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Motorcyclists should wear reflective vest on road

Spring, sun and dry road – this is the time when you can pull out the prepared and wintered motorbike and start the season. First meters, we are accustomed to a machine, newly purchased with a helmet or a suit. It is already better to go a few kilometers; we are going slowly enjoying the wind and the first tear drop from the eye with the helmet open. This calm ride for some wheelchair drivers will take several days or even the first meeting with buddies and a common rapping on a spring afternoon.

The statistics that have improved noticeably from year to year do not entitle us to rest on their laurels and do nothing to improve them.  Donor unfortunately killed 12 drivers of motorcycles who do not wear safety vest, and 157 people were injured. 16 bikers died and 279 injured. The mopeds in 2015 were “safest” mopeds fell, killed 5 people, and 95 were injured. Police statistics / data are inexorable and cannot be deceived.

From the beginning of the current year to the beginning of April, Donor

Reported 3 deaths and 5 wounded among motorcyclists. If we talk about the less power of two-wheelers as mopeds, then among their users are 3 people injured. The circle of users of two circles is not the best among the users of the bike. Here, the victims are 9 in this one already with a mortal effect.

In this topic we can speak as traffic policemen, but also supporters of two wheelers, which in free time we also walk. Two-wheelers are not welcome on the road by other road users. Why? We do not know maybe because we do not have to stand in traffic jams, we save time and money. The lack of friendliness we experience on the streets of Wroclaw.

I do not deny motorcyclists are not saints and among them can be noted “desperate” These are mostly people on the so-called. Chasers borrowed a “roller coaster” for a while. For a moment you can go crazy to unscrew the handle to the resistance! Most often do not have a driving license, and the skills and experience better not to mention! T-shirts, shorts and flip flops are a common sight in these situations.

Maybe starting with dress, today people still see people riding in what they have. Like jeans, a reflective jacket and some gloves. After years of pain it will certainly be affected by weather changes, and ponds will remind themselves of themselves. Moreover, in the event of a crash, even if the slipper does not protect the driver dressed in this type of clothing! Investing in a decent / professional outfit – a full-season suit, even if the sun shines to 35 degrees Celsius, will certainly pay off.

Let’s also remember about fashionable, improving our safety accessories such as vests and reflective elements. Of course, our greatest influence on our safety is our behavior. So what speed will we move and where, how will we make the maneuvers, overtaking, directional changes and whether we will keep a safe distance from the preceding vehicles, and whether we take special care with all this and common sense. The four main causes of road accidents caused by two wheelers are listed here.

In summary, let us remember that we are not alone in the road, let us have a lot of respect for the others, and let us remember that we decide on many factors while driving. I hope together we will travel safely another 2016 season, in symbiosis with other participants and meet somewhere in one of the rallies and complete at the end of the season, to mention all this year’s outings with wearing reflective vest.

Reflective vest is important to cycle athletes

It turns the cyclists who wear the reflective vest into the gravel road. They drive across the sand of the beach volleyball field, back along the lawn edge and through the deep gravel near the swings to the stairs. The loudspeaker’s voice sounds from the loudspeaker: “And now you will be shouldered again. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Racquet in the middle of the city. “The numerous spectators in the park, including many families, rejoice.

Urban Cycle cross is the race that took place on Saturday for the second time in the middle of Zurich’s industrial quarter. It is part of the international cross-country cycling circuit EKZ Cross Tour on the occasion of the Urban Bike Festival, which lasts till tonight. President Christian Rocha says: «Today Vela is driven mainly in the city. That is why we have moved one of our races into the urban environment and adjusted the conditions somewhat.

In contrast to open field runs, the circuit is shorter. Started in small groups, amateurs and professionals mixed. The best drivers are coming.

At the other end of the viaduct the first athletes race down the stairs, one running, and the others in the saddle. Take course direction children’s pool. “Hoppy, hoppy”, call the audience. A trainer who wear reflective jacket runs over the meadow back to the goal at Josef stressed. His driver passes the Pump track crosses the line as the second of the series. Two men are warming up on the bicycle roller next to the refuse incineration.

The trend from cycling to top sport has long since arrived in the city. One and a half bicycles are owned by every Zurich household, the Vela is a lifestyle product. The Urban Bike Festival, which takes place for the second time around the shipbuilding sector, is also a showcase of vela culture and urban mobility. The place reflects the atmosphere that fits the current vela culture. Co-organizer Erwin Flurry says: “The traditional means of transport is currently undergoing enormous development. Just like the Zurich-West district.

