Devin – A serious traffic accident occurred Tuesday evening in the city of Devin. Passenger car swept away in Masaryk Square in transition two young pedestrians without safety vest – a man and a woman. Both finished with moderately serious injuries in hospital.

The accident happened before eighteen hours at the crossing in court. On the site immediately they went rescuers.

“Cause of the accident is saved,” said police spokesman John Straw.

Behind the wheel sat in the passenger car year-old driver. According to initial information, the woman did not pay full control.

Tuesday’s accident was the first serious this year, during which they were in Devin knocked pedestrians.

They become victims of accidents quite often, just last year died in road accidents throughout the Czech Republic 131 pedestrians. Significantly improve this tragic balance should be required to wear dark reflective elements on the roads outside the village, which was approved by politicians.

 

“A man in dark clothing is in low-visibility conditions seen at about 18 meters, if the reflective elements on each other, the driver can see up to a distance of two hundred meters,” said transport expert Jan Sever off adjunct.

While for a man in dark clothing without any reflective tape is almost certain that if it gets into the path of the car, it is practically inevitable conflict. For example, a car traveling sixty travels in one single second less than seventeen meters, nearly whole distance at which the driver had a chance to pedestrians in dark clothes seen.

‘Driver’s reaction time is approximately one second. So actually when manages to react to pedestrians, colliding, “he explains Jan off adjunct why people should wear reflective elements.

Even in the cities it is due to many places that are poorly lit, but on the obligation is not applicable. Such a place may be, for example, in Devin road to Benson nod nearby agricultural in Liberia.

On checking new obligations are also preparing traffic policemen.

“First we focus on preventive actions to the information received as much as possible between people,” says the head of the regional traffic police Jeri

In the last week of February and will be able to meet traffic policeman at a number of hotspots, where they will be in cooperation with BESIP handing out reflective elements, such as belts or reflective vest.

The New Testament says: “If it goes walker outside the village of reduced visibility on the shoulder or side of the road in a place that is not illuminated by public lighting is required to wear elements of reflective material placed so that they are visible to other road users roads.”

People can cope in other ways: If you do not have your reflective elements, May at each other in the dark, for example, highlight a flashlight or cell phone shining. That night it can save lives.