Palace miracle: the "vigilant grandparents" return

Within a few hours, the administration resolves the bureaucratic steps related to the transfer of police to the UTI. They have arrived within twenty-four hours: from the next few days, the "vigilant grandparents" in safety vest will be able to return to preside over the pedestrian crossings of the schools and to guarantee the safety of children and families.

"In fact, quickly completed the bureaucratic steps related to the transfer of local police in the UTI - says a statement from the City, the security volunteers will be able to immediately return to service at the entrance and exit from the school complexes.”

"It was a fulfillment required by law, which requires that safety training be redone when the employer changes - explains the mayor of Udine in safety clothing. Already tomorrow, volunteers will be able to integrate the training course previously followed with the City of Udine and to follow will be able to return to service. A valuable contribution that is not so long ago, at the end of October, the city administration wanted to recognize with an official award ceremony of all the volunteers in service.

"What is done for free and with high civic sense by these citizens is a truly valuable service for the community - underlines Mayor. A work not only of street and civic education, but also allowed us to reduce the presence of local police in the school complexes by employing agents in other important areas of intervention.” Please note that for those interested in serving as a reflective vest dressed security volunteer, requests may be submitted in February and in August each year.

Reflective vest for cars: obligation and penalties

The reflective lifejackets are mandatory to wear when you leave the car stopped outside the towns and in conditions of poor visibility.

Reflective vest for cars: obligation and penalties

The reflective vest, also called a life-saving giblet, has been compulsory by law since 2004. The Decree of December 30, 2003 of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport establishes that those who leave a car in a stationary condition in poor visibility conditions (low lighting, fog, snow or heavy rains) is required to wear the jacket. It is advisable to keep the jacket placed in the vehicle, possibly not in the luggage compartment, so that it is within reach for wearing it before getting out of the car.

Reflective jacket, which one to choose?

The Highway Code foresees in article 162 the use of the reflective vest or alternatively high visibility retro reflective braces.

How should the jacket be?

The Decree of 2003 established that vests and braces must comply with the approval with the CE mark and the initials UNI EN 471. It does not matter the color, which can be yellow, orange or red, as long as it is fluorescent and has strips that reflect light.

Obligation of the reflective vest

Always the art 162 paragraphs 1 of the Highway Code impose the obligation of the reflective vest to the drivers of all vehicles, excluding cycles, two-wheel mopeds and motorcycles. In the standard quadricycles are not excluded, so for example driving quads and mini-cars must have the jacket. This also applies to foreigners, even if the decree focuses on vehicles registered in Italy, leaving drivers of foreign vehicles the possibility of having a jacket that has not been homologated.

Life jackets: sanctions

It is advisable to keep the reflective safety vest in the door in order to wear it even before getting out of the car. Who transgresses the rule, can run into administrative penalties ranging from 41.00 Euros to 169.00 Euros, which for the driver are also to reduce 2 points from the license. In any case, it is not mandatory to have the jacket in the car and show it during the checks, while it is for the triangle.

The new North wave summer collection with reflective material

The Italian firm North wave presented a few days ago its complete collection of clothes with reflective material for the spring-summer season of 2017, a collection whose common denominator remains, without any doubt, comfort, design and quality. Extreme2, Mind Field, Palm Beach and Logo 3 jerseys, Logo 3 and Blade 2 culottes, Flag Man and Blaze gloves and Vortex Jacket windbreakers, Vortex Vest vests and Extreme Tech stocks are the main stars of this collection.

The short sleeve jerseys Extreme2, Mind Field, Palm Beach, and Logo 3 of North wave share a good part of its main characteristics, among which its fabric covered with microscopic pores that guarantees an excellent perspiration. In addition, the super-breathable 3D mesh inserts on the sides achieve even greater ventilation. The lower part of their sleeves has great grip points that adapt like a second skin. It also has an elastic silicone band around the waist. A complete YKK zipper, three back pockets, and a full reflective band at the waist complete the details of these jerseys.

Both the Logo 3 calotte and the Blade 2 have K110 padding, specially conceived to face medium and long distance routes with excellent shock absorption and great breathability. They are made with a compression fabric that reduces muscle vibration thereby decreasing the feeling of fatigue and improving sports performance. The straps of these culottes are made in a mesh that guarantees greater breathability. On the other hand, the construction of the leg cuff combines a 4.5 cm microfiber band with a cut panel for a perfect fit.

They also have reflective details on the legs and the lower part of the back.

The Flag Man short gloves from North wave have a perforated microfiber palm for great breathability. Maximum comfort is achieved thanks to its latex foam padding on the palms. The flexible mesh on the back promotes increased airflow and quick drying. A Velcro adjusts the cuffs, the thumb has a microfiber area that will help us to clean the sweat, and the tabs of the fingers allow you to remove the glove easily.

The local police will equip new safety vest

The police force will renews the uniforms, weapons, ammunition and acquire bulletproof safety vests. The network allows a coordinated response of the security forces to fires or attacks.

The Local Police has joined the Emergency Radio communication System of the State, Side, which facilitates coordination with security forces and other teams, such as the National Police, Civil Guard, General Directorate of Traffic, DGT, and the Military Emergency Unit, UME, among others.

The announcement was made by the mayor of Caceres at the headquarters of the local police. Since this company is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of this service, it happens throughout the national territory. Guillermo explained that Side is a digital radio communication network «of the State, which operates Telephonic and based on the tetragon standard» like that used by other European countries such as France or Switzerland, set up by the Ministry of the Interior and that covers everything the country. The network is "private, completely outside the networks for public use, a frequency band that is owned by the Ministry is used, which ensures privacy and has a total availability, virtually never falls when there are catastrophes or emergencies", added Santa in safety clothing. The network, therefore, facilitates voice and secure data communications and quality in all types of situations, because it uses a frequency band different from commercial radio networks, which in turn prevents them from being intervened by external agents.

This network facilitates "that each body functions in an independent manner, in this case the Local Police, the National Police, the Civil Guard, but allows much greater coordination in an emergency situation or lack of security," said the director of Telephonic in Extremadura, as well as facilitating the location of terminals. The Ministry of the Interior opens this network to incorporate other administrations. The municipality is the first one that has adhered to Extremadura, where the Board uses it for the 112 Emergency and Emergency Care Center and the Extremadura Health Service. For Elena Nevada, with the incorporation of the local police of Caceres into this system, "the service and the response to the citizen is improved and, therefore, to continue advancing in security".

In particular, the provision to the local police of Caceres has consisted of 51 terminals, 50 of them portable that will carry the agents, and one fixed, two units of vehicles and a Terminal Positioning System. Telephonic has been awarded the support of this service, as well as the supply of devices, the maintenance of the service and the equipment for four years. The cost of this system has been 165,000 Euros, which according to Elena Nevada, "to continue to improve the security of the city and, above all, the response capacity of our local police.” The mayor also stressed that Caceres "is the safest city in Spain and this is due not only to the media but also to the people behind this public service", in recognition of the work of the local police, although "there is no never lift your foot ».

