Topic: Duties of drivers and pedestrians · Nº 9 / 200

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¿Los peatones pueden ir por una carretera convencional?

May pedestrians walk along a conventional road?

  • ANo, si no hay arcén transitable.No, if there is no passable hard shoulder.
  • BSolo si van empujando un carro.Only if they are pushing a cart.
  • CSí, por el arcén suficiente y transitable o, en su defecto, por la parte imprescindible de la calzada.Yes, on the hard shoulder if it is wide enough and passable or, if not, on the part of the carriageway that is strictly necessary.
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  • CSí, por el arcén suficiente y transitable o, en su defecto, por la parte imprescindible de la calzada.Yes, on the hard shoulder if it is wide enough and passable or, if not, on the part of the carriageway that is strictly necessary.
Explanation

On a conventional road, pedestrians must walk on the hard shoulder if there is one and it is passable. If there is none or it is not passable, they must walk on the part of the carriageway that is strictly necessary, on its left-hand side.

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