Standard EN17353

TO BE SEEN, YOU MUST SHOW YOURSELF

Safety is at the heart of the development of equipment for users of 2 and 3 wheels.

Whatever roads you take, be sure to be visible to other road users with the EN 17353 standard.

OUR GOAL: PROTECTION FOR ALL

For 30 years, we have been proud to equip all motorcyclists. Our goal is to offer you protection and comfort on all your journeys.

Thus, all our equipment benefits from the latest innovations and is approved to current standards.

But this protection would not be complete without a new approach to road safety: being visible to all.

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BE VISIBLE FOR MORE SAFETY

Inspired by headlights that protect road users, our new design element is called the "Signal".

Be visible and recognizable thanks to our new elegant and modern symbol, immediately identifiable to everyone.

BERING has integrated the EN 17353 standard to ensure protection for its users by making them more visible in low visibility situations.

The simplicity of the Signal makes it recognizable from afar and makes it a strong differentiating element in the eyes of road users.

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PROTECTION THROUGH RETRO-REFLECTION

This garment has been designed to offer increased visibility thanks to retro-reflective elements, in accordance with the NF EN 17353 standard.

These elements are placed where users need them most, allowing for better identification.

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UNDERSTANDING THE EN 17353 STANDARD

The EN 17353 standard concerning enhanced visibility equipment for moderate risk situations was adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) on July 5, 2020.

It specifies the requirements related to the visibility of enhanced visibility equipment for moderate risk situations.

VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES

The products BERING are class B2 and therefore have a minimum retroreflective surface that must appear on the lower and/or upper limbs. The minimum reflective material surface must be greater than or equal to 180 cm².

Only signaled by the motorcycle's headlights, the integration of the requirements of this standard on the protection equipment BERING allows motorcyclists to benefit from increased visibility in areas not signaled by luminous elements.

Do you have a question?

What level of visibility?

The standard determines 3 classifications of clothing:

  • Type A - daytime visibility: the garment is exclusively made of fluorescent material

  • Type B - visibility in darkness: the garment has retroreflective elements
  • B1: freely suspended
  • B2: at the level of the limbs (legs or arms)
  • B3: at the level of the torso or the torso and limbs

  • Type AB - visibility in day, twilight, and darkness: the garment combines retroreflective and fluorescent materials (note: these are not high visibility clothing certified EN 20471)
What is meant by retroreflective?

It is a precise phenomenon that is used to designate the reflection of light from a surface back to its source.

How to produce this phenomenon?

The microbead film allows for effective light reflection after adding glass microbeads into an acrylic resin.

The resulting mixture is then applied to the metallic mirror.

Each microbead has an important action as it acts like a 90° mirror.

The light rays are reflected back to the road user who becomes aware of them even in complete darkness.