Likewise, in the next few days the agents will be given bulletproof vests, which will be in use before the end of the year. As explained by Mateo, the council "has made a first consignment of 40,000 Euros" for its acquisition, "the goal is that between 2017 and 2018 the entire workforce, when they go out to the street to do operational services, are gifted with protective vests. Although Caceres is one of the safest cities in Spain, Rafael Mateo believes that, at an anti-terrorist level, 4 "nobody is on the sidelines of a possible attack.”

New bulletproof safety vests for the National Police

It will allow the National Police Body to increase its material in one thousand reflective vests for external use and 4,500 for internal use, as well as in 600 ballistic plates.

The Official State Gazette has made public this Thursday the formalization of the contract for security material for the National Police.

Specifically, the Body will be equipped with 5,500 bulletproof safety vests, one thousand of them for external use, as well as 600 ballistic plates after it was put out to tender last June.

The cost of this will eventually be just over 700,000 Euros despite the fact that the bidding budget was almost 1.3 million.

Do you know how to change a wheel

92% of Spanish drivers do not know how to perform technical operations such as changing the wheel, brake pads or cabin filters, according to Nor-auto, as well as the return operation that begins this weekend. It is bad for road safety if they meet the road accidents.

It ends August and the return operation begins. Thousands of trips are expected throughout this weekend throughout Spain, and for this reason, the chain of maintenance and comprehensive equipment of the car, indicates that 92% of drivers in our country do not know how to carry out technical operations change of tires, cabin filters or brake pads.

As for the change of wheel, a situation that any regular driver can face, especially at this time, Nor-auto advises to ensure that the vehicle has a reflective vest, triangles, spare wheel, jack, key and anti-theft bolt.

Likewise, the maintenance chain recommends the user to take the punctured wheel to the mechanical workshop to assess its repair or replacement and verify that the vehicle can circulate safely. If you really do not know how to make it better, do not forget to call the safety vest dressed police, they will help you.

107 motorcyclists without safety vest died on the highway

107 motorcyclists died on the highway in the first half of 2017 without any safety vest, which is equivalent to 44.5% of the total deaths recorded in traffic accidents in that period. According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), between January 1 and June 30 there were 240 deaths in road mishaps, an average of 40 per month.

For the Traffic Police, the education and good sense of the drivers is vital to diminish those figures. "We cannot do more than what is humanly possible, such as sanctioning, advising, and educating through media campaigns. The other part of the equation corresponds to each person, to their own love and common sense," said Sonia Monger, deputy director of that body police.

The official added that, in the case of motorcyclists, it is vital that the helmet and reflective devices are on, as well as that they respect the speed limits.

In six months, the Transit fined 2,432 drivers of those vehicles for driving without a helmet, 1,429 because the companions did not carry that safety device and 2,888 for not wearing clothes or a reflective vest.

The number of deaths on motorcycles during the first six months of this year exceeds the statistics recorded in the same period of 2016, when the authorities accounted for 97 deaths. The projection of the Traffic Police is to close 2017 with 480 deaths in traffic accidents, 32 more than in the entire last year, when there were 448.

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Traffic accidents left 448 deaths in 2016

"With an average of 40 deaths per month in the first semester of 2017, one might think that at the end of the year we could have 480 deaths, but the work of the Traffic Police will be clearly focused on lowering the figures as much as possible," said Monger. The main cause of fatal accidents on the road is speed abuse, with 69 fatalities, followed by the imprudence of drivers; many of them not wear the high visibility vest, with 51.

A meritorious behavior with a reflective vest

There is an urgent need for an information campaign on how to overtake a group of cyclists, since ignorance of the norm is greater the older the drivers.

I was driving with my car last Sunday on the PO-308 road and I passed by Covelo, around two in the afternoon. An unexpected retention alerted me. An accident had just happened. No health services had arrived, not even the Civil Guard or even Civil Protection. Only a person with a reflective safety vest in the middle of the road, with an exceptionally meritorious behavior, made signs to us to the vehicles that we circulated towards Monteverdi so that we did not stop before the scene of a person under a car, covered with a blanket, to the one that surrounded other neighbors. Road to the capital and shocked by that fleeting image, passed in the opposite direction, to the scene of the incident, a first ambulance, then another medical zed, then two civil guards on a motorcycle and almost reaching Enrique, the traffic jam team.

How many more deaths will have to occur on the roads for the institutions to face implementing measures that mean an effective reduction of windings to cyclists?

I am afraid that they will dislike as much as I do know that in 2015, 42 cycling fans died, practicing their sport, five of them in Galicia. In addition, in 2016 the cyclists who died in Spain were 33. I did not find the specific data of Galicia, but we all remember the most famous case, the winding that a driver produced to a squad of cyclists, with 2 fatalities and half a dozen wounded. Since then the authorities, particularly both the DGT and the Junta Galicia promised various measures to quell this type of accident. Of all of them, hardly the distribution of reflective vests to cyclists will have begun among some groups of fans of pedal sports. However, performances of greater packaging do not appear.

Urge a campaign to raise awareness and information to drivers about what the rule prescribes: you have to observe a safety distance of one and a half meters to overtake a cyclist and it can be done by invading the opposite lane and in a continuous line as long as there is no traffic car in front. Saving that safe distance is not a whim. Any overtaking that you do not observe carries a risk, because the air generated by the vehicle when it passes the cyclist may displace or knock it down.

Novice drivers are soaked with that knowledge from the driving school. The young and middle-aged keep this rule in mind thanks to being more porous to information. The severe problem is with drivers of very advanced ages. It is not a coincidence that the coiling author last Sunday in Covelo is 82 years old, or that the author of the Oil cyclist squad in March 2016 was 87 years old.

Collectives such as Stop Accidents Galicia have repeatedly claimed that after 65 years, drivers are forced to a recycling that entails relearning the regulations. The cycling collectives such as Monteverdi and all those that move hundreds of fans every weekend or holidays, have been crying for years to launch a campaign so that drivers in safety clothing know how to overtake a group of cyclists.

Also, the institutions announced that as much for this casuistry as for the eruption of older drivers on highways and motorways in the opposite direction, the tests of the psychotherapist required for the renewal of the card would be hardened. Unfortunately, the statistics do not yet reflect a corrective effect.

Man not wearing reflective vest dies run over on highway

The victim had descended from his van to fix a mechanical malfunction without wearing any reflective vest, but was hit by a truck. In addition, the fact led to the collision of two more vehicles.

A multiple collision occurred during the night on the Vespucci highway, leaving a 35-year-old man dead.

As confirmed by Carabineers, the victim had descended from his van to fix a technical malfunction, but he did so without wearing the reflective yellow vest.

The fact caused the collision with a truck, which would not have seen the stopped machine, pressing it next to the wall of the route dying instantaneously.

Subsequently, a minor vehicle and other buses affected the area, leaving a balance of six injured with injuries of varying consideration. Police in safety vest go to deal with the accident immediately.

