Reflective vests for drivers in the car
As of March 18, 2018, the fix was fixed in SDA. Drivers who are forced to stop on roads outside populated areas at night, with limited visibility on the road or curb, must wear a striped jacket, vest or vest with a fleece made of reflective material. The innovation applies to all drivers, without distinguishing between motorists and drivers. You can buy reflective vest by contacting the VAN TRADING company.
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What stripes should be on clothes?
What should drivers do – run to the nearest auto store or supermarket to buy the first striped tape they come across? Don’t rush! You need to buy, but not what. According to the updated traffic rules, drivers must have a jacket, vest or raincoat with stripes that meet the requirements of GOST 12. 4. 281-2014. Namely.
- The width of the reflective strip is at least 50 mm;
- Both the vest and jacket must have two of these reflective stripes placed horizontally above the torso. The bottom bar must be located at a distance of at least 50 mm from the bottom of the product, and the top bar – at least 50 mm from the bottom;
- Two more reflective stripes should be moved from the top horizontal stripe at the front to the top, and from the shoulders to the back shoulders, and the same horizontal stripe at the back to both sides (along both shoulders).
What are the consequences of failure to comply with this rule?
Outside the vehicle, all pedestrians. For some reason, no fines are being proposed for drivers for new offenses. As well as the maximum speed limit of 20 km/h. However, this does not mean that the rules can be ignored. The requirements currently for drivers have already been in force for pedestrians since 2017. However, pedestrians who find themselves at night on the side of roads or suburban roads, or on country roads or in conditions of limited visibility without reflective vests, are fined 500 rubles.
As soon as you leave the passenger compartment of your car or get off your motorcycle and put both feet on the road, you automatically become a pedestrian. And if there are no corresponding cartridges according to GOST, then they risk saying goodbye for 500 rubles.
Why is this necessary?
In the first six months of 2017, after the introduction of pedestrian regulations, there were a 10. 2 percent decrease in collisions with cars on Russian roads at night compared to the same period last year.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs attributes this positive change to the innovation, which resulted in drivers moving people along the shoulders of the roads. However, unlike in European countries and neighboring Belarus, “fireflies” rarely appear on the road to observe our fellow citizens. In the Baltic countries, wearing fireflies is practiced almost everywhere, not just in the countryside.
