Overview of the safety vest requirement

Since 1 July, a safety vest must also be carried in Germany.  According to this new requirement, only one safety vest per vehicle must be available to the driver. However, it is recommended that experts ideally carry a safety vest for each occupant.

 

Especially private car owners affected by the new regulation. For commercial vehicles, it was already long. The basis for commercially used vehicles in the accident prevention regulation BGV D29 "Vehicles" of the employers' liability insurance associations. The warning waistcoat obligation, which has been in place since 1 July, applies to all cars, trucks, and buses registered in Germany. Motorcycles, however, are not affected by the new regulation. Motor homes are not explicitly mentioned in 53a paragraph 2 number 3 StVZO, but it is advised, inter alia, by the ADAC also in motor homes to carry at least one safety vest.

 

The safety vests must comply with DIN EN 471 or EN ISO 20471: 2013. Whether this is the case can be recognized by the note on the laundry sign. The approved safety vests are available in yellow, orange and red and are provided with two circumferential, five centimeters wide reflective tapes.

 

It should also be noted at this point that the legislature renounced requirements for wearing the safety vest. As an equipment rule, the statutory regulation only stipulates that a safety vest must be present on board in motor vehicles. It is not regulated at all when the safety vest must be created. In this respect, the self-responsibility of road users is trusted. It is recommended, especially in case of breakdown or accident situations in the dark or in poor visibility conditions to put on the safety vest.

 

To be able to wear the safety vest when needed, it should be stowed within reach of the vehicle. Thus, the glove box or side pockets offer, since the safety vest in a possible emergency in the trunk brings nothing, since they should be created for your own safety before getting out. Furthermore, it should be kept in a dark place because it bleaches under sunlight.

 

If you are checked in Germany and there is no safety vest in the vehicle or this is not shown, a fine of 15 is due.

 

Germany is now following many other EU member states with the introduction of the obligation to wear warning vests, in which the obligation to wear a warning vest has existed for some years. There are a wide variety of regulations in other EU countries. For example, a carry or carry obligation is regulated. It is also handled differently whether the obligation to wear warning vests exists only for the driver or for all occupants. If the respective regulations are disregarded often threatens a sensitive high fine. However, if you bring along a safety vest for each vehicle occupant and pull them in an emergency even before getting off, you are definitely on the safe side and has nothing to fear in other EU countries.

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