The useful things to bring in the car

If you go on a road trip, do you know exactly the elements that, as a rule of Traffic, you must carry in your car to drive? In addition to this mandatory safety equipment, we also recommend other accessories that may be very useful for your safety.

The cars have to carry some elements that are obligatory and that always have to be in the vehicle in case we should need them at some time. In addition, it is advisable to carry other accessories that in case of emergency can get you out of trouble.

Mandatory equipment

Two portable approved hazard-signaling devices (so-called, by their shape, triangles).

A high visibility reflective vest also approved. It is advisable that the vest is inside the passenger compartment (not in the trunk), so you can wear it before getting off the car.

The wheel can be of normal size, auxiliary (cookie wheels), or be replaced by an safety kit. Tools needed to change the wheel. Remember that it is compulsory, to travel in certain places, to carry a set of chains (whether metallic or textile) or winter tires. If the vehicle is public transport, mixed or merchandise, or a maximum authorized mass of more than 3,500 kg, you must carry an extinguisher.

Moreover, is the car insurance, glasses and spare lights?

Since the last reform of the Traffic Law came into effect, it is no longer necessary to carry additional glasses in the car, or to include the car insurance receipt between the documentation papers. The traffic agents can consult the informative file of insured vehicles (FIVA), to check if the vehicle has insurance in order. However, although it is not mandatory, our advice is that you include the proof of insurance payment with the rest of the vehicle's documentation and some spare glasses. It costs nothing and can avoid problems if you forget your glasses or, for whatever reason, the existence of the insurance did not appear or it was possible to connect to this computerized file at the time to obtain the information.

As for the replacement lamp set, it is not mandatory either, just like the high visibility vest. There are more and more cars with Xenon or LED lights (replacement can only be done in a professional workshop) and, with respect to "normal" bulbs, it is becoming more and more complicated to disassemble them.

Get out of the car and do not need to wear the reflective vest

In this second season, the picturesque Xavier Sale is demonstrating a fantastic progression. Now his colorful Americans have gained in phosphorescence and luminosity. In the event of a nighttime car breakdown, they are ideal: you get out of the car and do not need to wear the reflective vest. The themes he develops are also presenting them with a much more impressive exhibition punch. His love for being original and eater to the staff advances.

In the first installment, he launched the question: Does Leo Messy charge too much. It did not finish defining itself or clarifying it, but it launched a colossal idea: if 200 million people in the world see and enjoy every goal that Leo does, they should pay one euro each, just as when they enjoy the pleasure of having a cup of coffee. That is, Messy should enter, on average, 200 million Euros a week. Oh! I do not know if the idea is going to prosper, but certainly in Leo's house reigns considerable joy.

This week, this iridescent economist has explained to us the truth of what happened between David and Goliath. It turns out that Goliath suffered gigantism. He was huge with wear safety clothing, heavy, and not very agile, a brain tumor that imprisoned his optic nerve. He was more myopic than Mango. He thought that they would fight in a hand-to-hand fight, but the cunning David changed the rules: instead of fighting in infantry plan, he did it as an artilleryman. Goliath received the stone practically without knowing who was in front of him.

Oh! It is an ingenious theory. Room Martin in yellow vest said he had learned it from Malcolm Glad well. I know the books of this journalist, currently in 'The New Yorker'. It has a barbarous success. His hypothesis on 'David & Goliath', which has been best-selling book, presented, in 2013, at the Ted Salon in New York. His intervention is on YouTube. It takes four million visits. The prodigious thing is how Sale has memorized it. It has mimicked even Glad well’s intonation and pauses.

José wear reflective vest protect children on road

The 'semaphore man' of Quito has spent 20 years regulating the traffic of the N-232 to the hours of entry and exit of the school. Today he receives a tribute.

The children greet José Maria Garcia 'Machala' while he, without taking his eyes off the road, checks that the vehicles have stopped when they reach the zebra crossing located next to the entrance to the school Fernando, which he has been attending five times a day for the past 20 years. In all this time, he has only missed his appointment in "very few occasions.” "If someday I do not come, people miss me," he said. Dressed in a reflective vest, and with the help of a stop sign, warns drivers to stop when they travel on the N-232 national road to allow children to cross. "I am delighted and I am doing it because I love my people very much, and I will be there as long as I can," he explained, while continuing to monitor the traffic.

To recognize their selfless work, the City Council and the association of mothers and fathers of the school have organized this afternoon a tribute at the house of culture. Most of them are wearing the high visibility vest. It will be an emotional act, which will coincide with his 73th birthday, in which he will be give details of the children, an audiovisual project will be screen, and there will be "some surprise.” Next, you will also discover the plaque that has been place in the place that bears his name, and which was decide after a popular consultation in which there was a great deal of the neighbors. The mayor, Morales, stressed, "If someone deserves this recognition, it is Machala." Not only in Fifth, know his work. Many people who travel through the crossing has met once with the 'traffic light man': "It is already a typical image of Quito.”

José Maria was a municipal worker and decided to continue providing this retired service: "Many cars and heavy trucks pass through this national highway,” which is a way to increase the safety of pedestrians, said the local official.

Of the same opinion they were shown yesterday afternoon at the doors of the school Maria Pillar and Susana, grandmother and mother of students, who acknowledged and appreciated their task: "We are much calmer knowing that he is here stopping the cars. The children pay much attention to him; he is a very dear person in the locality and with wearing a yellow vest.” It is usual to see him minutes before school entry and exit times, but he also collaborates to regulate traffic if there is any exit from the students.

Recommendations for safe driving in the rainy season

In this season of climate change that is living in Bogotá with heavy rains, you must wear a safety vest and take extra precautions when driving and respecting the speed limits, whether you are traveling by car or motorcycle.

1. Moderate speed

Remember that it is always vital to regulate the speed and respect the speed limits that are set in urban areas that are 80 kilometers per hour as established by the national traffic code. However, remember that when the asphalt gets wet it becomes too smooth and difficult handling maneuvers, so it is recommended to drive at a speed of 40 or 30 kilometers per hour.

2. Keep the lights on

The rain makes it difficult to visualize the road and identify what is found in its surroundings; therefore, you must keep the lights on, thus helping your visibility and that of other drivers. For motorcyclists, it is advisable, apart from keeping the lights on, to have the reflective vest so that they become more visible on the road.

3. Save the distance between vehicles

It is important to maintain a prudent distance between the cars. When it is raining the traffic becomes slow, but in the same way, it is prudent to keep the distance between vehicles. It is recommended to maintain no less than one meter of distance between the cars, this will allow braking without problem in any emergency.

4. Check the electrical system

When the rain becomes too strong it is very important to have good glass cleaning, that have a correct operation in their engines to be more effective cleaning the windshield, and it is recommended to change the pens of these with certain periodicity depending on the use. Likewise, the heating and air conditioning system must be maintained in perfect condition, since these diminish the glasses of the vehicle fogging up.