Where the Vela trend is about cycling must wear safety vest, the festival is unmistakable. Almost every second booth, electric bikes are ready for the test, the selection almost overwhelming. It ranges from the purist, whose battery is hardly noticeable in the frame, over the sprung e-mountain bike, which resembles a motorcycle, to the sleek E-design wheel, which has installed the whole on-board computer in the frame. The paragraph gives the manufacturers the right. Last year alone, the 325,000 bicycles sold in Switzerland sold more than one in five.

Wear safety vest to avoid road accidents on Easter

To avoid accidents when traveling by car during these Easter holidays, wear safety vest and follow the following recommendations of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation.

 

Because you read this note, we recommend: Trainers, a choice for Easter.

– Check the tire pressure, the state of the battery and fluid levels of the car.

– Rest enough before driving.

– All occupants must use seat belts.

– Maintain in good condition the emergency kit in case of failure, such as reflective vest, warning triangle, jack, tools and spare fuses.

– Respect traffic signals and speed limits.

– Keep safe distance with other vehicles.

– Exceeds only the left and only in the sections where it is permitted.

– At the slightest sign of fatigue, stop at least 15 minutes or the time it takes to recover.

– Wear a high visibility vest to enhance visibility and keep yourself to be seen easily.

“Create reflection” – a campaign Warsaw CRB

Last week, we summarize safety on the streets of Warsaw in 2013 and the way the authorities and representatives of the police mentioned that they will encourage the use of reflective accessories while riding a motorcycle.

 

On the CRB Warsaw we say that the campaign is part of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011 – 2020 Officials want to focus on the drivers of motorcycles and scooters. At the same time they admit that they realize that the effects will not be seen immediately (if at all will be given the fact that the Polish motorcyclists love to carry in black). The campaign is also to be encouraging manager’s wheelers to discuss how you can improve their road safety.

 

Paul campaign ambassadors were Prussia and Sublime. As part of the advertising spots appear, and will be organized meetings to be moved about safety among motorcyclists. Generally speaking, the idea is that security is not only branded clothes and spiked helmet protectors, but also elements that allow to get noticed on the road.

 

Here the choice is sizable – you can buy clothes in bright colors or with reflective elements, and you can also equip themselves with a safety vest or reflective bands. Of course, in addition to driving in built-up areas should slow down a little. We know that driving under the provisions of pathological is still on our roads, so we will only say that adding restrictions to 10 or 20 km / h always gives the driver a better chance of noticing us than the addition of 50 km / h or more.

 

Are officials and police officers actually wanted to take a more diplomatic dialogue with bikers? The answer to this question probably will be announced with the arrival of summer.

Bikers in reflective clothing angry make noise

When bikers are angry, they are often exhausts that give voice. And there was noise yesterday in the streets of Arch, where more than 800 motorcyclists in reflective clothing from 5 departments marched to the call of the Gars section of the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC).

 

Party store Daffy Motorcycle on the road to Toulouse, protesters took the time to hide two speed cameras (on the ring road and the Pyrenees Avenue) and perform a noisy appearance before the police in safety vest before joining the city center. An automatic radar shaped urn containing the electoral maps of thirty demonstrators was installed on a raft and burned on Gars. “A symbol of defiance of used motorbike against politicians with presidential elections approach,” said Nathanael Ganglier, coordinator of the FFMC 32.

 

Refusal of mandatory use of retro-reflective vest, the expansion license plates to facilitate checks or request a VAT passage to 5.5% on equipment, the claims bikers are numerous nationally. And Nathanael Ganglier assures: “Actions knuckle-fist during campaign rallies is planned.

Road safety in Board primary school

This Thursday, April 14 morning, students CM2 of Board Primary School gathered in the parking lot near the stadium of the village to develop cycling on maneuverability track set up by Christophe Kaleen, rural village guard and Jean-Claude volunteer delegate of road safety Grad invited by the municipality. In the afternoon, the children of the CM1 have succeeded their elders.

 

Each year, the Guard organizes two awareness days’ traffic regulations from these classes. The first day is a theoretical day during which students are made aware of the correct attitudes of pedestrians, cyclists and car passengers and brief information on bus transportation, children CM2 will travel to college next year. The conclusion of this first day is that too many children are not attached in the car on short trips. At the end of the day a noted test is performed.

 

The second day is that of today. Children can bring their own bike with wear safety vest, which use a bicycle of road safety. There also each child is noted. If these two days are a repeat of CM1 for the following year, it is not the same for the CM2. The child getting the best grade will meet the best child in each school represented at the county championship in Nimes 15 June 2016 take the opportunity to remind some rules? By bike, day or night, wearing the retro-reflective vest is mandatory for all open road, the bicycle lighting device is mandatory helmet is strongly recommended. The goal is to reduce the accident in the department because the Grad is one of the worst students in France. About 10% of drivers are bad drivers irreducible.

