Tag: safety vest

Tally even grabs mannequin as litter

“In the meantime, I have been on my way nine times where I have filled no less than 46 garbage bags. You will find the oddest stuff, lots of food, but also bottles, cans, laughing gas ampoules and lastly even a mannequin. Of course not in my garbage bag, so I contacted the DAR for that. ”

Wherever you look, you will find littering virtually anywhere on the street. A thorn in the eye of the Tally van Hues. As a Neighborhood Hero, she regularly goes out to get rid of ‘her’ streets from all that lying around. “It’s important that it happens naturally, but it’s also fun to do.”

“For two years I sighed with great regularity that there was so much waste along the street. This spring I had enough of it and in all my goodness I thought: I’ll give up.” She signed up for the national litter day on 17 March and went with four trash bags to the Van street. “So there were far too few”, laughs Tally. “We had to get a few more extras because I had seven bags full on the short distance that I had covered.”

This made Tally realize that the problem was even bigger than she thought. “I have been retiring since June and I wanted to keep moving, so I hit two birds with one stone.” As a Registered member, you keep your neighborhood cleans with other Neighborhood Heroes. When it suits you, you walk through a clearing around your neighborhood and then clean up the litter that you encounter. As a result, your neighborhood will not only look better, there will also be the less new waste on the street and in the green.

“As a Neighborhood Hero, I have adopted three streets” I regularly walk through the cleaning lane through the streets where I have been walking regularly, during these rounds I only do that with my Neighborhood Hero attributes.” Registered district heroes receive a safety vest with reflective tape, a good grab stick, special waste bags and a waste card with which they can dispose of the bags in all underground residual waste containers in the municipality.

Tally finds her ‘work’ not only very important to do, but also very nice and you see immediate results. “It’s great to be out and about, so I always try to walk around so that people can see my jacket properly, because on the back there is sign logo which made by reflective heat transfer vinyl, so I hope to create more awareness because that’s what I think is the first step.”

Police check in the schoolyard

No light, no bell, loud music in the ears – In front of the Herbert high school police checked on Tuesday the bicycles of the students. Many of the wheels were not safe.

Tuesday began with a – not always pleasant – surprise for the students of the Herbert secondary school. When they entered the school grounds, the police were already waiting, especially for the cyclists. The Manfred Ewer and Owe Diner checked whether lights, reflectors, and bell are available and work well.

Support was provided by the security community Mallow and the prevention team of the police department West. Chief Inspector Ute and High Commissioner Axel distributed reflectors, safety vests, reflective bags which made of reflective fabrics, and informational material to show what a safe bike is.

Police call out “days of visibility”

Throughout Brandenburg, the police have called the “days of visibility”. Until Thursday, especially cyclists are informed about the risks of the dark season. “People dressed darkly recognize a car driver only about 25 meters away,” explains Axel. With light clothes, it is at least 40 meters. Anyone wearing reflective clothing or a light can be seen 140 meters away.

Principal Michaela and her fellow teachers Lutz and Matthias Stiller are at the school gate. Most of the 267 students come by bike. Many wear headphones in their ears that play music so loud that they do not notice their surroundings. Others hang their cycling helmets over the handlebar instead of turning it over.

30 of the 82 bikes have shortcomings

The balance of the day: Of 82 controlled bicycles have 30 shortcomings. In most cases, the lighting is broken or not available at all, others do not have the prescribed reflectors front, rear, on the pedals and spokes, others are missing the bell. A bike was particularly negative. “Apart from brakes, it did not have any safety-related parts,” says Axel. Manfred noted all shortcomings on lists, which the students should work off.

The fact that parents leave their children with such companions on the street, annoys Michaela. “Everything that serves security is good.” The Herbert secondary school is located directly on the busy L 40. “We have had some accidents here,” says the headmistress. Brittle situations between motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians are not uncommon. Whether the action brings something permanent to the police? Michaela hopes.