5. Check the tires

It is necessary to verify that the pressure of the tires is the corresponding one, since this influences the grip or the adherence of the vehicle on the asphalt. Remember that tires also lose their ability to grip when they fail to drain the liquid they receive, so you must slow down until you feel that the ability to grip returned to normal.

Keep these recommendations in mind to reduce incidents and accidents when driving in this rainy season. Keep the road safety is also keep your safe.

Road safety: how to decrease the fatal bicycle accidents

Road accidents involving cyclists are becoming more numerous. In recent weeks, many athletes have paid the price and if some have managed with some injuries, others have not had the chance like Joe Guy, Michele, Remain Goyt or Gregory Simonyi again.

According to the latest figures released by road safety, 287 people were killed on the roads of France in April. And according to the organization, cyclists were particularly affected by this mortality sharply rising (+ 13% over the last 12 months, in a slippery year). As a result, as the good weather begins to make its appearance, it is important to remember the main rules to ride safely.

Thus, as explained by the Road Safety website, a bike in good condition and well equipped helps to ensure its safety and that of other road users. Some equipment is therefore mandatory: two brakes (front and rear), a yellow or white front light and a red taillight, a buzzer as well as reflex reflectors (red at the rear, white at the front, orange on the sides and on the pedals). In addition, at night or when visibility is insufficient, the cyclist is obliged to wear a retro reflective vest. Remember also that the wearing of helmets is mandatory for children under 12 years since March 22 last.

However, the respect of these rules is sometimes not enough in particular because the cohabitation with the other road users proves more and more difficult. Faced with this most worrying reality, a petition was launched on the Internet to alert Laura Flosses, the new Minister of Sports. And since its publication, it already counts more than 8,000 signatures. "Unfortunately, they are victims of people believing themselves more + strong + because surrounded by a bodywork while the cyclist only has his helmet for + body + Bike is already a physically difficult sport, no need to add stress for cyclists ", is it in particular written on Change.org. In parallel, a call to the rally was also launched by the movement my bike is a life. It will be held on June 17, Place de la Bastille in Paris.

Another initiative has also been launched to stop the hecatomb of cyclists on the roads. Contacted by France-Soir, wheel builder Michel has made the crazy bet to tour Europe by bike from 21 June. It aims to convince the 577 French MPs to pass a law to force motorists to overtake cyclists by going the other way, to leave a space of sufficient security. In parallel, he also develops safety equipment for cyclists, a kind of distance radar to warn them of the danger.

Yellow vest keeps NIMES Bikers safer on road

More than 200 Grad motorcyclists in reflective vest gathered at the Cottiers stadium before going on a short trip to the city center. In passing, some actions shocks and transgressions "for the good cause because it is a civic gesture that we realize".

The bike may be the vehicle of the future. Indeed, with the densification of traffic and the environmental problem, the bike seems to be the vehicle of the 21st par excellence. No fine particle rejected a wasp size that can be parked almost anywhere and takes up less space than a car. "Here too the statistics are against the bikers but the numbers show that there are fewer and fewer motorcycle deaths while there are more and more cars," said Jose, a biker Nimes.

As road safety imposes new laws and new principles necessarily understood by bikers, the French Federation of Bikers Anger disputes the implementation of traffic restriction measures allowing local and regional authorities to decree traffic areas restricted for reasons of pollution from which the owners of vehicles over 15 years old today and vehicles of more than 5 years by 2020 will be excluded. "These programmed prohibitions are accompanied by the obligation of the vignette Crib 'Air who will designate the law enforcement user authorized to circulate or junk, asked not to come "pollute" the city where he is yet forced to surrender "evoke leaders of the Grad federation in yellow vest. "It's pure discrimination!"

The police in yellow vest are easily recognizable

An agreement between the cantonal police of Geneva and the transport police was signed on Tuesday. It will notably strengthen the system on the Caravan Vaux route.

With their neon yellow vests, transport police officers (TPO) are easily recognizable. Deployed in railway stations, trains and, for five years, in public transport in Geneva, they will see their missions be reinforced from 1 July. A convention linking the TPO and the cantonal police of Geneva was indeed signed Tuesday on a platform of the station Caravan. What better to prepare including the opening of the future rail link.

Reinforced missions

In French-speaking Switzerland, such an agreement already exists with the cantons of Vaud and Neuchâtel. "But signing an agreement with Geneva was very important for us," said Colonel Jug Monarch, commander of the transport police. Specifically, his men (about fifty in the Lake Geneva region) will be able to handle the cases of violation of the rules of the traffic, violation of the Law on the weapons or detention and consumption of narcotics without needing to appeal to the Geneva police officers. Recall that these agents, holders of the federal police license, are armed, unlike municipal police officers in reflective vest.

The example of the final of the Cup

"Our collaboration on the ground with the transport police is not new, but the convention adds an institutional framework, says Monica Bouffant, head of the Geneva police. The benefits came at the recent final of the Swiss Football Cup. The transport police were present with us at the command post and their field agents provided us with essential information about what was happening inside and outside the trains. "

"Better working together"

"For once, we anticipate! With the opening in 2019 of the CEVA, the number and importance of the stations will increase. And we know, to have seen for example with the arrival of the tram Merino, a new line can also be a crime accelerator. It is therefore better to work together." The magistrate also said that discussions are ongoing with French neighbors concerning the interventions of various security actors and safety equipments - which also include customs and border guards - in the perimeter of the CEVA.

Too many cyclists circumnavigate their safety

In winter, it is not only cold, but dark. At the time of going to work or college, the sun is not always up and at night, at the time of debauchery, it is sometimes already lying down. This early December was therefore the ideal time to carry out the operations that took place Thursday and yesterday before the colleges.

The police station had put the package by hiring a dozen officials under the command of Major Luray, head of the public order and road safety unit, as well as officials of the municipal police of these three communes.

And the result is edifying: on the two days of this operation of road safety very targeted, since concentrated on bicycles, 60% of the 62 cycles controlled, were not in conformity. The drivers of these two-wheelers have all received convocation for a subsequent presentation of their bikes after compliance. All except one, who won the pompom, since it was verbalized for crossing red lights in the red phase, on a non-compliant cycle, with a phone held in hand. "The total ..." sighs Major Luray frowning.

"I am surprised by the lack of information from these two-wheelers. So we gave them an explanatory leaflet to drive safely, but also yellow vests for the purpose of being seen by other road users. These control operations will be renewed periodically ", warns the police still reassured by the" very good reception reserved for the agents by the schoolboys who understood that our operation was made for their security ". As for the heads of institutions, they applauded with both hands this intervention beneficial for all and could see that in the corridors, the students spoke only about that...

Mandatory equipment

Reflectors (retro reflective devices): red in the back, white in the front, orange on the sides and on the pedals. Wearing a certified retro-reflective vest is mandatory for all cyclists (and passengers) traveling outside the city, at night, or when visibility is insufficient, especially in the event of fog like the one that envelops Agent in recent days. The Code la route applies to cyclists and other users. Each offense is punishable by a fine.

