The Interministerial Committee of the Securite Routiere have announced some forthcoming measures for the protection of vulnerable road users.
Persons leaving their vehicle in the event of breakdown - from 1 July 2008, it will be obligatory for all vehicles to carry a warning triangle and reflective waistcoat for this purpose.
Cyclists riding at night - from 1 September 2008, all cyclists riding outside lit built up areas will be required to wear a reflective waistcoat.
Parents are also reminded of the need for children who are riding bicycles to be equipped with helmets, particularly those under 11 years of age.
The current 'pedestrian zone' and 'zone 30' do not currently allow a total integration of all users in urban streets, so the committee plans to introduce the concept of the 'zone de rencontre' within the code de la route where pedestrians will have priorty over all vehicles and will no longer be obliged to keep to the pavements. The speed limit will also be reduced to 20kph.
I wondered why Hyper U have these on offer in their shops and gift catalalogue.
Is it one waistcoat or tabbard per car or one for every actual or potential passenger?
Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more
Ron Avery wrote: Is it one waistcoat or tabbard per car or one for every actual or potential passenger?
On this subject - S/D, mine are orange, not yellow (somehow purloined from a railway ganger in the dim and distant past!) - does this matter?
I suspect that reflective means just that - colour isn't specified, nor is the required number mentioned yet.
I too have an old nicked British Rail orange waistcoat - I used to wear it whilst marshalling on the old RAC rallies during the 60's/70's. It's a bit faded now and it's got a big skull and crossbones in black paint on the back - not my current style, I'm afraid.....
Sunday Driver wrote: Persons leaving their vehicle in the event of breakdown - from 1 July 2008, it will be obligatory for all vehicles to carry a warning triangle and reflective waistcoat for this purpose.
Does this refer to ALL roads, or only on Autoroutes, as is the case in some countries at the moment?
No specific details published yet as far as I know - although they did mention autoroutes as an example of such a high risk situation.
cooperlola wrote:It has always interested me that the railways use orange and everybody else seems to favour yellow. You'd think that with the huge braking distances involved on the permanent way, that the railways would know something, wouldn't you?
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