Girls were more insightful

Some students, especially girls, found the action good, the boys were less insightful. Some dropped their bikes on the way. Olaf, responsible for prevention in the Police Inspectorate, wants to take some of them back in the coming weeks. “I’ll do a retraining,” he says. Silvia, chairman of the security community, is even more rigorous. “My son is not allowed to cycle to school until the light works. Until then he will run. “

Result introduces the ‘Soft Shell’ printable in its Work-Guard range

Following the success of its newly launched ‘Soft Shell’ printable, Result has introduced the innovative fabric in its Work-Guard range with its new R450X printable safety vest and its Safe-Guard R451X printable safety vest.

This innovation of Result incorporates innovative elastic fabrics of wavy yarn and without elastane, which makes them versatile and ideal for being personalized.

As part of Work-Guard, Result Safe-Guard is a complete range of garments with highly reflective properties to visually improve the position of users at work on a visible background. Certified models guarantee high levels of personal protection in garments in which compliance with EN ISO or GO / RT (RIS) standards is advised.

Ideal for personalization, the Safe-Guard R450X features a water-resistant, breathable and wind-resistant finish, which makes the jacket ideal to stay protected in adverse weather conditions.

Also new in the range, the Safe-Guard R451X Printable Safety Flame Retardant Vest is water repellent, breathable and wind resistant, and is made with the same printable mechanical stretch reflective fabric as the R450X jacket. It is suitable for more pleasant climatic conditions, or to provide additional heat for the body.

It features a high collar, hangs tag, reflective body bands, zip pockets and is available in sizes S-4XL in Yellow / Black Fluorescent and Orange / Black Fluorescent. It does not have labels to facilitate the creation of marks. The lower panels in black combine perfectly with any Work-Guard or Safe-Guard shorts or shorts.

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.

Kate, a hard, a real, a tattooed!

The Duchess of Cambridge had the right to a henna tattoo session during a visit to Sunderland.

Kate breaks the codes, once again. If they do not really stick to the image of the royal family, the Duchess of Cambridge was still tempted by a tattoo … but only temporary. Catherine was indeed entitled to a henna design on her wrist during a visit to Sunderland on Wednesday, accompanied by her husband Prince William.

On the occasion of his visit to the north-eastern city of England, the Cambridge couple inaugurated a new community project, The Fire Station, a former fire station (hence its name) transformed into a music center and art. After a succession of shows, music, dance and theater interpreted by the young beneficiaries of the center, Kate lingered at the henna workshop, where she asked an 18-year-old girl to draw a pattern .

William screws the last bolt of the bridge

Radical change of style for the second visit of the day, as the duchess donned a reflective safety vest and hard hat to get to the site of the new Northern Spire Bridge. The work, scheduled to open in spring 2018, spans the Wear River. After talking with engineers involved in the project, William was asked to screw one of the last bolts of the deck parapets. “Is this a key element? What happens if he does not tighten properly? “Worried the prince jokingly, before adding, unsure of his qualities of worker:” We will leave and the bolt will fall all right now…”

Safe to school – safe home

The start of the new school year requires special attention from all road users. With the kick-off event at the beginning of the school year “Safe to School – Safe Home” in the Wittelsbacher Land, organized by the Roundabout and supported by the Theresa elementary school Friedberg and designed with a great supporting program, all responsible persons made an important contribution to the road safety.

 

School, district administrator, mayor, police, school board, traffic guard, ADAC, parents and savings bank appealed to the special caution, to the protective measures of the children and in particular the motorists were called to the special caution, so the general tenor “the safety of the pupils and students are all dear to our hearts! “. Rector Elisabeth Kern emphasized in her welcome address that this commitment is particularly important and necessary.

 

The importance of the safe way to school Klaus Metzger and Mayor Roland Eichmann, who is still desperately looking for traffic helpers for Friedberg, and also police councilor Ralf Burley from the police headquarters Schwab Nord, because in the first half of 2018 there were more school-leaving accidents in which four children were killed. The school choir enthused in between time and again with his song contributions. After school director Ingrid Hillenbrand welcomed almost 100 first-graders, the schoolchildren were given the protection vests by the guests of honor, which the ADAC Foundation provided.

