These are the most common accidents. Vehicle and pedestrian crash. Experts from the BESIP and the police say that guilt - albeit inappropriate on both sides - is often the poor visibility of pedestrians. This is true not only in the morning darkness and evening darkness.
"The law, which applies to unlit areas of communications outside the community, requires pedestrians to wear reflective materials in these places. But it would have to be paid everywhere and our legislators would definitely have to deal with it, "Pave Arius, Regional Coordinator of BESIP, told a recent security action.
The police, along with him, during weekly activities throughout the country debated pedestrians at selected busy places, alerting them to the need to be "seen" and giving them safety reflective tapes.
"Every security element, in this case, reflective elements, we welcome. Pedestrians often underestimate this, and we also agree with the extension of the law. "said police spokesman Laure VaVa.
Pedestrians do not take precedence
But pedestrians are not only often "not seen". The mistake is also their passage of the road beyond the marked transitions, a very common mistake is also the completely mistaken awareness of the fact that people have absolute priority on transitions.
"The pedestrian must not enter the pedestrian crossing or on the road immediately before approaching the vehicle. The pedestrian must prefer the tram. "Martin of the press department of the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic quotes from the relevant law.
The same law says the driver has the obligation to reduce speed or stop pedestrian crossing, speeding down or stops drivers of other vehicles traveling in the same direction. In addition, the driver must not endanger or restrict a pedestrian who passes on a pedestrian crossing or obviously is about to stop and stop the vehicle. Attention! This is not the case for tram drivers.
"So, in short, the driver must not endanger or restrict the pedestrian in a situation where he or she is obviously to go, not the tram driver. The pedestrian must not suddenly enter the road ahead of the passing vehicles and must prefer the tram. "the deputy of the Ministry of Transport specifies.
The Ministry of Transport adds that at present, the Working Group also deals with the law on wearing reflective vests. "However, there has not been a concrete introduction of the surface wear of reflective elements under certain conditions. Meanwhile, discussions are underway to solve the problem properly. "Farrar said.
