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From now on there will be a

specific police deployment

(national, regional or municipal agents) to fine up to 200 euros to users of scooters or bicycles that circulate on the sidewalk, as reported by the General Directorate of Traffic when presenting a

protection campaign pedestrians

.

Since the

Royal Decree that modified the regulations on vehicles and circulation

came into force last January

, personal mobility vehicles (VMP) are considered one more part of mobility for all purposes, such as cars and motorcycles.

Therefore, VMP drivers must

abide by the rules of the highway code

.

That means that they are

expressly prohibited from driving on the sidewalks

, a fact that causes problems and even

runs over

to pedestrians.

Nor can they do it on

interurban roads, crossings, highways, highways

or

urban tunnels

.

The DGT reminds that in personal mobility vehicles

only one person can go and that their driver is subject to the same alcohol rates allowed by the Road Safety Law

to other drivers, they are also prohibited from driving with the presence of drugs in the vehicle. body and make use of

headphones, mobile

or any other device while using the VMP.

According to Traffic, there are still users of scooters (to a lesser extent those who use the bicycle) who do not know the regulations, which does not exempt them from compliance. But to improve its information, the DGT, with the collaboration of the

Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), the Network of Walking Cities, the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) and the Spanish Confederation of Organizations of Older

. launches an information campaign based on questions and answers with the generic title of 'No pasa'.

Under this heading, the campaign plays with some

questions of general culture whose answer is 'pass' (that are not known)

, mixed with others about the traffic regulations in which 'no pass' that are not complied with.

Starting today, October 26, it can be seen on buses and urban media in

Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza and Malaga

, and can be heard on radio stations, digital media and social networks.

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