It will be an obligation to have a clothing reflective element in the Act since February. Tragic accidents with “invisible” Pedestrians are still many. For most pedestrians simply no reflective elements had. But as pointed BESIP or some reflective tape that can take pedestrians do not work as well as they should.

 

Acquisition of reflective tape is one of the ways to meet the demands that the new law puts the road to pedestrians who go under reduced visibility outside of the village. According to the Road Safety Department of the Ministry of Transport are not all the same tapes.

 

Correctly should be seen at 200 m. “There are also cases where the material acts must only within 60 to 70 meters,” said director Martin BESIP pastor. How well reflective tape to see is, should tell flyer, respectively. Good to see the reflective material that meet the European standard EN 13356th

 

Top on foot

Besides visibility tape itself, however, it plays a role and its location. At first sight it may seem best to place it on the sleeve. But from a security point of view it is not. Reflective tape on the leg is therefore most effective solution to actually guarantee the visibility of pedestrians to 200 meters. Reflective tapes this year, officers and employees BESIP distributed over 300 thousand.

 

The police are still mostly makes do with reproof. According to the law but they threaten people who do not use reflective strips when they’re on the road outside the village of reduced visibility, up to two thousand fine.

 

Rule while there is no arbitrariness of lawmakers, responding to the annual statistics of tragic accidents. Just this October died on the roads eighteen pedestrians, which significantly contributed to the particularly high number of deaths after traffic accidents during the month. According to the director of traffic police Thomas visibility participated in most conflicts with cars and pedestrians.