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These are the characteristics that reflective vest should have

From January 1 on all vehicles must wear with a reflective vest, measure that seeks to reduce traffic accidents and collisions of drivers when they get off the car.

Those who do not comply with the regulations will be committing a slight fault and will have to pay a fine that varies between 0.2 to 0.5 UTM.

 

In order to comply with the law, it is necessary to be clear about the characteristics of the vest that must wear. As of January 1, it will be mandatory to wear the reflective vest on the vehicles; can you identify the reflective vest required by law?

 

Characteristics of the vest

– Yellow fluorescent material

-It must have bands of retro reflective material with a width greater than 50mm

-The vest must be in a place accessible from inside the vehicle, so that the driver who gets off the car does so with this element.

 

According to the decree, these alternatives can use:

– Two horizontal bands bordering the torso separated by a minimum distance of 50mm and bands that joins the upper band of the torso from front to back, passing through each shoulder.

– A horizontal band that is surrounds the torso, and bands that join that from front to back over each shoulder. The 50mm distance should maintain.

– Two horizontal bands are surrounding the torso, separated by a minimum distance of 50 mm. The lower part of the lower band must be at a minimum distance of 50 mm from the lower edge of the safety vest.

 

Traffic victims in the interurban roads increase by 8%

The number of fatalities in traffic accidents so far in 2017 in Andalusia has reached 167, eight percent more than in the same dates of 2016, year in which 154 reached, according to provisional data from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) made to 24 hours on interurban roads. On the other hand, in the Andalusia community have occurred so far this year 155 accidents, 12 percent more than the same period last year, where 139 accidents occurred.

 

At the end of October, the month recorded 119 deaths (28 more than the entire month of October a year ago, when 91 deaths were recorded), which makes this October the worst since 2010. That year 174 people died and only in 2011 and 2013, more than a hundred people died in that month (114 and 103, respectively).

 

In this way, October could become the month with the highest number of deaths in 2017, surpassing even those of summer, months that more fatalities usually register on the roads due to the increase in the number of journeys on the road due to the summer period , since June closed with 123 deceased, July with 121 and August with 103. Even the police in safety vest have more work on road,

 

On the other hand, the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard will develop this week in Andalusia a campaign to prevent pedestrians from leaving their vehicle after a breakdown or accident, since more than 10 percent of those killed in accidents road traffic were pedestrians.

 

During this campaign, the agents of the Traffic Association of the Civil Guard will develop specific surveillance and control actions, as well as an information and awareness task with the delivery of a triptych, to try that there are no deaths. To ensure the safety of the driver and other road users, it is mandatory to carry two hazard warning triangles and at least one high visibility reflective vest.

Don’t forget the safety equipment when walk in the sea

A boat trip is for sure a lot of fun. But between the weather, the equipment on board and the prolonged exposure to natural light, some recommendations are essential to navigate safely. Especially if you have children!

 

Before going out to sea, check carefully the schedules and coefficients of the tides as well as the weather forecasts, so as not to be surprised by the variations of the nature. Also ensure that everyone on board has a safety lifejacket that fits their size. Everyone must also leave with their sunglasses and a cap or hat to protect the eyes, the head … and thus avoid sunstroke.

 

On the side of the skin, apply sunscreen before leaving on all visible parts, even on your whole body in anticipation of a dive in the open sea. Take with you the tubes of cream for regular applications. Yes, despite appearances and feelings, the clouds let a large number of UV rays that can weaken your skin. Finally, even if the end of the holidays is approaching and your skin is already tanned, do not worry! Tanning certainly limits the occurrence of sunburn since your skin has become accustomed to sun exposure. But the risk 0 does not exist, let alone at sea on the surface of which the impression of freshness and moisture easily masks the force of the rays. A high visibility safety vest is eye catching for keeping your safety.

 

Before leaving, check that your basket will be enough to sustain everyone’s stomachs. Think of the practical and nutritious picnic formula, and plan for 1 liter of water per person if you leave for the day. Know it, to go to sea with an empty stomach exposes to seasickness! Be careful however to fatty and heavy meals. They can cause difficulties of digestion often misguided on board. In addition, do not forget the pharmacy kit with its lot of bandages, anti-nausea, mercurochrome, scissors and tweezers.

 

In the piloting department now … if you have to do little tricky maneuvers, your children will have to sit, both hands on fixed supports, buttocks well set, especially if the toddlers are light weights. In the best case, tell the young people to stay in the cockpit for maximum safety.

 

Finally, never leave a child alone on board or at the controls of the boat even they wear the safety clothing. And despite the concentration you show, always keep an eye on the actions of your toddlers. Also plan a child’s difficulty in staying in place for a long time. If it starts to get agitated, try taking a break where everyone can let off steam.

