try for example drunken glass and look at police techniques. “Every child also gets a reflective tape for a gift,” Musial promises.

The statistics on the total number of accidents with police pedestrians do not, but it is registered. “Last year, five pedestrians were responsible for five accidents involving 25 people involved in an accident this year, 5 of them from 17 of these accidents,” the police spokesman said.