 

KVW chairman Helmut Beck also appealed to the parents that the ADAC safety vest can only have its protective effect if worn by the children. Wolfgang Pretzel, managing director of the community campaign “Safe to School – Safe Home” thanked EPHK Hubert Schroder from the Ministry of Interior for the organized activities, which represents an important step towards more road safety on the way to school.

 

He also emphasized that no serious traffic accident had to be registered on the crossings and intersections with traffic helpers. In the end, there was a common appeal to all motorists “Always be careful, focused and take special care of the little schoolchildren!”

Holiday fun in the last holiday week

Also in the last holiday week, there were plenty of adventure for children as part of the urban children’s holiday program. 12 children met for a great afternoon at the shooting club. At the beginning, interesting facts about the air rifle and the shooting sport were explained. Then it went for a part already in the shooting range, the other went outside and played darts. Thanks to the electronic shooting range there are conditions such as the Olympic facility in Munich. Proper stance, holding the air rifle, charging and aiming and then hitting the middle proved not so easy. After a few test shots, the points were counted to crown the “winner” at the end of the day. Between the passes, the children tested the marksmanship at the darts competition, played foosball or football or fortified themselves with cool drinks.

 

For the second time, the brewery offered a guided tour. 15 children, equipped with a safety vest, made their way to the interior of the brewery. After the participants had learned about the basic ingredients of brewing art such as hops, malt, water and yeast, the very brave ones were allowed to examine the huge beer tanks from the inside. In order to come back stronger after the long excursion, the brewery offered children an original brewery pretzel with apple spritzer.

 

15 boys and girls attended the program “Children’s Yoga”. After the welcome by the yoga teacher, it was a round of introductions and then directly into the “lotus position”, the seat of yoga. In this attitude, there was first a meditation, to calm down and to strengthen the concentration.

 

This concentration had to show the children in exercises such as the caterpillar, cat, dog. To greet the morning and welcome the sun, the children learned the sun salutation.

 

A karate introductory training also took place in the last holiday week. After the welcome by head coach Schlitz and his assistant trainers, there was a small karate quiz followed by warm-up exercises. It continued with targeted stroke exercises, with concentration and body control played a major role.

 

Children wore safety clothing were taught a step-fist-kick combination, which they then tested on special padding. The children were working up a sweat. In between, there were always games that required the skill and teamwork of the children.

 

The next day, the Taekwondo-Do-taster training took place. After the welcome by Christian Forster the warm-up started and the kids learned how to count in Korean. With much enthusiasm, the children were immediately afterwards able to prove their kicking ability in the “foil test”. The stronger the kick was, the louder was the sound that made the special foil. The self-liberation from hand and strangleholds was popular. With the right technology, every little fighter could free himself from the grip of his opponent. A shadow fight at the end and splitting a board with a single kick was the highlight of the day. At the end of the introductory training everyone received a small present from the Taekwondo-Do Center.

 

18 young people came together for the “adventure trip through the night” with six employees in the room rented by the community in the Adam Rauscher house. After the welcome by the leaders and staff and a “get-acquainted game”, the kids were divided into groups for a city game. Much joy made approximately two hours lasting game, whereby it went around the topic: “all banana or what?”. For example, the kids had to measure a car length with a banana. That makes you hungry is not a problem. So the young people made their way to dinner. Anyone who was in the mood for a stick bread with jam afterwards could bake this on a glowing dish prepared with charcoal.

 

Then they set off on the torch night walk, which then had to be stopped because it literally seemed to fall in the water.

 

Back at the Adam Rauscher house, a lot was played, rattled and romped, until a DVD ushered in the end of the evening.

 

The next morning, after a copious breakfast, the young people listened to a biblical story, presented by Martin, youth lecturer at the community. A heartfelt thank you go out from the community to all the parents who have trusted to entrust their children for a day and a night.

