Reflective umbrellas to make pedestrians visible

The Consellería de Infraestruturas, directed by Ethel Vázquez, commissioned a series of reflective umbrellas to make pedestrians aware of the need to be seen on rainy days. One of the umbrellas was sent to the General Director of Traffic, Gregorio Serrano, whom yesterday posted a photo on Twitter and publicly congratulated "the Xunta de Galicia and Ethel Vázquez for the magnificent initiative of providing high visibility umbrellas to Galician pedestrians". The umbrella is manufactured by Umbrella Carballo, a Galician company that also designs reflective tapes that can be attached to an umbrella. Rogelio Carballo, one of the owners of the company, explained to La Voz that for years they are concerned about road safety and that this idea was strengthened by a proposal from a Civil Traffic Guard.