Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 203 / 534
¿Pueden los ciclistas mayores de 14 años circular por el arcén de una autovía?
May cyclists over 14 ride on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway (autovía)?
- ASí. Pueden usar el arcén tanto en autovías como en autopistas.Yes. They may use the hard shoulder on both dual carriageways (autovías) and motorways (autopistas).
- BNo. Está prohibido por motivos de seguridad vial.No. It is forbidden for road safety reasons.
- CSí, salvo que señales lo prohíban por motivos de seguridad vial.Yes, unless signs prohibit it for road safety reasons.
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- CSí, salvo que señales lo prohíban por motivos de seguridad vial.Yes, unless signs prohibit it for road safety reasons.
Cyclists over 14 may ride on the hard shoulders of dual carriageways (autovías), unless this is expressly prohibited for road safety reasons with the appropriate signs. This is set out in Article 38 of the General Traffic Regulations, which says that, although bicycles are generally not allowed on motorways (autopistas) and dual carriageways (autovías), they are allowed on the hard shoulders of dual carriageways as long as no sign says otherwise.
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