Topic: Duties of drivers and pedestrians · Nº 86 / 200
¿Puede una persona en silla de ruedas motorizada circular por el arcén de una carretera interurbana?
May a person in a motorised wheelchair travel on the hard shoulder of an interurban road?
- ANo. Las sillas de ruedas no pueden circular por carreteras fuera de poblaciones.No. Wheelchairs may not travel on roads outside towns.
- BSí. Deben circular por el arcén cuando este sea transitable.Yes. They must use the hard shoulder when it is passable.
- CSí. Pueden circular por la calzada o por el arcén.Yes. They may travel on the carriageway or on the hard shoulder.
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- BSí. Deben circular por el arcén cuando este sea transitable.Yes. They must use the hard shoulder when it is passable.
If the motorised wheelchair moves at walking pace, its user is a pedestrian and, where there is no pedestrian area, must use the hard shoulder if it is usable. If it goes faster, it is a vehicle for people with reduced mobility, which must use the right-hand hard shoulder if it is passable (Article 36.1 of the General Traffic Regulations).
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