Police and insurance distribute yellow vests

Monday, October 23, 2017, in Lemieux, insurers and police distributed safety kits, including a yellow vest, to prevent pedestrians and cyclists, more vulnerable to wintertime.

 

On Monday, October 23, 2017, police and insurance agents settled in Place, from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm, to distribute safety kits to pedestrians and cyclists in Lemieux. “Our goal is to make prevention with the most exposed users,” says Karina Montaigne, mutual insurer of Poitiers. Inside the kit: a yellow reflective vest, a reflective bracelet, and a prevention plate. All of them are in a bag with a reflective band.

 

This distribution takes place this week because “every year, in the weeks following the transition to winter time, accidents increase by 40% for pedestrians.” In fact, the night arrives earlier and makes pedestrians and cyclists less visible without reflective elements. The National Federation of General Insurance Agents’ Associations and France Bleu distribute 10,000 kits in “prefectures and sub-prefectures of France.”

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