Reflective materials are up to 1 500 times brighter than regular white clothes. The best combination can be considered as light clothing supplemented with reflective tapes. On such dressed pedestrians, the drivers respond 30 times before the figure in dark clothing without reflective accessories and 8-9 time earlier than the person in white. The walker in the dark, dawn and dusk is almost invisible to the driver without reflective accessories. Therefore, the obligation to use reflective accessories is also set in a number of other countries. For example, in Finland, pedestrians need to use reflective accessories while walking in the dark outside the village and the village. Similarly in Estonia or Belarus. In Poland and Hungary, pedestrians are obliged to wear a walk along the road outside the village not only in the dark but also during the day when the visibility of the reflective vest is impaired. In Slovakia, in the case of reduced visibility, a walker walking along the roadside or on the edge of a roadway must be visibly located reflective elements or dressed reflective safety clothing. In Russia, it is similar to ours, so we have an obligation to wear reflective accessories for reduced visibility while walking outside the village.
What color of reflective accessories will protect the most? And where to go with them?
Traditionally, white tapes are selected. However, there is a pitfall that the pedestrian - although duly marked - will not be recognized by the driver in time because he can easily merge with a white horizontal road sign when walking along the road. The white color of public lighting or headlamps of anti-traffic vehicles often plays a negative role. "It is not only the visibility of the pedestrian but also the contrast to the surroundings where he moves. Traffic experts, therefore, agree that the best color of reflective accessories can be considered bright yellow with a greenish shade. The bad ones are neither bright red, red-orange and orange. "says Roman Bosky of the Road Safety Team.
Under reduced visibility, pedestrians with reflective accessories placed on moving parts of the body are best viewed by drivers. Ideally above the wrist and above the ankle. "moving fluorescent points react roughly 3 times before the reflective surfaces are statically located on the hull. Therefore, reflective vests are also considered as a significant preventive supplement reducing the probability of a pedestrian by 85%. Of course, wearing reflective accessories on the side of the center of the road, it must be visible to drivers coming to the front but also on the back of the pedestrian. "concludes Roman Bud sky.
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