Especially now in the dark season, the visibility of pedestrians is often limited during the day due to twilight, fog or rain. Reflective high-visibility vests help to significantly increase the visibility of road users.
The Traffic Accident Prevention Department of the Wuppertal Police Headquarters has procured a total of 1800 children's warning vests with the help of the Alliance for Safety in the Bergisches Land Citizens and Police. These are to be distributed to each of the 53 elementary school in Wuppertal, so that each school will receive a class set of children's warning vests. Equipped in this way, the pupils will then be able to move more visibly and safely in public traffic areas during class excursions.
Last Tuesday, November 7, 2023, an official handover ceremony took place at the Donarstraße community elementary school. On behalf of all elementary school, the 1st class and their class teacher accepted the vests.
The handover of the children's warning vests was accompanied by the Head of the Traffic Directorate and the Traffic Accident Prevention Department of the Wuppertal Police Headquarters.
In the following weeks, the other elementary school will also be equipped with a class set of children's warning vests by colleagues from the traffic accident prevention department.