Topic: Duties of drivers and pedestrians · Nº 31 / 200
¿Está permitido que una persona en silla de ruedas circule por el arcén (parte lateral de la carretera)?
Is a person in a wheelchair allowed to travel on the hard shoulder (the side part of the road)?
- ASolo en vías urbanas.Only on urban roads.
- BNo.No.
- CSí, cuando no exista zona peatonal practicable.Yes, when there is no usable pedestrian area.
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- CSí, cuando no exista zona peatonal practicable.Yes, when there is no usable pedestrian area.
Under Article 122.1 of the General Traffic Regulations (as worded by RD 518/2026), when there is no usable pedestrian area, pedestrians must use the hard shoulder, if there is one and it is usable, or otherwise the carriageway, keeping as far as possible from vehicle traffic. The old exception in Article 121.2, which allowed use of the hard shoulder even when there was a pedestrian area, has been removed.
En los supuestos en los que no exista zona peatonal practicable, los peatones deberán circular por el arcén izquierdo en el sentido de su marcha, si existe y es practicable o, en su defecto, por la calzada.Read the full rule
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