Topic: Manoeuvres · Nº 123 / 982
¿Qué haremos si circulamos por una carretera convencional y al cambiar de dirección a la derecha para entrar en un camino de tierra nos encontramos peatones circulando por el arcén?
What should we do if, on a conventional road, we turn right into a dirt track and find pedestrians walking on the hard shoulder?
- ACederles el paso porque el vehículo cruza un arcén por el que estén circulando peatones que no disponen de zona peatonal.Give way to them, because the vehicle is crossing a hard shoulder used by pedestrians who have no pedestrian area.
- BAdvertirles con el claxon y continuar la maniobra.Warn them with the horn and carry on with the manoeuvre.
- CPasaremos primero porque los peatones no están pasando por un paso de peatones y no tienen preferencia.Go first, because the pedestrians are not on a pedestrian crossing and do not have right of way.
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- ACederles el paso porque el vehículo cruza un arcén por el que estén circulando peatones que no disponen de zona peatonal.Give way to them, because the vehicle is crossing a hard shoulder used by pedestrians who have no pedestrian area.
Explanation
Under Article 65 of the General Traffic Regulations (RGC) (as worded by RD 518/2026), the driver must give way to pedestrians when their vehicle crosses a hard shoulder used by pedestrians who have no pedestrian area, even if there is no pedestrian crossing.
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