Expert of “lightening” of pedestrians on the road: Minimum is tape on the ankle or wrist

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Politicians’ citizens served a new topic. People on the roads outside municipalities are obliged to start to “glow”. But while the headlights of the car are quite clearly defined what now can help people? Bless addressed expert on road safety Roman. According to him, the minimum reflective tape on the ankle or wrist fits but the entire safety vest. Definitely not help but white.

During the last ten years, died 6 of 10 pedestrians. Even the most tragic months are from October to March. But now Deputies passed an amendment to the law that they should ensure greater safety, on the road outside the village because they will have to wear reflective elements. In the dark, so the driver can see at ten times longer than those without them. When buying them should but people should check their certification, using the clothing element will significantly pedestrian visibility, while it automatically leads to greater safety for all road users. For pedestrians, this means acquiring any reflective clothing supplement if you already wear element has, it is sufficient, “said Transport Minister Dan flux.

White color will not prevent accidents

Foreign surveys show that most pedestrians do not ever realize that they are not visible. While a quarter of drivers admit that pedestrians can go forth in the dark along the edge of the road not noticed.

Drivers thus dressed characters perceive about two seconds before a possible collision. That is little that the collision could have been avoided.

How to wear reflective elements?

Deservedly they are to be effective solution to the problem of “invisibility” of pedestrians in poor visibility considered reflective accessories. Quality reflective materials are up to 1 500 times brighter than normal wear white.

“Minimum area would in my view be appropriate reflective tape, which can be purchased and gives either above the wrist or ankle over,” said transport expert team of road safety Roman Bosky, if then someone walks regularly, for example, to work in the dark after a county road, and according to him good to have a reflective vest and that the visibility of pedestrians and multiply example, in fog or rain. Placed should then be closer to the middle of the road.

“If we go against cars, so it gives the right arm and right leg when we go on the left,” explains Bosky. On moving luminous points reacted roughly 3 times before on reflex statically placed on the hull.

According to him but people forget that, on a narrow road can overtake anyone and basically then approached pedestrians on the back. “If not reflective element on its back, it can easily overlook driver and knock. It should therefore be visible to oncoming traffic, “says Bosky.

Beware of the difference between reflective and fluorescent paint

Foreign experts agree that the best color reflective accessories can be regarded as a red, red-orange and orange. The limit should be bright yellow or yellow with a greenish hue. Favorite color is white, but she said not too safe.

“It’s her risk that the pedestrian may merge with the white road markings, a negative role plays and white lighting or the headlights of oncoming traffic,” warns Bosky. It is not just the visibility of pedestrians, but also its contrast with the surroundings where it moves.

When buying reflective elements would then people have to ask whether such a product certificate. Even among them they are to be found very cheap imitations, in which colors are not reflective, but only fluorescence. “These colors are perfectly visible in daylight, but at night they behave like any other non-reflective color. It is therefore better to buy really good stuff, “adds Bosky.

In Estonia and the Slovak Republic decreased the number of pedestrians killed

The effectiveness of reflective elements is already convinced and abroad. For example, in Estonia is decreasing the number of pedestrians killed in proportion to how many of them wear reflective element.

“In 2002, 38 percent used the reflexes of pedestrian fatalities in the dark totaled 27. In 2013, he used a reflective accessories with 79 percent of pedestrians (children up to then in 90-95%), the number of deaths fell a year later at sixteen,” says Team road safety with the fact that twelve of them were identified.

The Slovak Republic was obliged to use reflective accessories introduced in r. 2009, the total number of pedestrians killed in the year compared to 2008 fell sharply from 204 to 113, in 2014, then were 58 cases.

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