 

On Thursday afternoon, 30 children who wear hi vis vests met at the Bowling Center. After the welcome groups were formed, who played together on one of the eight tracks. After a few “normal” game, the children were allowed to bowl under a black light. The girls and boys were there with joy and zeal, so that in the end the group with the most points could enjoy a free drink. The best player and the best player got a bowling voucher.

 

There was a lot of fun for 20 children at “Game and fun around the horse” at the riding club at the end of the week. In a beautiful weather, the children got a tour and a stable guide with explanations in attitude, handling and care of the horses and first basics for the physique of the animals. Especially the horse Thor got many strokes of the mostly female participants. They were also allowed to take part in a quiz on the knowledge they learned so well that initially no clear winner was found. For the last determined winner, there was then pony riding for free.

Do accidents increase with delivery and parcel companies?

The competition is forcing many delivery companies are betting on an increasingly common formula, in order to reduce costs. It is about looking for self-employed workers, who work with their own vehicles for these companies. Now a study warns of the risks that this practice is bringing for road safety.

 

University College London (UCL), which conducted the research, found that 63% of self-employed drivers do not receive road safety training on how to minimize risk. In addition, 65% do not receive even the most basic security equipment, such as a safety vest (70% buy their own) and reflective tapes. The study also surveyed taxi drivers and found a very similar situation.

 

Up to 42% of drivers said their vehicle had been damaged as a result of a collision while working, and 10% more reported that someone had been injured. Only 25% of courier drivers claimed that their company cared about their safety while they worked.

 

Heather Ward of the UCL Transportation Studies Center said: “Our findings highlight that the increase of these contracts in transport companies could increase the risk factors that affect the health and safety of workers.” Among his concerns, he stresses that as there are more workers in these conditions and competition increases. They increase the number of hours they need to work and the distances they must travel to obtain a stable income.

 

Fatigue, especially among parcel couriers, due to overwork and the pressure of delivery time leads to frequent mistakes and collisions. “We know it’s a problem, but we do not know exactly how long it is, since not all companies have an obligation to report on the number of self-employed workers,” Ward said.

 

The report makes a series of recommendations to companies that use self-employed drivers:

Pay messengers for blocks of time, instead of delivered packages. In doing so, they must take into account the time necessary to travel safely within the speed limits, taking into account that they must perform administrative functions, such as scanning codes and signing the receiver of the package.

 

Do not allow mobile phones to cause distractions. Most workers currently receive orders through a smart phone application.

 

The Society for the Prevention of Accidents to ensure that the conclusions of the study of UCL are worrying, considering the rise of this type of work. It should be added that in the United Kingdom (as in Spain). One third fatal accident involves someone who was at work at that time.

 

Companies of this type should have programs to minimize risks to road safety (drivers and other road users should wear safety clothing), which carry their business, without a doubt. And maybe we should all have more understanding when we receive an order that we have made online with a couple of hours late. That would also help.

‘Litter cleaner’ Anne Baseman gets help from alderman

FRANEKER Anne Baseman got help from Jan, alderman for nature and the environment, during the cleaning up of litter. During this job, Jan expressed his appreciation for Anne, who has taken many initiatives to keep Franker and the environment clean.

Anne went into the Franker streets for the first time, almost four years ago, with the stick and safety vest. He sees the streets as the sign of nature, and who wants to eat a dirty plate?

He started his cleaning round, but his route has now expanded considerably. Via de Skulk Welfare, more and more volunteers (wearing safety clothing when go outside) are joining, so that the area to be kept clean can grow more.

Once a month they combine the cleaning up of the litter with collecting the old paper. This is not only good for the environment but also good for social well-being.

Approximately three times a year, clean-up actions are organized in collaboration with Morin. The volunteers (who wear red reflective vest made of high light reflective tapes) receive a reward for the hard work. Anne sees these initiatives at the starting stage and looks forward to seeing this grow even bigger.

Alderman Jan is very enthusiastic about the initiatives and commitment of Anne to nature. It also works for infectiously. When the environment is clean you will not easily throw something on the ground “.

People who want to lend a hand can do this first of all to put the waste in the garbage can. You can also sign up as a volunteer.