This year alone,
over 30 road incidents involving pedestrians took place in Rybnik. Three people
were killed. Our city is the leader in this respect in the Silesian
Voivodeship. Therefore, today uniforms were handing out reflective shopping
bags in the car park in Chwałowice.
These data do not
inspire optimism.
"This year,
more than 30 road incidents involving pedestrians were recorded in Rybnik.
Three people died. Converting it into 32 poviats in the Śląskie Voivodeship,
Rybnik, unfortunately, leads in the statistics. It's not entirely safe here.
That is why our presence in the city is not accidental," says Commissioner
Tomasz Bratek from the Road Traffic Department of KWP Katowice.
Uniforms from the
capital of our voivodeship together with policemen from Rybnik handed out
reflective bags with reflective tape for shopping in the parking lot in
Chwałowice.
"There is one
goal - to improve safety among seniors on our roads. We talk to them about it
because they are not aware of. The numbers make it clear what every second
pedestrian over 60 who took part in the incident - dies on our roads,"
adds the policeman.
The Silesian
Voivodship Office in Katowice handed over several hundred such bags to the
uniforms from the Provincial Police Headquarters.
"We want to
reach all the inhabitants of the voivodeship who need such a bag. New
engineering solutions would improve safety best, but we want to act
realistically, here and now. We give them bags with reflective elements that
will be used to improve the visibility of pedestrians at night," we learn.
A person with such
a bag will be visible to the driver from a distance of more than 200 meters.
