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In electric scooter and with erratic rhythm by a highway. This is how a 36-year-old woman was detected in Pontevedra this weekend. A patrol of the Civil Guard Traffic detachment intercepted her on Sunday morning after receiving a warning from witnesses who, seeing her circulating with such an inappropriate vehicle, alerted to the danger.

For this dangerous behavior, the woman, neighbor of the city of Pontevedra, will be sanctioned by administrative means, but, despite the striking nature of her action and having been able to cause a high risk, the penalty will only be 100 euros . From the Civil Guard Traffic Subsector, Lieutenant Juanjo López Castro explains that it is because he is sanctioned as a pedestrian, not as a driver.

The woman had accessed the AP-9 motorway by a small addition located in Lourido , in the city hall of Pontevedra de Poio , and, after circulating a small section in the direction of Vigo , crossed the median and changed direction to move towards the access to to the city of Pontevedra. In total, it traveled about two kilometers, according to the data provided by the Civil Guard.

When he had already traveled all that way, two traffic bikers stopped him, signaled the incident and met the woman. She told them that she had "disoriented" and had entered the highway by mistake, but that, once she saw herself on that road, she already chose to continue driving until she reached the next exit and headed to her destination.

Vehicles for urban roads only

As he explained, his final destination would be the supply square of the city of Pontevedra and it was a few meters away from the motorway exit. The funny thing is that, to reach that destination, it would have arrived more quickly and directly by a conventional road, without having to enter the high capacity road.

Once the traffic officers stopped him, another patrol was asked for help, in this case already in a four-wheeled vehicle, to get the woman out of the place. The Civil Guard troops took the woman to her destination and handed her the scooter.

The events occurred around 9:45 on this Sunday, an hour at which, fortunately, there was not much traffic on the highway, so that the woman did not generate real dangerous situations. Lieutenant Juanjo López explains that he has been sanctioned with 100 euros because he has only been detected an administrative infraction, but that his conduct could have ended in criminal proceedings if he had caused a dangerous situation.

From Traffic stand out the "risk that could concur" and the danger associated with this type of behavior and take advantage of the "pedagogical opportunity" that is offered to make this woman see the erratic of her behavior and to remember that electric scooters, considered Vehicles of personal mobility (VMP) , are designed for urban roads and their use is not allowed for interurban roads and, less high capacity.

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