Vests for pilgrims against abuses

The Traffic Subsector of the Civil Guard of Pontevedra launched the campaign of the General Directorate of Traffic on Road Traffic Prevention that will take place until the end of next November in the autonomous community of Galicia.

During the day yesterday, members of the Traffic detachments of the Civil Guard of Vilaboa and O Porriño delivered several reflective vests to the pilgrims who traveled the Camino de Santiago at their intersections or coincidences with the road network of their respective demarcations.

As reported by the armed institute, among the objectives of this campaign, which aims to prevent road accidents, is the distribution of high visibility vests among pedestrians, especially older people, walkers, and pilgrims.

The intention, says the Civil Guard in a statement, is to make pedestrians aware that they have to be seen on the road using the reflective vest, even during the day and encourage behavioral habits to create safe behaviors, in the understanding that the family environment of the older pedestrian must convey the danger of walking without a vest.

In the campaign, special attention will also be given to drivers, making sure they make use of the high visibility vest whenever they get off the vehicle and occupy the road or the sidewalk on interurban roads.

The traffic detachment of the Civil Guard of O Porriño monitors the southern part of the Vigo area, so the campaign extends along the path of the Camino de Santiago.

The high number of outrages mainly in rural has led Traffic to put this campaign to stop these accidents.

Visibility is one of the fundamental causes since the absence of reflective vests prevents vehicles traveling through secondary roads from noticing the presence of pedestrians, those who make the road as pilgrims and those who invade the road to cross.