 

The security inspectors of the city armed with safety vest

“The attack on the Champs has shown that every uniformed agent is a target,” exclaims Nathalie Kosciusko, president of the LR group at the Paris Council. Faced with this observation, his political party wants to change the armament and safety uniform of the security inspectors of the city of Paris (ISVP), and will file a wish in this direction to the Paris Council which begins this Tuesday.

 

“Trained and equipped with lethal weaponry”

On April 21, a hundred security inspectors, on strike, had gathered in front of City Hall to demand a “development of their weapons.” At the call of the CFTC and the UCP (Union of Paris executives), this movement was intended to claim “at least initially a non-lethal weapons” for the more than 1,000 municipal officers tasked with combating the “incivilities” of everyday life. Currently they are equipped with a Tonka and a tear gas bomb “when terrorists are equipped with a weapon of war,” note Republicans.

 

Favorable for several years to an “armed municipal police”, NKM recovers from the security file and asks that the security inspectors can “without distinction wear a tactical bulletproof safety jacket“, that “the totality of the ISVP profits from a non-lethal armament, defensive bullet launcher (LBD) or electric impulse pistol “. Finally, the LR Group wishes that the “voluntary ISVPs be trained and equipped with lethal weapons”. Some political parties remain opposed to this development.

 

“It would be a disturbing rise in rank,” reacts David Billiard, co-chair of the Ecology Group of Paris (GEP). On the side of the municipal executive, we do not comment this wish but we recall the work in progress on the issue.

 

“We are not closed”

“We are not closed to the question of strengthening the armament to improve the mission of the agents”, one recalls to the city hall. After the strike movement of the agents, a delegation of agents was received at the office of the mayor. An administrator has been commissioned to study rapidly the conditions of any weapon allocation, lethal or non-lethal.

 

“We will work with the agents to assess the needs of their missions. We want them to do their job in the best conditions, “AFP Colombes Brussels, security assistant to the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, told AFP, recalling that the agents had already been equipped with bullet-proof safety vest.

 

 

Municipal agents in safety vest are ready to assist the citizens

Forty municipal agents from Thiensville will come to lend a hand in case of disaster. The city set up Friday, October 27 the device of the communal reserve of civil security.

 

Their fluorescent vests on the shoulders, a badge on the chest and the torch that is waiting on the table, the forty or so municipal agents of Thiensville are now ready to assist the citizens. Friday, October 27, the city has formalized during a solemn meeting, the creation of a communal reserve of civil security. A first in Moseley for this device created in 2004, which allows volunteers to support relief units during missions.

 

The flood of 2016, the click

The memory of the 2016 floods in the North Moseley sector is still in everyone’s mind. “We had a lot of people who were flooded at home,” recalls Pierre Cluny, Mayor of Thiensville. “The communal reserve would have been activated to repatriate the population, distribute food and reassure”.

 

That’s what prompted Dannie to get involved in this new scheme: “My neighbors were here to help me, it’s a balm to see that there are people who care about you and who help you when you’re in trouble, so there’s no reason we cannot do the same thing.” This responsibility will be at all hours of the day, as needed. “Disasters do not happen between 8 am and 5 pm so if there is anything, in the middle of the night for example, I put on my safety vest and boots, I take my tools and I go for it,” says Martine, in charge of the early childhood center within the city.

 

Three days of training

But before being operational, civil servants will benefit from three days of training. They will (re) learn the first aid gestures (the PSC1 diploma) or how to react in the event of a nuclear emergency, with the nearby Catena plant. A good sting reminder rejoices Roland, employee at the health department of Thiensville: “How to react with people under stress. Now, do not be stressed and communicate it as little as possible”.

 

In 2016, Nancy was the first city of Lorraine to set up a communal reserve of civil security. But unlike Thiensville, it’s not limited to municipal officials and police in reflective vest. But Pierre Cluny, the mayor of the Moseley city assures him, they were numerous to want to volunteer.

 

 

 

Pedestrians in safety vest: be visible on the roads

In 2014, 499 pedestrians were killed in France and 4,323 admitted for their wounds, according to statistics from the National Observatory of Road Safety (ONISR). Since 2010, the mortality of this category of users is constantly increasing.

 

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At night, accidents are more frequent and more serious. The share of pedestrians killed at night represents 47% of the pedestrian mortality, or 233 pedestrians. It is a little stronger than that of all users killed at night (41%). But this proportion varies according to the environment: pedestrians killed at night represent 32% of the pedestrian mortality in the city (342 of which 110 at night), 73% of the pedestrian mortality on roads outside urban areas (113 of which 83 at night) and 91% pedestrian toll on motorway (44 of which 40 at night).

