You do not have put your yellow vest under the seat to prevent the plum of Control? AXA Club 14 and give you a chance to fall in line with 30,000 vests soon be available in branches and on their website. An offer which is, we believe, half good news.
AXA Prevention and Club 14, emanations of the insurance company AXA France, distribute, from 1 to 31 March 2016, 30 000 high visibility vests for motorcyclists and scooter riders. This operation, which is according to the organizers to remember the importance of being seen motorcycle, delights those who are reluctant to acquire the said jacket despite the contravention threat of Control. It wills at the same time those who feel that the wearing or carrying of fluorescent jacket and Reflective is the responsibility of everyone, without requiring legislation.
30,000 offered yellow vests. Yes, but…
After years of maneuvering on the part of government, a decree made the possession of a retro-reflective vest mandatory motorcycle since 1 January 2016. In case of non-presentation of this vest, fine (1st class) is 38 € (minus 11 €). We have published several articles about this obligation; we let you read our review about it.
Highlighting the safety of motorcyclists, Prevention and AXA Club 14 will therefore proceed with the free distribution of 30,000 of these jackets in the AXA Group agencies but also online since 7500 vests will be available.
We will spare you all the copied statements in the press release. A sentence has, however, we pounce. Serge, President of Club 14, explains that "Club 14 since 2013 emphasizes the need to be more visible and give drivers the means to more easily identify motorbikes; it therefore seems natural to us to support this measure of detention of a safety vest while leaving the rider or user of a two-wheeler decide under what conditions they must wear."
AVIMOTO Study: A motorcycle embedded in the visual noise of daytime running lights a phrase that is also yellow smile vest given that Club 14 was not really opposed to the systematization of daytime running lights on cars while the experts agree on the dangers of this measure makes the motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians less visible and therefore vulnerable. Unless it is envisaged to force all non-motorists drive a fluorescent jacket in the coming years.
Improving the visibility of motorcyclists is an initiative that we cannot really condemn. However, that as much energy we would be deployed to train drivers to be alert to their environment and more fragile.
One point on which insurance largely has the means to intervene with its members, without telling them that bikers are those who speed...
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