Police organized a theme week of road safety

As every month, a theme week of road safety is organized by the prefecture and the police of the department of Saone-et-Loire to combine prevention and repression of the most risky and most accident-prone behaviors on the road.

As the rainy days and the first motorcycle outings approach, we invite drivers of all types of two wheels from Saone Loire to redouble their vigilance.

In 2016, road safety registered 625 deaths in France and 13,500 wounded on motorized two-wheelers. The Saone Loire deplored a particularly unfavorable road mortality, especially among moped riders and motorcyclists with 6 killed (2 moped riders and 4 motorcyclists).

In order to combat the unsuitable behavior of two-wheeled drivers and to avoid new human tragedies, the police and gendarmerie services of Saone Loire will reinforce the controls of the two wheels (bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles) in the department from 24 to 30 April 2017. In this context and for the purpose of prevention as well, police and police officers will make drivers aware of road risks and the sharing of the road.

A few simple rules of caution can help prevent new accidents:

Equipment / Equipment / Mechanics / Visibility

Service and systematic control of your motorcycle (visibility, braking and tires)

Standard biker equipment (helmet, jacket, gloves, pants, tailored shoes and safety vest)

Piloting ability

Gradual resumption of driving after a period of inactivity (recovery of the motorcycle, progressively longer distances traveled and respecting safety distances with the vehicle in front of you).

Respect for the Highway Code

Respect for the basic principles of the Highway Code applies to bikers; it is the guarantor of your safety. A motorcycle breaks a shorter distance than a car: FALSE. At 50 km / h, a motorcycle will travel 20 meters to stop while under the same conditions a car will only 17 meters. At 90 km / h, a motorcycle in reflective vest will travel 51 meters to stop while a car will only 43 meters 50.

A "smart vest" that allows stray dogs to stand guard

The safety jacket, equipped with a hidden camera, triggers an alert in case of unusual barking. What animals see is retransmitted on Smartphone residents. The goal: to give a place to these dogs often abused.

In Pucker, Thailand, stray dogs will put on their workwear. Often beaten, not fed and discredited by the population, these animals are still very numerous in the streets. A connected safety vest for dogs is currently being developed to change the look on them.

A subsidiary of Samsung, the advertising agency Ceil, and the Soy Dog animal protection foundation have incorporated a hidden camera and a neon computer into the fabric. The latter makes the distinction between conventional barking and those intended to give warning in case of unusual situation: an aggression, a fire, an accident or an intruder with suspicious behavior. A notification is sent to nearby Smartphone. On an application, residents see in real time what makes the dog react. "We do not think that any special training is necessary for animals. The connected jacket combines new technologies with their natural instinct. The only thing they will need is love and attention, "says project director in reflective vest at the online magazine Coconuts. The experimentation phase is launched.

In the long term, it would be a question of permanently changing the image of stray dogs in the country. "The problems of cruelty and the illegal meat trade are becoming more and more important in Thailand," he says. Capturing and locking up dogs cannot be a solution for the instigator of this device. "They have the right to continue living in freedom."

Operation yellow vests for the Spacer's on the road

Yellow vest required, in the first semifinal of Spacer's Toulouse against Nice. For the first time since 2007, the Spacer's take part in the semi-finals of the French League a championship. After leaving Tours, their pet peeve, in the quarter, the teammates of the stainless captain Sago will receive Nice this Friday (8.30pm), before returning Tuesday on the French Riviera, and a possible beautiful three days later in Toulouse.

Why Fluorescent safety Vest? Because the color of the jerseys of Toulouse is fluorescent yellow! Friday, the Palace must be fluorescent yellow! For this first leg, the club had an original idea: ask his supporters to come to the Poleis des Sports with safety vests, so fluorescent yellow color, and the colors of the club. What cause retinal detachment among the people of Nice?

A workforce to rebuild

On a purely sporting level, this meeting could be the last home, successful coach for six years, who will leave the club. Other important starts are expected; including those of Belgian point top Bram Van den Dries, best scorer in the championship (522 points) and international smuggler Antoine.

Before the big summer migration, the high visibility vest for the spacer on the road, the Spacer's dream of a first title is champion of France. The final is scheduled for May 6 in Paris, facing the winner of the other semifinal between Chaumont and Ajaccio.

Vest Made of Chinastars Reflective Printing fabric

The young elected ones invite you to "Dare the Yellow"

The Municipal Youth Council of Challis has chosen to focus on humor for its road safety campaign. And to encourage cyclists to wear a yellow safety vest, they made an unusual video!

The slogan could appear in a sketch of the Knights of File, but it is actually out of the imagination of the elected Municipal Council of Youth in the city of Challis. As part of their work on road safety, they decided to conduct a prevention campaign on the risks associated with bicycle travel. Starting from the observation that the wearing of the yellow vest is often considered "nerdy", they decided to play the card of humor, by making a video around a message as simple as effective: the yellow vest, it is in fashion! After having built their screenplay, they shot their clip in one day, calling on Milo, a hollandaise teenager passionate about theater. And the result is, to say the least, striking...

The campaign also comes in the form of posters, on which we find sporting hollandaise: the motocross rider Thierry Bathes, the basketball player Antoine Audit, or the professional cyclist Arnold Jenison who has always dreamed of wearing ... the yellow jersey!

Safety vest workwear for worker’s safe

Perhaps the workplace of the 33-year-old is the hottest of the city on this day, for which the German Weather Service yesterday issued a heat warning. It may be hotter, perhaps, only at the blast furnaces of the steelworks, Menninger suspects. His colleagues and he paved the track of the line 4 with wear safety clothing, they have been there since seven o'clock, and only the trees at the edge donate some shade. "180 degrees from below and 30 degrees from above," says the wheel loader, whose taut upper body is strongly browned. He usually wears a cap at such temperatures, but he also wants to brown his face evenly.

Menninger wears sunglasses and uses sun cream; many of his colleagues do not. He is in a good mood - although his shift is twelve hours long and not until 19 hours. There is only one thing that really upsets him: "You're always hot." Henning eats lye sticks to restore to his body the salt he loses by sweating. For breakfast, there was watermelon, "what refreshing". Breaks do not make Henning more often than on other days - the pressure is great on the construction site, when the summer holidays are over, it has to be finished.

"We have to get out of our way for five minutes every now and then," Kendal Celia says, working a few hundred yards further along the tracks and dragging straight on the curb. He pulled out his T-shirt; he wears the safety vest over the free upper body. He drinks four liters a day, says Celia. Sometimes his colleague’s splash and he is wet with the water of a hydrant to cool down. "Otherwise, there is no way to get fresh." The 34-year-old buys his drinks in the supermarket a few meters further. Some companies, such as the Bremen-based Mercedes-Benz plant, supply their employees with free mineral water in summer. Or they place fans in the workrooms. This is not possible at the construction site. While his employer provides additional water, Kendal Celia says - "but that is too far away". Weaknesses had already existed on the construction site, because suddenly there was a long one.