 

At night or in fog, pedestrian groups should be visible

Wearing retro-reflective equipment, such as the yellow safety vest, is not required at night or in low visibility. Road safety only recommends that pedestrians wear light-colored clothing or retro-reflective tape to be visible at 150 m instead of 30 m.

On the other hand, the Highway Code provides that “at night, or during the day when visibility is insufficient, the processions, convoys, processions or groupings of pedestrians must be indicated at the front by at least one white or yellow light.

 

Wearing yellow vest for drivers stopped on the roadside

Since July 2008, motorists and truck drivers have to wear a yellow vest when they are forced out of their parked vehicle on the road or by the roadside. Since 1 January 2016, this requirement also applies to drivers of two or three-wheeled motor vehicles. In addition, the Labor Code requires the use of high-visibility clothing for workers working on roads and highways during construction work or temporary danger.

 

Raising the awareness of the youngest

Many local initiatives to protect pedestrians have been adopted. Departmental councils require the wearing of the yellow vest for children who use the school bus. Since the start of the school year 2015, a half-day of awareness of good behaviors and basic safety rules has been introduced in high schools. Wearing retro-reflective tape or fluorescent visibility elements on clothing, school bags or armbands is recommended.

 

Safety equipment was handed over to Comorian fishermen

The first batch of safety equipment for safety at sea, intended for the fishing communities of the Comoros, was handed over to fishermen last Monday in the premises of the National Directorate of Fisheries. The handover and reception ceremony was conducted by the vice-president in charge of the Ministry of Fisheries.

 

This equipment, totaling 21 million Comorian francs, disbursed by the World Bank, consists of 70 global positioning systems, 140 lifejackets, 140 waxed, 140 pairs of gloves, 225 hand-held fires, 75 smoke, 150 parachute flares and 70 mirrors. Tools are that will improve the daily working conditions of fishermen and promote the culture of safety at sea.

 

On this occasion, the Vice-President stressed that these materials will meet the regulatory imperatives and, taking into account the economic difficulties of the sector, the Comorian government has made the fisheries sector a national priority in the process of emerging country by 2030.

 

Abode in safety clothing said that this safety equipment at sea is very useful because the fishing sector “contributes 8% of gross domestic product (GDP) and provides 32,000 direct and indirect jobs”.

 

The Resident Representative of the World Bank in the Comoros, Rasht Petrel, argued that this equipment, intended for Comorian fishermen, is among the results of the Cores project which ended on April 31st. This project is being replaced by another named Sailfish, the first project of governance of fisheries and shared growth in the South-West Indian Ocean, said the Resident Representative.

 

As for the Commissioner in charge of Agriculture and Fisheries, Amada Vises Ali wears the safety vest, he said that “our sinners must take their responsibilities because for the Comoros to be an emerging country, we need the contribution of each of us, all categories”.

 

Bulletproof vests and heavy helmets for firefighters too

It is the air of the terrorist time, the violence of the moment and the national direction of the civil security which advises it. Rescue services are encouraged to equip themselves more heavily for their own protection. “We do not have any equipment obligation,” says Lieutenant-Colonel in safety vest. “The national doctrine does not impose, it recommends. But it is hard to imagine a director engaging his workforce with nothing “adds the crisis management specialist. The Moseley subscribes and follows in the footsteps of the departments that crossed it before it which, unlike others, did not have to host matches of the Euro 2016 football that precipitated the application of the measure.

 

In detail, three Magellan rescue centers, “where three teams of six men per guard, plus one nurse,” were trained, will receive personal protective equipment (PPE). A pack consisting of a level 3 ballistic helmet, without reinforced visor like that of the police or gendarmerie. “It does not work on a victim.” This explains the preference of the SDIS for a splinter mask that “looks a bit like ski goggles”, illustrates Christophe Retinoid. “The extraction (of a victim, Ed) is physical. We made the choice of lightness and practicality. ”

 

After the head, the body will be dressed in a reflective vest (four, in front, behind and on the flanks), of a ballistic level 4 (resistant to ammunition of war). Black with a red flocking, “it is not very visible, but enough to identify us in the field. We are on sites where many orders and where tight tactical coordination “involves knowing who is in action. At this added weight, lifeguards add lighter accessories like knee pads and cut-resistant gloves. Finally, the staff will also have on them a tourniquet to pose oneself on a member or that of a wounded comrade.

