The Committee on Transport and Communications recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis and in entirety the draft law on amendments to article 19 of the Law “On Road Traffic” re usage of light-reflecting items by cyclists and teamsters at night time

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
21 May 2013, 14:19

 

The bill (Reg. No. 2519) suggests supplementing article 19 of the current law with the new part 5, under which “cyclists and teamsters at night time should wear light-reflecting waistcoats or have other light-reflecting items on their clothes.”

The author, people’s deputy H.Moskal justified adoption of the bill with the necessity to increase safety of road traffic.

The Committee Members supported the bill, which adoption will allow reducing number of road traffic incidents involving cyclists and teamsters at night time.