From the construction site to the seniors' home: here, too, sweats are being made, and here too many of the inhabitants wear kepi like the construction workers and eat melons. To drink a lot, that's the most important, says David. "There are inhabitants who love the warmth and sit in the blazing sun," says the nursing manager of the Evangelical Deaconess Mother's House in Bremen. Older people often felt no thirst and often forgot to drink. Even if no one has collapsed in his facility this summer: in the emergency rooms of the Bremen hospitals, there have already been some cases of dehydration in the past few days. Even people who had to deal with cardiovascular complaints because of the heat were taken to the clinics. "Many of the residents complain of dizziness," says Nasik.

"The weather is very demanding for seniors", confirms Antje Sorensen of the Bremer. Especially after the long winter, which fed on the strengths of the high-earned? The house management therefore offers to the inhabitants light soups or cold dishes - they should not lie in the bed despite the warmth. Marlon Henning, the brown-tanned construction worker from the tracks, knows how to end his day after twelve hours in the heat of the heat: "In the lake - or a walk in the forest." The exhaustion, he says, he can only feel later.

Heat warning of the German Weather Service

Wednesday, there is again a heat warning of the German weather service for Bremen. Such a warning is issued if the temperature exceeds 32 degrees Celsius for two consecutive days. However, this threshold is variable. "At the beginning of June, for example, if people are not yet adapted to the temperatures, we are warned at lower values," explains Christina in reflective vest, a medical meteorologist at the German Weather Service. There is an additional condition that must be fulfilled before a heat warning is issued: "At night, it does not cool too much." For cooling means for the human organism the possibility to regenerate itself.

Responsibility for the classmates in safety vest

Eleven school members, ten girls and one boy, received their appointments on Friday after successful training. For this, a safety vest was handed over to everyone, so that the school instructors should be noticed in their assignments and their function should be recognized, according to Natasha Bugler from Wurzburg, the diocesan referees for the school ambulance service.

A medical backpack with dressing material, gloves, respiratory masks, and scissors and so on is deposited in the school. The training took place with the Maltese. Peter Kirchner was the deputy district commissioner.

The training of the school anis from the 8M was divided for the medical service, with theory and case examples, according to Linda, one of the co-initiators. All theory and practice was finished with an examination. Teacher, instructor and diocesan, and, of course, Rector, were delighted that the schoolteachers were so committed and hoped that this will continue. The building is the building of the middle school, with school members providing first aid in the case of accidents and, if necessary, during school holidays.

Natasha in safety clothing still pointed out the first nationwide action night of the Maltese youth. On 21 and 22 November, the dioceses of Osnabruck and Hildesheim will organize this action night, in which all groups, as well as individuals from Maltese youth and schooling services, can participate in services or groups.

For this action night, tasks are sent by e-mail on various topics. Internet access and digital camera and even a personal cuddly toy from each participant the organizers. The tasks should be managed as quickly as possible and creatively. Each photo must be shot and sent to the organizer. By the way there is enough time to make the evening and then the night free. The participants are all in reflective vest, the pictures are judged by a jury. The best group wins a prize.

Safety vest for Children's birthday at the airport

At least once a year, the parents are planning the next childbirth day. Again and again the same question arises: What are we going to do this time? The Düsseldorf airport has extended its excursion offer with a new special tour: the children's birthday tour. The entertaining, but also instructive party with safety education always goes on Fridays from 2.30 to 4.30 pm.

At their birthday at the airport, the children between the ages of five and twelve are close to the airport day with their siblings and friends. During an apron tour, the children have the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of the airport and admire the aircraft close up. The young guests experience the lively operation on the apron and on the runways. It is fascinating how the giant machines stand out from the ground. And how tiny are the people. This impressive birthday experience will surely not forget the little ones.

Child-friendly information, an airport meeting game, a lunch pack and a souvenir a special children's safety vest - all this is offered during the birthday tour. The birthday child himself also receives a corresponding gift. Before or after the guided tour, the young guests can then stop at the McDonald's restaurant or at the Airport ice cream parlor, which offers special offers especially for children's birthdays.

An average of about 600 take-offs and landings per day take place at NRW's largest airport. Up to 25,000 visitors use the opportunity to experience the happenings on the apron during the daily airport tours once a year. In addition to the normal round trips, the airport also offers special photo tours for large and small airport fans with reflective vest.

A mix of love parade, protest ride and bike trip

At 7 pm, this time the meeting point should be. A few hours before, he was only announced on the Internet. Like every last Friday of the month when Hamburg cyclists in reflective vest meet for the critical-mass-tour through the city. Just 20 minutes later, the big square is already occupied by thousands of cyclists: you are in small groups, talking, music is booming from loudspeakers, some mounted on small trailers. Just like Andy. The 41-year-old, tall cyclist is something like a veteran of the Hamburg Critical Mass rides. "A few years ago there were only a few, now we are thousands," he says.

Cyclists in their bright jerseys are standing there, next to them a man with a St. Pauli Hoodie and rusty folding bike. A group of girls, maybe 20 years old, holds large colorful Holland wheels and chatter happily. Gray-haired couples, wearing helmet and safety vest, are standing by, a group has adorned their bicycles with colorful flowers and sunglasses. Men with heavy touring bikes wait, hipster with beard and dark glasses pushing their fashionable entrance bikes through the crowd. A colorful city between the beginning of the 20th and beginning of the seventies has gathered here.

Then the crowd sensed a feeling of unrest, the conversations became louder, somebody began to ring, more and more ringing, some lift their wheel up into the skies of Hamburg: the "bike up", the start signal. Like a herd of horses, for which it goes from the stable to pasture, the mass moves in the direction of movement. Above the convoy, bass-dominated music hovers, pedestrians waving, pull their Smartphone to take pictures. Andy also joins in; his music has now fully turned up: "Techno, AC / DC, Evergreens," he plays, "that is always good". The first meters he has to push, and then she rolls on, the Critical Mass, the critical mass of the thousands, which once a month slides through the city like a Blindworm and for a short time forcing the otherwise dominant to a halt.

Around 3500 bikers will have ended up according to the police in reflective uniform, who bend about three hours in a two-kilometer-long Polk crises-crossing on the wide streets through the city center. "We do not hinder traffic, we are traffic" - that is the message. They would have to register; there would be those responsible, which could be held liable, in the case of accidents. The participants, however, simply rely on the road traffic regulations, which allow cycling in the association from 16 cyclists. If a traffic light shows red, the bandage continues to cycle. There is indicated by hand signals, where it should be long. Like a swarm, which suddenly changes direction, so the Radvolk meanders through the city? However, one change with the lead, which is cycling in the front, discusses with the others: the goal is only at the end only really fixed.

