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Councillor for Traffic and Public Safety, Lola Sanchez, presented this morning in the Plaza de la Cruz, the campaign "Cycling, respects the rules' by which the City Council seeks to inform cyclists of traffic rules pertaining to it .
Agents neighborhood of the local police in Murcia and districts, will have from today 20,000 leaflets regulations affecting users of the bicycle and that will be delivered is specified to all those cyclists traveling on the road public.
Thus, in the diptych it is reported not mandatory to use headphones to respect traffic lights and signs, checking that there are other vehicles to join the march and signaling maneuvers.
It is also recalled that the elderly can carry a child under 7 years with an approved seat, to be carried red white light in front and behind, the blood alcohol limit is 0.25 and it is mandatory to respect the priority in crosswalks.
Similarly, the ban on sidewalks and obligation to run down the middle of the right lane and wearing helmets on interurban roads included and always if you are under 16 years.
Finally, the booklet contains various sanctions established by the Law on Traffic, Motor Vehicle Traffic and Road Safety and collected by the Municipal Public Bikes.
Thus, on sidewalks or pedestrian area, not respect traffic lights, not respecting the right of way for pedestrians, talking on mobile bike not wearing a helmet if under 16 and wearing headphones on the bike is sanctioned 200 euros, while no wear on the lighting means 80 euros.
Violations of the Municipal Public Bicycles are:
Second transporting people, do wheelies, skids, stunts or jumps, among other behaviors (Mild).
Providing bicycle to others, bad anchorage or lack of temporary fixation, delays in return greater than 24 hours and less than 7 days (Grave).
Theft, unjustified abandonment and loss, not returning more than 7 days, severe or significant deterioration (very severe).
Minor offenses pose a fine of up to 250 euros, gross of 251 to 500 euros and very serious from 501 to 1500 euros.
Councillor for Traffic and Public Safety, Lola Sanchez, explained that "traffic regulations states that bicycles are vehicles and, therefore, have to comply with traffic rules. What we want now is to carry out this first informative phase for cyclists know exactly what regulations affecting them ".
"From the Office of the Bicycle work in two ways: on the one hand the driver respects the rider and, secondly, that the cyclist respect to pedestrians."
"In addition, soon will begin to build more than 20 kilometers collected in the Plan of bike lanes segregated for cyclists have their own space, but if there are no national law is clear: Bicycles must travel on the road for being considered a vehicle "it has completed Sanchez.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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