Whether at Eschenheimer Tor, at the plant ring or at schools: cyclists and motorists must expect controls in the next two weeks. The municipal traffic police and the Hessian state police are organizing the so-called "road safety weeks" until Friday, 3 November.
Cyclists traveling without lights or riding on the pavement will be stopped and fined. Motorists who drive too fast near schools are flashed and get a nod. The action started on Monday evening with a check on the Friedberg. In addition, law enforcement officials are checking cyclists at ten different locations in the city, said Rainer, who heads the Traffic Police Department of the Road Traffic Department.
The traffic police not only distribute traffic tickets. They also give away reflective ribbons with the logo "Let Them See You". 7500 pieces are intended, Michaels said.
In addition, the traffic police at 84 points near school check the speed with mobile flashers. Cars that parked incorrectly would also be written on the occasion. Sense of traffic safety weeks is to make people aware that the traffic in the dark season can be dangerous, said the Department of Transportation. The risk of being involved in an accident at dusk and in the dark is three times as high as in daylight. In rain or snow, the accident risk is even ten times higher, it said.
Reflective clothing makes cyclists visible
With the "Let yourself be seen" campaign, the Traffic Bureau promotes people to make themselves more visible in traffic at night by wearing contrasting, reflective clothing or reflective ribbons.
The reflective vest is visible to motorists 150 meters away, white clothing at 40 meters. Black clothes, however, only 25 meters away - there is hardly time for motorists to react.
According to Michaels, the main cause of accidents among cyclists is when cyclists are driving in the wrong direction on the bike path; if they disobey red lights; if your bike is not "safe to drive" - so have no front and rear lights or reflective spoke reflectors. Accidents also often happened when pedestrians behaved in traffic with cyclists against traffic. In addition, it would be dangerous if stronger road users such as car drivers did not pay attention to weaker cyclists.
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