 

It is necessary to extend the list with the collective equipments like rigid trays and flexible stretchers on which the victim is strapped and that one can tow a few meters with a cable to put it in the shelter. The radio exchange system integrates earpieces for communication as discreet as effective in a noisy environment. “We are on agile devices to be reconfigured permanently,” says Christophe Retinoid. “We have always adapted.” Trained to the nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical risks (NRBC), the reliefs add a mention “terrorism” which pushes them until the paradox of being equipped like police forces to assist victims.

 

The adaptation of the equipment to circumstances led the Department to open an envelope of 50 000 € for the purchase of new safety equipment. The market has been launched according to precise specifications and the rescue centers concerned should not be long in coming. “There were a lot of things we already had,” says Lieutenant-Colonel Retinoid, SDIS 57. The bill is therefore limited. At the same time, the SDIS has increased the so-called “Damage Control” training with its staff. An effort launched for eight months and continues to teach the greatest number of firefighters.

 

“Even though we changed air with Charlie, the trigger of conscience,” the Bata clan had an influence on how to operate, said Lieutenant-Colonel Retinoid, SDIS 57, as Nice did too and as the next attack will likely bring a new evolution in how to intervene in risky contexts.

 

The importance of the lifejacket

A few days before the beginning of the summer season, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture wishes to recall the importance of the lifejacket. “The safety vest saves life”. Here is the message that wants to pass the Atlantic Maritime prefecture a few days before the beginning of the summer season.

 

“Since the beginning of the year, on the Atlantic coast, the sea has taken away several lives of seamen, professionals or boaters, who have fallen into the water without a lifejacket. Without a lifejacket, the chances of survival are very low, even if help arrives quickly on zone “, explains the Premark in a statement published this Tuesday.

No deaths with a lifejacket in 2016 and 2017

 

“As the summer season kicks off with a strong increase in water recreation, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture is reminded of the importance of wearing a safety jacket or PFD (integrated buoyant suit). “, she adds. In 2016 and 2017, no person who fell into the sea and wearing a lifejacket lost his life.

 

In its communiqué, the prefecture also reminds some safety instructions: “to prevent accidents: check equipment and safety equipment, check the weather, tidal coefficients and strength of currents, do not overestimate its capabilities “,” to be an actor of his rescue: to be able to alert the rescue: VHF (VHF 16) or telephone (196: direct number to the CROSS), have informed his family of the expected time of return, do not leave alone and have a crew member to give the alert, to be able to wait for help: wear a lifejacket or PFD, be seen: wear brightly colored reflective clothing and equipped with warning equipment for the night (flashlight. ..).

 

Driver license, safety vest and warning triangle for car

It is not enough to have your driver’s license, insurance certificate and registration certificate to be in good standing. Are you driving in a car? Check that you have a fluorescent safety vest and a warning triangle, which are required in the event of an accident.

 

And no question of letting your vest in your trunk, “The driver shall wear a high visibility vest when he is required to leave a vehicle stopped on the road or its surroundings following an emergency stop. Handy, “says a decree of 29 September 2008. The warning triangle must be positioned thirty meters from the obstacle to be signaled. “The obligation to set up the triangle does not apply when this action constitutes a manifest risk of the driver”, nuance the decree of September 30, 2008. Nothing specifies the place where should be the triangle of signaling when you do not need it.

 

You risk a fixed fine of 135 Euros -90 Euros in case of quick payment, in the absence of this equipment. If Article R. 234-7 of the Highway Code requires drivers to “justify the possession of a breathalyzer, not used, available immediately”, nothing sanctions it. The spare wheel and the repair kit are not mandatory. Rest assured, you do not need to have a warning triangle… especially if you do not have the necessary storage space.

 

The reflective vest is mandatory, whether you wear it or it is stowed. The driver of a “vehicle with two or three motorized wheels or a motor quadricycle without bodywork must have this vest on him or in a storage of the vehicle”, approves article R. 416-19 of the Code of the road. Wearing the helmet -with a chinstrap closed-is mandatory, as is the seat belt. You expose yourself to a withdrawal of three points and 135 Euros fine. Your helmet must be homologated and must have four retro-reflective stickers.

 

Approved gloves are also needed. In case of forgetfulness, you expose yourself to the withdrawal of a point and to 68 Euros of fine -or 45 Euros if fast payment-. Cyclist, you must have a fluorescent vest. The port is mandatory out of town, at night or in case of insufficient visibility. Children under 12 must wear a helmet. In case of non-compliance with this obligation, “adults carrying or accompanying children may be punished by a fine provided for the contraventions of the fourth class” (a fine of 135 Euros reduced to 90 Euros if you pay right away).

 

Your bike must have lights, yellow or white at the front and red at the back. A buzzer, which can be heard at least 50 meters away, is also necessary. In case of absence, you risk a fine of eleven Euros.