It is getting darker in autumn. Some
farmers still keep cattle on pastures, sometimes a few hundred meters away from
the farm. Spending the herd on buildings can mean traveling on roads where the
cattle are hardly visible. How to deal with such a problem?
Local authorities in northern China
encourage breeders to attach reflective tapes to their animals to avoid road
accidents involving them after dark.
Regional road services already in
August started an information campaign combined with the distribution of free reflective
tapes for farmers
living in the vicinity of tourist routes and the largest cities in five
prefectures.
The tapes were made of PVC and shiny
crystals. The product is very durable, resistant to wear and low temperatures.
Cattle carrying tapes on their limbs
are visible from a distance of about 200 meters. This distance allows drivers
to react properly, according to local road services.
In the northern part of China, more
and more roads are being created that intersect the vast pasture lands. Breeders
keep not only cows on them but also horses and other animals. Herds invisible
in the evenings pose a significant threat to the road.
Numbers don't bode well. Since 2015,
over 1,500 road accidents involving livestock have been recorded in the region.
Of these, 78% took place after dark.
In one extremely extreme case, 12
people were killed and 28 were injured when the driver of a vehicle carrying
people tried to bypass a horse on the road.
According to local services, since the
information campaign began and breeders use reflective tapes, the number of
accidents on the road involving livestock has decreased by over 50% compared to
last year. The police hope the decline will be steady and plan to expand to
other regions in the future.
Polish breeders can take the example
of an action carried out in China. Although animal accidents do not happen on
such a scale with us, it is worth considering how to improve the visibility of
the herd on the road, even if it is only a rural road.
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