As a motorist, you must make sure you have fluorescent safety vests in your vehicle. Why is it compulsory? When should you use them and how many vests must you have?
In Belgium and many other European countries, you have to put on a fluorescent vest when you leave broken down vehicle on the road. What does Belgian law say about this?
Mandatory equipment
The fluorescent vest is one of the mandatory items in your vehicle, just like the danger triangle and the first aid kit. If you do not have a fluorescent vest in your cockpit and you get control, you risk a ticket.
How many?
In a strict sense, it is mandatory to have only one vest in your car. It is therefore not necessary to provide a vest for each passenger (potential) of your vehicle. However, it is in your interest to go beyond this obligation. By wearing such a vest with reflective tape, passengers are much more visible when they come out of a damaged vehicle. It is therefore important for their safety to have enough vests on board.
When to use them?
You must wear a vest, as a driver, you are leaving your car when you are in a place where you cannot stop or park. It is wrong to think that this only applies to highways. This is not the case. On normal roads, you must also wear a vest with reflective material. From a strictly legal point of view, your passengers are not obliged to put on such a vest when they leave the vehicle. But for security reasons, they have every interest in doing so.
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