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How to correctly report the scene of a car accident?
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Where did the accident happen? Kilometer posts will help here!
When a car accident occurs, the most important thing that those involved must do is provide first aid to any injured people. If the vehicle catches fire, it's also necessary to call the fire department, although a dry powder extinguisher should also be used if possible. Depending on the type of car, the fire extinguishers available have a suitable capacity, such as the Moje Auto 6KG ABC Dry Powder Extinguisher . In some situations, you can manage on your own until help arrives.
In addition, it is necessary to call an ambulance. How to do it so that paramedics have no problems getting to the scene of the incident? After all, we cannot necessarily be in a place we know well and be able to explain well to the person from the emergency room accepting our call. In such situations, roadside kilometer markers prove to be a great help. That's why it often happens that the driver or passengers are initially shocked. They simply forget about them and the help that comes from them. Thanks to them, paramedics will find the scene of the incident very quickly. You just need to provide all the information contained on the post. Even without understanding them, providing the data to the person accepting the report will significantly speed up the entire process.
How to mark the accident site?
If a car accident occurs, after identifying yourself by wearing a high-visibility vest, such as the Moje Auto Virage Reflective Vest , you must first answer the question: are there any injured people requiring medical attention? This will determine our next course of action at the scene.
If people are injured and medical help is needed, in principle nothing should be moved from the scene. Everything should remain in place, not moved. This undoubtedly makes sense for the police and for explaining the circumstances of the incident. However, if there are no injuries and the event is only a collision, then it is the responsibility of the participants in the collision to move the vehicles to the side of the road so that they do not obstruct the road. If the cars have their documents in order and there are no problems when filling out a report to the insurer, then police involvement is often not needed.
How do you mark the scene of an accident safely?
To inform other road users about the incident, it is necessary to mark the area with an approved warning triangle, such as the Moje Auto Virage Warning Triangle . The distance between the triangle and the damaged vehicle should be well known to every driver. Therefore, it is 100 meters on the highway and 1 meter from the vehicle in built-up areas or directly behind them. The triangle can be placed directly on the car's roof, and on roads outside built-up areas, it should be 30 to 50 meters away.
How to understand picket posts?
Chainage posts, or so-called kilometer posts, are placed at the side of the road. They carry a lot of information about the area we are in. Chainage posts are painted white and the numbers and figures on them are black. Moreover, even at night, such a pole is easy to locate on the road because it contains reflective light. The numbers on a chainage post mean:
- the number in the upper part of the post, above the reflector, indicates the number of the road we are on,
- below the reflector is the number of kilometers of a given road,
- below, under the number of kilometers is the number of meters of the road in hundreds.
As you can see, a picket fence provides complete and critical information about the location where a car accident occurred. It is necessary to be able to receive help as quickly as possible. Providing these digits and numbers when calling the emergency number will significantly shorten the time because the person we are talking to will locate us faster.
Summary
This article draws attention to all drivers and people who often act as passengers to the fact that even when an accident occurs in a place we do not know at all, when we see a picket post, we can be sure that the called services will find us very quickly and they will provide the necessary assistance.