The Critical-Mass movement was created in San Francisco in 1992. In the meantime, they exist in more than 300 cities worldwide - with an increasing trend. In the masses one is only perceived as a traffic user, it says on the relevant Internet pages. One wants to show that the wheel is an equivalent to the car - or better. Just as cars dominate the cities, the Critical Mass cyclists also want to determine traffic. Nowhere else in Germany is the number of participants as great as in Hamburg. Almost 5,000 were in July of last year, more than twice as many as in Berlin. Why? Perhaps the suffering pressure of the cyclists in Hamburg is greatest. "Maybe it's the fun factor," says Andy in safety vest. Music supporters are at the same time at the Elbe, there is even a sausage trailer.

Twilight autumn and winter so your children are better seen

3 things you need to know

Children without reflective clothing are seen by drivers so late that they may not be able to brake in time

Reflective elements are easy to retrofit

For school bags and safety clothing pay attention to the DIN standard

A child who is dressed darkly sees a car driver only at a distance of about 30 meters, brightly clad is it with 40 meters just 10 meters more. Compared to how long a car needs to stop, this is - depending on the speed - in many cases too late! If the child carries a reflective safety vest, it is about 130 meters wide! This is enough for a driver to drive at a speed of 100 km / h.

This will enlighten your child

For school bags and clothing, which should reflect properly, it is important to pay attention to the DIN standard. For the satchels it is called DIN 58124, for clothing DIN EN 13356.

If the children are to be well visible even with normal clothing, they can be easily retrofitted: reflective tapes, reflective vests, reflex safety collars or reflective patches - the choice is great.

In times of the LED you will also find many garments and gadgets that glow and flash: caps, chains, rings, glowing shoe bands. This however please rather as a supplement sees. To the visibility of the reflector strips do not come.

And then we have a tip that has nothing to do with the clothes: give your child enough time for the school way! When the little ones get away in time, they are not under pressure and less break neck.

Dress warmly! Road bike winter safety wear tested

There is no bad weather, there is only the wrong clothes" is an often cited proverb. If the temperatures fall into the single-digit range, you have to pull all the stops on the road bike in order not to cool down during longer trips - Gloves, helmets, safety vest and overall. There are matching products are therefore essential for road cyclists.

With the right equipment, passing through or a very early morning start into the new season is no problem. These include warm warmth, long-finger gloves and a cap under the helmet. For hardly anything can lessen the desire for cycling more than the attempt to switch with completely deaf fingers or kick with ice blocks into the crank.

This is why Road BIKE has 8 caps, reflective gloves and more and excess for the application range between 0 degrees and 10 degrees Celsius. This means that the heaters are not only suitable for the winter outing, but also provide good service during long pass-offs or training sessions in the spring and autumn.

Pleasing: A lot can be achieved with comparatively little money. For example, the cheapest combination of the test products with BBB cap, Gloves from Specialized and Value’s surplus costs only about 75 Euros. If you go in the full, however, can also easily spend four times.

To test all safety products, the RB testers said: Get out of the comfortably warm editorial offices, get out into the cold, often wet weather on the street in the last few weeks. At least 1 hour, products and test drivers had to endure.

The reflective fabric trends for summer 2017

The new reflective fabric trends for the spring-summer season 2017, which have just been shown at the Performance Days in Munich, are likely to inspire sports and fashion brands alike: there has never been such a great deal of fashionable optics for sport. The materials of the future are becoming lighter, more flexible and softer. They promise to wear comfort, which is long since also interested the classic fashion customers. "37.4 percent of the visitors agree to the fashion sector," says Stefanie Sakharov of the Performance Days, summarizing the visitor structure of the last event at the end of April. This is a considerable share for a trade fair, which has explicitly devoted itself to the functional substances. And what trends does the industry see?

More patterns, more structure, more prints

"The functional substances show a completely different picture compared to the last seasons," explains Fabrics expert Ulrike in her trend presentation. "Patterns, structures, prints and 3-dimensional fabrics are getting stronger and stronger." The change goes through the entire range, from the light knit for Base layer to the weatherproof 3-layer reflective material for jackets and trousers. Structured surfaces are achieved by new knitting and weaving methods or appear on the backs of the fabrics where they are e.g. as small 3-dimensional triangles or ovals. They give the fabric not only a futuristic look; they also serve as a spacer to the skin and thus ensure more wear comfort. Jacquards also give the fabrics new structures and patterns, as well as quilted or embossed materials, where several layers of fabric - for example by ultrasound - are fused together.

Prints had hardly played a role in the sport in the last few years, but the Cleary look was one of them. This could change, at least the fabric manufacturers will in the future rely on decorative surfaces and present flower prints, basics and geometric patterns.

In general, the trend towards particularly complex backs continues. For example, transparent jacketed fabrics are printed on the reverse side, the patterns also glimmering on the front side. Innovative reflective prints are also presented. They not only serve the safety aspect, but also deliver completely new optics through newly developed colors. Highlight is, for example, a fabric that combines prints that only partially reflect and show a completely different pattern at night than at day.

Just not clean: The performance fabric trends for summer 2017

Functionality becomes the USP

With the functions of the fabrics, the trend continues towards lighter, softer, and nevertheless hard-wearing materials. Even 3-layer materials for waterproof jackets have lost their stiffness and show a pleasantly soft feel. Elasticity is becoming the standard. Even substances, which were once developed as compressive substances, enter the regular sports and fashion collections due to their good wearing and jumping properties. Christian Weather from Agencies: "We are selling our polyamide stretch from the sports collection to pure fashion customers. They are always looking for beautiful materials for comfortable reflective pants and jackets. "

With the focus on the materiality of the fabrics, the colors move into the background. After years of bright colors, more and more natural tones return to the sport.

The reflective action for traffic safety

The street stepper of Michael was already two years ago the big eye-catcher in the action "Road-Mobil". People were amazed at the unusual bicycle with reflective tape that combines the advantages of running and cycling. "Many wanted to try it out, and they found street steps fun and easy to learn," recalls the eco activist.

Also in the third edition on Sunday, April 30, Honcho is back with his Street stepper. From 14.00 to 18.00 clocks will be held on this sale Sunday at various stands and with exciting campaigns all about the topic of cycling. In addition to information on the latest technology and safety in traffic, visitors can inform themselves about 19 bicycle routes and attractions in the region and are invited to take part in the sport themselves. The focus is on health, sports, clothing and transport.

The organizing team of the city administration, headed by Markus and Agnes Coarsens, has again prepared a program that attracts large and small visitors. The district of Gutersloh informs about "visibility in road traffic" and offers reflective materials and bicycle helmets for purchase. There is also a bicycle / scooter course for the children. The group "Silent by OWL" presents a cross-section of alternative vehicle technology. The Automats showcases Opel cars, including the Mock X with the unique carrier system, which is ready for use as an integrated bicycle carrier system at any time. The AOK North-West offers a lung function measurement and provides valuable information on a healthy diet for endurance sports.

