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Warning vests are designed to make the route safer

18,000 pieces are distributed in the third school week.

With the distribution of 18,000 warning vests to the schoolchildren, Upper Austrian Civil Protection and the State of Upper Austria are again contributing to the promotion of traffic safety at schools. Under the motto “Safe school path”, a comprehensive coverage of civil protection safety bags with reflective vests will take place in the third school week.

 

Motorists see children earlier

Civil Protection President NR-Ed. Michael Hammer recommends that the parents wear the warning vests to their children in the spare time, because the tins will be visible to 150 and not only to 30 meters for other traffic users. As usual, it is to be checked again in the winter months whether the warning vests are worn. Manfred Limbic and the regional councilors Gunter and Elmer were positive: 50 percent of the children were wearing the safety vests.

 

Confusion around reflective vests for cars

Not so long ago, the motoring public outraged obligation to change the content of these chests, even if it has not been used in any part of them.

 

In doing so, experts said that some medical reflective materials have a much longer life than what is declared on the roster. Most drivers take at least this provision as a waste.

 

This week, some news sites Rosslea white series drivers with information about the need to change the mandatory reflective vests for new ones, according to new EU regulations. Then it but responded Transport Minister Dan stream with a simple statement: Drivers may not change reflective vests equipped vehicles.

 

“The protective properties of the vest that matched an earlier European standard EN 471, are sufficient in terms of safety and meet the technical requirements. I’d like to reassure motorists clearly that they do not throw your jacket that you made earlier and not have to buy new ones, “said Dan.

 

The requirement of implementing the new standard EN ISO 20471, according to the office applies only to manufacturers, who market the new safety vest. Older vests that have the desired properties, it is not necessary to replace new.

“We’re the new ones do not even have, but we do not sell anything that does not pay,” said a saleswoman at a gas station under the new bridge, where the editors newspaper tried to buy a new vest.

 

People in buying a new reflective vest in any case must now check the label, and complies with the European standard. Old standard EN 471 is no longer valid.

Warning vest, designed as mandatory equipment for motor vehicles according to current regulations, is that which is marked by EN ISO 20471: 2013 and AS INDICATED four-digit identification number of the notified body that it has tested.

 

According to available information, the “old” vest according to EN 471 should be resold for cyclists and pedestrians, but the product must be removed the name ‘warning vest “and an indication that it is a high-visibility clothing. While vest according to the old standard cost around thirty crowns vest according to the new decree will come to around sixty crowns.

 

The new decree brings many surprises and controversies, such as the recent controversy around the right of way at roundabouts. Warning vests may not be the last.