Night-Gear Inc.'s New Website Focuses on Night Time Safety for Outdoor Activities
Night-Gear Inc. Press ReleaseFlashlightNews.org - 08/07/2006
Visibility products retailer unveils new website specializing in reflective gear and safety illumination products
Night-Gear Inc.
STUART, Fl. - Night-Gear Inc.:
- The first automobile crash in the United States occurred in New York City in 1896 when a motor vehicle collided with a "pedalcycle" rider. (Famous First Facts, by Joseph Kane)
- Bicyclists accounted for 13 percent of all nonmotorist traffic fatalities in 2004. Pedestrians accounted for 84 percent and the remaining 2 percent were skateboard riders and roller skaters in 2004. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NHTSA)
- A vehicle traveling at 60 mph needs approximately 260 feet to stop.
Every year over 100,000 pedestrians and bicyclist are seriously injured or killed in accidents involving motor vehicles. This is a conservative estimate as data is often limited due to the low percentage of reported pedestrian accidents and bicycle crashes. The rate of which pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles is almost 4 times as great between the hours of 6PM an 6AM. (NHTSA)
About Night-Gear Inc.
Night-Gear Inc. focuses on night time safety by offering products online at www.night-gear.com that either enhances safety at night through illumination or through reflectivity. According to the US federal Highway Administration, the use of reflectors has been shown to increase visibility of pedestrians by a factor of five. In addition, lights are required on bicycles by law after dark in most states. It is therefore safe to conclude that to improve your personal safety at night you must be seen.
Night-Gear Inc. believes that a significant enhancement to personal safety can be achieved by providing products to that end. Night-Gear Inc. offers reflective technical apparel and illuminating products for people who work or play in low-light or no-light environments. All products offered at www.night-gear.com promote safety either through reflectivity or illumination.
Reflective gear consists of quality technical apparel which is designed for outdoor activities such as running, walking and bicycling as well as occupational use from illumiNITE(R) and others. Illuminating gear includes portable lighting such as flashlights and safety strobes and an extensive line of headlamps from well known manufacturers that are used in many applications including outdoor and sporting activities as well as industrial and professional work.