Starting today, a reflective safety jacket is part of the mandatory equipment of each vehicle using the road. That made Secretary of State for the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Koop Asthma known. That obligation was traveling came to none as a surprise, however, did come by the driver as a surprise that safety vest in the vehicle must always be worn.
There was a lot of confusion about the safety vest. Since February 2007 it is mandatory to wear such a vest if you step on a motorway or freeway roadside. But it was not yet mandatory equipment for the vehicle.
State Secretary Koop Asthma is pleased that this uncertainty now belongs to the past. "To ensure that the driver effectively is wearing his reflective vest, it is necessary that he wears when driving this cardigan. This will also be controlled now by regulators such as the National Police Agency," said Asthma.
It seems that the government increasingly intervenes. Motorcyclists must wear crash helmets, car drivers must wear a seat belt, and now also the reflective safety vest. The safety vest, as of today, along with the warning triangle, the aid kit and fire extinguisher are obligatory in every car.
"It's definitely not for us as a surprise; it's not for nothing that many carmakers have summarized this equipment to a delivery package. In most cars this mandatory issues are also available for a long time standard. "
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