Operation Cyclists: Shine with reflective equipment

The seasons pass and autumn will soon make way for winter. For cyclists, it is time to worry about their visibility. On the roads, with the fog, the rain and the snow, good reflective equipment must be de rigueur. Precisely, to raise the awareness of the most cyclists in the port of these equipments, the operation “Cyclists, shine!” is thrown!

 

A bike safety campaign

The Delegation for Road Safety and Road Traffic (DSCR), in charge of road safety policy, is not on its first try. It regularly organizes communication campaigns to remind and teach every cyclist that everyone must “have a bicycle in good condition, well equipped and well lit”.

She insists that a cyclist must also learn, “know and apply the rules of travel, day and night” to minimize the risk of accidents. Every year, the “Cyclists: shine!” An event is that will take place from 2 to 8 November and which allow remembering the basic rules of safety by bike.

 

Be visible!

“Cyclists: shine!” It reminds all that day and night is necessary to be equipped with lights. Indeed, when visibility on roads becomes reduced, the risk of accidents for poorly equipped cyclists increases. Therefore, it is better to leave with an active lighting. With the light of your bicycle lights, front and rear, you will see while being seen!

 

Choose a fixed lighting that will accompany you continuously and that you will not forget to climb when you are in a hurry. You can opt for battery-powered lighting or a stand-alone dynamo. Always operating at full power, they can even now be installed in the hub. These hub dynamos will also have an advantage: that of running at all times.

Think of your passive lighting: front and rear reflectors as well as wheel and pedal reflectors. As with the safety vest and other signaling accessories such as reflex cuffs and hazard spreaders, they are optional but highly recommended!

 

Many events

Other associations act in the same way as the DSCR. Many events will take place throughout November for this week. For example all this week, the association of urban cycling promotion for Le Mans will offer a light kit to any new member.

 

The Federation of Bicycle Users (FUB), which brings together more than 185 associations, has also set up actions to raise awareness not only of the importance of being well equipped on bicycle but also of having quality lighting: Information booths, diagnostics of your lighting, or special offers such as “a cuff or a reflective vest for the purchase of a lighting kit”…

What does this reflective sign again?

Difficult to be exhaustive present all the traffic rules for bicycles, and therefore motorists. With this small selection by five points, the NR proposed to refresh your memory so that all users – bicycles, pedestrians and motorists – share the road safety.

 

  1. The advanced stop line. They allow cyclists to position themselves in front of cars at traffic lights. These are spaces defined by lines and a white or green beach. Motorized vehicles are required to stop before the airlock. “The rider is not in the line of cars. It can turn left safely,” says Christian, president of the association Cycling 41 deploring still too many motorists stops on these spaces. The locks also allow cyclists to be more visible and avoid accidents associated with blind spots, with heavyweights such.
  2. The contra flow lane. In some one-way streets for cars, cyclists in safety vest can, themselves, move in both directions. These double cycle directions are indicated by a square panel with a blue background with arrows in both directions and a bicycle on one of them. For Christian, “the interest of double meaning is that the cyclist sees danger in the face”. Another asset, these axes may avoid other more dangerous routes for bikes.
  3. The panels at traffic lights. Under some traffic lights are triangular panels with a yellow bicycle on white background. This panel allows cyclists to go on red if they are straight or if they turn to the right, the arrows under the bike indicate possible directions. Pedestrians, however, remain a priority.
  4. The meeting areas. These are spaces where live bicycles, pedestrians and cars. The panel is square with a pedestrian, a bicycle, a car on blue background. Pedestrians, is who can walk on the same floor where the sidewalks have priority over bicycles and cars. The speed limit is 20 km / h.
  5. Mandatory equipment. Bicycles must have brakes (one front, one rear), a yellow or white front light and a red rear light. They must also be equipped with a horn, reflectors (retro-reflective devices) red on the back, white front, orange on the sides and on the pedals. Wearing a retro reflective vest is mandatory for any rider flowing open road at night or when visibility is poor?

Small Rider manual: rules to know to ride a motorcycle

Want to become a biker with in safety vest? You feel the call of motorbikes, but you do not know the rules before you ride your bike. Fortunately, the ACA is here!

You feel the call of motorbikes but you do not have a motorcycle license. What are the opportunities that are available to you?

 

The different categories of permits

The age of the future rider and the power of its engine determine the class of license to go:

The category A1, accessible from the age of sixteen allows driving a motorcycle 125 cm3 and 11 kW at most, having a power / weight ratio not exceeding 0.1 kW per kilogram;

The class A2, for more than eighteen, allows the operation of a vehicle 35 kW power at most, with a power / weight ratio not more than 0.2 kW per kg;

The Class A opens, meanwhile, the doors of the most powerful vehicles for over twenty-four years and holders of A1 license for at least two years. The latter regulation may, however, be likely to change, a draft decree providing for the mandatory use category A2 (including for more than twenty-four years).

