Topic: Duties of drivers and pedestrians · Nº 67 / 200

Los peatones, ¿tienen los mismos derechos que los conductores para utilizar las vías públicas?

Do pedestrians have the same rights as drivers to use public roads?

  • ASólo en las calles residenciales.Only in residential streets.
  • BSí.Yes.
  • CNo.No.
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Correct answer

  • BSí.Yes.
Explanation

Pedestrians have the same right to use the road as drivers. They are one more part of traffic and we must respect them, especially given how vulnerable they are. Pedestrians have priority: - At properly signposted pedestrian crossings. - When drivers are turning to enter another road and there are pedestrians crossing it, even if there is no crossing for them. - When the vehicle crosses a hard shoulder on which pedestrians are walking and there is no pedestrian area for them. - In pedestrian areas: when vehicles cross them at the crossings provided, drivers must let the pedestrians walking there go first. - Pedestrians about to get on, or who have got off, a public passenger vehicle at a signposted stop, when they are between that vehicle and the nearest pedestrian area or refuge. - Troops in formation, school groups and organised processions.

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