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Topic: Duties of drivers and pedestrians · Nº 32 / 200

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Un peatón circula por su izquierda en una vía interurbana. ¿Circula correctamente?

A pedestrian is walking on their left on a road outside built-up areas. Are they doing it correctly?

  • ASí.Yes.
  • BNo, porque debe circular siempre por el lado de la calzada donde el arcén sea transitable.No, because they must always walk on the side of the carriageway where the hard shoulder is usable.
  • CNo, porque debe circular por la derecha de la calzada en el sentido de su marcha.No, because they must walk on the right of the carriageway in their direction of travel.
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Correct answer

  • ASí.Yes.
Explanation

Outside built-up areas, and in travesías (stretches of road through a town) with no area for pedestrians, as a general rule pedestrians must walk on their left, unless it is safer to walk on their right.

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