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Legal requirements for reflective gear for pedestrians

Author(s): Adam Pościk
Subject(s): Sociology, EU-Legislation
Published by: Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Keywords: high-visibility accessories: road accidents: legal requirements

Summary/Abstract: Over 800 pedestrians are killed in road accidents in Poland every year. Inadequate visibility, especially at night, is a main cause of these accidents. Retro-reflective accessories, which reflect the light of car headlights towards their source are effective in improving road workers’ and pedestrians’ visibility. This article discusses the legal requirements for marketing retro-reflective accessories, for their construction, limitations in use and technical requirements set out in a European standard.

  • Issue Year: 561/2018
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 22-24
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish