Only a few days remain until the amendment to the Road Act comes into force. Among other things, it is obligatory for pedestrians to refer to reflective vests in reduced visibility. What is the best? Where to find? How to wear them? Advised expert...
The amendment to the Road Act will enter into force when it officially comes out in the Collection of Laws. That's about mid-February. In particular, pedestrians, especially those in rural areas, should prepare for the news. The law will give them a new command to wear reflective elements to be visible to the driver.
The first thing to note is the fact that the headlight or flashlight does not replace the reflective elements - paradoxically, even though the pedestrian is much better saw it. "Different sources of light are also a good option, but it is stipulated by law that this is to be a reflective element that reflects, so the law does not speak of a flashlight or a headlamp as a substitute, and it is really a reflection element, it is a fact that if we go with a headlamp or a flashlight, we can see it for a longer distance, but it is good to combine it with a reflective element, because otherwise the driver can be confused with a cyclist or a biker, "said Pert.
So how can reflective elements look like? "They are reflective tapes, stickers, or there are patches, and reflective bags for seniors are also considered, so it's just something that reflects more light than regular classic clothes," said TN.cz.
The minimum reflective area is not specified by law, but it is recommended to have at least a reflective tape that the pedestrian attaches to the hand, or to have more reflective patches on it. Look out for the dark colors. "It is recommended either white, yellow, red, green but not darker," said Pert.
What is important is the location of the reflector or reflection strip: "If such a reflective element or stripe is placed on the body, it is good to make it visible to the driver - to put it sideways on the road, not vice versa. The element should be seen both from the front and the back, so we recommend placing the strip on the forearm or around the wrist, then to the ankles or simply to the bottom of the foot. It's always better than less. "
And where to buy reflective elements? They can be found in almost every supermarket, in traits, in pet stores, in drugstores, at post offices or at petrol stations. It is also important that the obligation to wear reflective elements does not apply only in the dark, but in diminished visibility in general, which is even dark, fog, heavy snow and so on.
It is also a good idea to warn against too cheap reflex vests. "In some cases, it has already been shown that some reflective safety vests have a reduced reflection to the norm that defines it, a standard EN 471 which determines the width of the reflecting surface and the reflectivity of the material, and these extremely cheap vests, as it turned out, do not meet this standard. We recommend that the customer be sure that the EN 471 standard is marked on the sign, "says Pert.
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