 

The cases without specific motorcycle license

As an exception to the rules mentioned, it is possible to drive (in the country):

The driving license (driving license) is sufficient or even useless for those born before 1 January 1988 or with the AM license (former Road Safety Certificate).

 

A light two-wheeled up to 125 cm3. The B permit must be held for at least two years, provided they have undergone practical training (7 am) or to justify a practice of driving a light motorcycle or tricycle (more 50 cm3 or top speed of origin at 45 km / h) in the period of five years prior to 1 January 2011. Regarding the passage of events, it is interesting to note that obtaining a category allowed for five years or less, exemption from passing the theory test.

 

List of mandatory motorcycle equipment

Helmet

It must be approved and attached by both the driver and the passenger. Besides the obviousness safe, the e non-helmet is punishable by a fine of € 135 and a loss of 3 points of the license if the offense is committed by the driver.

 

The high visibility vest

The driver must have close to a reflective vest to be able to put in an emergency (immobilization of the vehicle in case of failure). Otherwise, the fine is 11 € (135 € for non-use situation).

 

The breathalyzer

Excluding moped driver, the driver has to prove the possession of a breathalyzer (not used if it is disposable), available immediately. However, the lack of possession of a breathalyzer is not verbalized.

 

Summer, winter, insurance guarantees the seasons

If the warm seasons are conducive to motorcycle escapades when coming cold seasons, climatic conditions make this behavior less attractive and make you a standstill.

 

Thus, insurers can offer, for those periods, suspend the different cover taken. It is understood that by choosing such a formula, you must remain insured under the minimum guarantee liability, which is mandatory.

 

The registration plate

Your vehicle must have a license plate, yellow or white with reflective material, set highlight at the rear. It must be irremovable and measure 21 x 13 cm (mandatory single format since 02/18/2015). Vehicles that already have plates do not have to change given that since 2009, both formats prevalent: 14 x 12 cm for mopeds and 17 x 13 cm or 21 x 13 cm for motorcycles. In case of non-compliance, the fixed fine is 135 €.

They are demanding more safety on the “road of death”

While a tribute is organized in memory of the victims, tongues loosen and hopes are formulated.

 

“Death Road”, an exaggerated term, “usurped” for the Department and specifically the county House of sustainable management. Responsible for maintenance of the RD231, they point to further the “errors of conduct” of users and call for their wear a safety vest and compliance with the rules of the road.

 

Simply yet to type the name of the road into a search engine to find that the axis has very bad press and cumulative fatalities. The words of the Department are bound relatives of various victims who lost their lives in different places of this long winding axis. They are called Antoine… Only on the year that just ended.

 

“And we do not know half of the accidents that have occurred on this road, as there were many others, fatal or not,” says the family of Anis, another victim of accident on the county in 2014. The girl, she has not died on that road. But she and her family had their daily switch as brutally as for others. Anis has now lost any form of autonomy. Her parents hope that she will one day a minimum of mobility and will contact them again. They engaged in a daily struggle for that.

 

Families waiting

They share another hope: that work be undertaken to secure the RD231. “We just wish there are more accidents”, begs Evelyn’s mother Anis, pointing the dangerousness of the county. “We could do if only shave a little embankments to improve visibility in bends, for example”, says the father of Anis.

 

An investigation is ongoing to determine the causes of this accident. “We will carry complaint in all cases. The results of the expertise simply determine how we will. But for now, I’m waiting to know if my son well respected speed limits and all indications are that it did “spear dad, too convinced of the accident-prone nature of the road. He added: “Myself, I never borrowed this road; I walked around by the A16.”

 

For him, there is an obvious solution to secure the road: lowering the speed limit. The man does not understand why it remains so high (90 and 70 km / h) and changes several times over a few kilometers. It also points to the lack of visibility in different places. And on the very spot where his son died, he added, “this junction should have been abolished long ago”. It’s near the same intersection Antoine Boniface, volunteer firefighter, was killed a year ago. He was on foot and climbed the RD231 at night without reflective vest. Driving at risk, but that does not resolve Nicolas Devein, his former colleague who lives a few hundred meters from the scene of the accident, to draw a line under what happened.

 

The white walking is above all a tribute, but it also offers hope of some relatives of victims. Not all want one thing: more security.

White On October 16, at 9:30 am at the school Ellingham. The procession will join the cross street of Angouleme. Participants must bring a yellow vest.