Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 469 / 534
¿Podrán los ciclistas circular en paralelo por el arcén?
May cyclists ride side by side on the hard shoulder?
- ANo, en ningún caso.No, never.
- BSí, solo para adelantarse entre ellos.Yes, only to overtake each other.
- CSí.Yes.
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- CSí.Yes.
Under Article 36.2 of the General Traffic Regulations (RGC) (as worded by RD 518/2026), cyclists may ride two abreast on the hard shoulder and, if there is none or it is not passable, on the part of the carriageway that is strictly necessary. However, they must ride in single file on stretches without visibility, when they affect the flow of traffic, between sunset and sunrise, or when visibility is reduced.
deberán colocarse en hilera en los tramos sin visibilidad, cuando afecten a la fluidez de la circulación, o cuando circulen entre el ocaso y la salida del solRead the full rule
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