“Better preventively increase security than wait for something to happen,” says Vera, while putting on a reflective tape on the sleeve of her coat.
Just like a number of other seniors and children, the free-of-charge reflexive tapes distributed to the city police at the crossings in Olin yesterday. “Every night when I come back home in the dark, I have to go along a road where there is no walkway and public lighting is weak,” she explained her fears of crashing car-working pensioner Perrot.
From grandchildren he knows that clothes are already being sold, which is equipped with reflexive elements from the manufacturer, but it is only for the young generation. “It’s expensive, too,” she said, “so much appreciated yesterday’s” gift “of tape-sleeved officers over her sleeve. “ I’m going to feel safer on the way now,” she smiled with a noticeable calming voice.
The fears of Vera Perrot are not uncommon. The police officers know this, and the evidence is, indeed, sad. One such happened at the end of last year. Without any reflective elements in dark clothes, a thirty-five-year-old pedestrian walked out, knocked by a 25-year-old driver. In the dark, the driver did not even see the man. “Apparently he was not monitoring the situation in front of him, and he did not go so fast as to be able to stop at a distance he had before him. Therefore, in order not to interfere with the obstacle or the person who would appear before him, “he described a sad event in which the pedestrian, regional police spokesman Alex died.
The alarming statistics of pedestrian crossings with cars were the main motive for Olin police officers, in cooperation with the Olin municipality, to decide on the situation with the observance of the principles of road safety for pedestrians. That is why a traffic-safety event took place yesterday in the morning; give away to the children who went to school at the reflective ribbons. “We are currently responding to pedestrian clothes, especially children, which are often dark and without reflective elements. It is easily overlooked for reduced visibility,” Milan, director of Milan’s municipal police, said.
Besides children, elderly people and seniors also received the tapes. “These are groups of people who are most vulnerable to traffic on the roads,” added Milan. “I’m glad that something is done for the safety of the children,” she praised the action of the police officers Anita, who accompanied her children in the morning, complaining that she was busy in the morning around the school where her children are going, so she is grateful for the morning supervision of the municipal police patrols at schools.
The children liked the tapes and put them on. “It’s great,” said Makita and Sarah, the schoolchild, and he was very interested in the tape, “I think it’s good, especially in the shade of a walk, we will certainly use it,” said Keppel. “It’s great to see us at least. We use reflective elements, and children have them on clothes and briefcases, “said Mother Petra.
“I use a flashlight because most of the year I live in a cottage at Resave and I’m always on my way. This is new and I am glad I got it,” Hrbek added. The regional coordinator BESIP Zdeněk Patík also acknowledged the event. “The more people use the safety reflective material, the better. It will certainly have a positive impact on pedestrian safety and accident reduction, “he said.