Experts want to change the law, what do they suggest?

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.

To avoid hunting accidents, a community obliges pickers to wear vests

The town hall, in Savoie, issued a municipal decree obliging the mushroom pickers to wear a reflective vest in order to be more easily identified by the shoes.

According to the document, revealed by France Bleu Savoie, walkers will have to dress well on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. "When a mushroom collector stands in the middle of a wood, even if you shoot a game, there may be a lost bullet," says a hunter in the village. "At least, with the vest, the mushroom pickers will be more visible."

In the other camp, the speech is necessarily different. "If the hunters could already identify their target before shooting, we would not be there," denounced a passerby.

The fact remains that the municipality assumes its choice, reminding anyway that no penalty will be taken if a person does not wear a reflective vest. On October 13, in the neighboring department of Haute-Savoie, a mountain biker was killed by a hunter.

Bright clothes and reflectors are important in winter

When we walk or cycle in the dark season, we should not dress too dark. Instead, we should wear light or reflective clothing.

This helps prevent accidents because it makes us easier to see - says the police. Because in winter almost twice as many accidents happen nationwide than in the bright season. Anyone traveling in dark clothes in the evening will only be seen by motorists from a distance of almost 25 meters. With light clothes and reflective tape for clothing, we are already seen from twice the distance.

And: who wears a safety vest is already seen from almost 130 meters. Especially schoolchildren, cyclists, and pedestrians should wear reflective clothing early in the morning and in the evening.

Win your visibility kit

AGEA, France blue and Road Safety at the time of the change of time offer you the opportunity to win a kit of visibility including 1 yellow safety vest with reflective strips, 1 yellow backpack with reflective fabrics.

The transition to winter time is synonymous with a significant increase in the number of road accident victims, particularly among the most vulnerable, pedestrians and cyclists.

At night falling an hour earlier, pedestrians and cyclists are less visible due to this lack of brightness.

Friday, October 26, a special broadcast on France Bleu Saint Etienne Loire from 9 am with AGEA and road safety.

Win your visibility kit.