On the Info stand there is among other things the tour program 2017 with 46 guided bike tours. Nova GmbH provides information on the use of self-generated electricity in domestic appliances as well as current storage facilities and charging systems / columns for charging electric vehicles. The VW Beetle was built in 1970 and has been converted to an electric drive.

Cycling Interest from Geffen presents oldies of the 1960s from cycling and touring sports, the association railway tradition its rides with the museum railway. Werner’s presents the latest wheels, and the stand of the reflective clothing factory Busman gives visitors an insight into the latest leisure and functional clothing. The bicycle can be found in its facets from Holland to the racing bike at Weird Wiesel, but also the modern e-bikes are ready.

Hussmann, the unicycle section of Victoria Carols with her show insert, the class 8 d bike school, and a balloon entertainer, who conjures up nice pieces for the little ones, will provide a varied entertainment program.

They will encourage motorcyclists to wear reflectors

"Reflect" - is the slogan of the latest social campaign for motorcyclists and scooter users. The aim of the action launched on Thursday by the Warsaw Municipal Road Administration is to encourage wheelchair drivers to wear reflective vests.

The campaign launched a website - where you can find detailed information, including: on road safety. "This campaign wants to draw the attention of motorcyclists that they can improve their safety by being better visible," emphasized the spokesperson of the Municipal Road Administration Adam Soberer at a press conference inaugurating the campaign, which took place in the Warsaw.

The campaign's ambassadors are TV presenter Suzie and journalist Pluck who appeared in the spots promoting the campaign. They remind us that a black motorcycle motorcyclist on a black motorcycle is blending with an asphalt background and that he or she may not be visible to other drivers. This year, six picnics promoting the campaign will be held in Warsaw. The first will take place on April 26 in Park - you will be able to admire stunt shows, learn first aid. Motorcyclists will honor fully donate blood. On May 17th, the Motor Industry Institute will host a simulated road show involving a motorcyclist, motorcyclists, and first aid demonstrations dedicated to a motorcyclist. The campaign summary, scheduled for the end of October, is due to take place at the biggest road show in Poland "Infrastructure 2014".

The deputy head of the city ward of the Warsaw City Guard, argued that safety cameras on the selected intersections also contribute to improving road safety. - In 2013, approximately 165,000 offenses were reported on the basis of photographs recorded using fixed and mobile devices. Approximately 110,000 proceedings have been completed. 90,000 drivers without safety vest were fined for about 29 million PLN. Other cases are in progress. Deputy head of the Traffic Department of the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, Picot admitted that although in the last few years in Warsaw a decrease in traffic accidents occurred, in 2013 there were 2 100. It was more than 100 more years earlier. More were killed and injured in traffic accidents and collisions. Jacobs said that also this year road traffic police will continue with similar actions such as "Safe Pedestrian", "Safe Road to School", "Follow the Way".

The Honorary Patron of the "Reflection" campaign is the German Embassy in Warsaw. As the conference participants pointed out, the choice of the embassy was not accidental, for it was German Gottlieb Daimler who began work on the construction of a bicycle engine in the 1970s. He succeeded in 1885, when he mounted the engine in a vehicle with a wooden frame. Historically it is considered his vehicle as the first motorcycle. On the other hand, the first motorcyclist was Daimler's son, Paula, who on November 10, 1885, crossed the 9.5km route from Constant to Interterm and back. The campaign is part of the Decade of Road Safety Action 2011-2020 announced by the UN General Assembly. Its purpose is to reduce the number of fatal road accidents.

The final of the DZ action today - Be visible

On the Ankara Square (next to Saturn) in the Katowice gallery of Silesia City Center we organized a final of the "Be visible" (with reflective material) with the Katowice WORD and police on Sunday. We have to admit that we did not expect it immediately after hours 10 such assault on our posts.

We waited for you in the chair 10-18, inviting you to many attractions. Among other things you could see how the world sees the driver sitting behind the wheel with a drink of alcohol. Simulation is possible thanks to special glasses called algae.

They could also take tests on reflective safety vest and reaction times during a roadside crisis.

The study was conducted by Westlaw Mingo and Arcadias Helladic from Katowice's WORD.

- The test consists of pressing keys as fast as possible. Within two minutes the device generates 240 of them. Most often, the results oscillated around 150-170 points, which is very good, "Helladic said.

The first decided to test the equipment prepared by the WORD experts to study reflexes and reactions on the way Stanislaw Organdy from Katowice. Just behind him was a queue.

And here a surprise! We have a new record of Poland!

This is Mr. Gregory from Raciborz, who on the reflective device received a score of 209, while the manufacturer of the device factory set the scale to only 203. It turns out that our Raciborz reader broke a record that no one even dreamed. Its result is sensational.

The visit to our SCC Sunday picnic was also a chance to get gadgets, but the main aim was to promote safe road travel, which was reflected in reflective and reflective vests. It was enough to fill in a brief anonymous questionnaire.

Protective safety clothing is the basis of safety

We often hear of work-related accidents, both light and heavy, and even fatal. The most exposed to occupational accidents are workers working on the construction site: bricklayers, armaments or carpenters who work at heights. The reflective vest is necessary in the working.

                                                                              

When it comes to the safety of employees while performing their duties, it is important to note that it affects not only the employer but also the employee. These obligations are governed by the general provisions of the Labor Code, as well as specific provisions governing health and safety at work.

Employers should provide their employees with protection measures to ensure that their work is safe and does not endanger their health or life. As a result, the employer should provide safety helmets to all construction workers - every worker on the construction site should protect their head against possible impacts by falling objects, impacting the projecting boards or beams and falling.

Protective clothing

In addition, safety vests and trousers are an important element - it is best to be reflective clothing, so that every present person on the construction site will be visible by other workers. This clothing should be equipped with practical pockets for storing the necessary tools while allowing for free and unrestricted movement of workers.

Do not skip gloves; protect your hands and shoes from wearing protective clothing. As for shoes, you cannot use other than ankle boots on the construction site. These are specially padded shoes that are additionally fitted with sheeting in the sole to protect the foot from stabbing a nail or other sharp element that could hurt the foot.

In addition to this, an important element of equipping workers who perform their duties at a height is the braces that a person should be "associated" with a stable structure, such as a scaffolding - in case of slipping or tipping balance at height will be protected from falling from a height as he will hang on braces - will not fall into uneven surfaces or other dangerous elements on the site.

Work on height also facilitates a special belt with numerous compartments and pockets for which hammer or nail tools are inserted. Safety goggles are a means of protecting an individual employee, which the employer should not forget. They are made of special material not susceptible to cracks and damage, so even if some element hit it - the glasses will not break and the glass will not hurt the eye.

Employers providing this personal protective equipment with reflective tape comply with their obligations under the legislation, but workers themselves often disregard their use, thereby exposing their health and even their lives to great danger.

They usually start using all the means the employer offers them only when they become eyewitnesses to the accident at work - but then it is too late. Nevertheless, every employee should be aware that failure to observe safety and health at workplace may be the basis for terminating the employment contract.