Can cyclists ride on sidewalks?

Summer is coming soon. You and your children will go rollerblading, scooters, bicycles. Each parent, before explaining to the child where he can ride according to the traffic rules, must find out for himself whether it is possible to ride a bicycle on the sidewalks, on the road.

Now the laws change almost every day, and it will take a lot of time to follow them. In this article, I will tell you whether a cyclist can ride on sidewalks and where he generally has the right to ride.

Basic concepts you need to know

The wording accurately says “TC,” which means that all the rules that apply to cars also apply to bicycles.

If you are riding a bicycle, you are a direct participant in the traffic, and you are not allowed to ride on the sidewalk, and if you are walking next to a bicycle, then you are a pedestrian.

Where can you ride a bike?

Since 2014, there are six points where you can cycle through:

Over 14 years old:

1. bike path;
2. Extreme right lane;
3. roadside;
4. Sidewalk.

You need to look from top to bottom, that is, if there is no bike path, then you should drive on the rightmost lane of the road. If you can’t go there either, then you can go along the side of the road, and if it is busy or not, then you are guided by the fourth point - the sidewalk!

Exceptions:

• You can drive along the road if the width of the load is more than one 100 cm;
• If you are traveling in a group, then you can go along the road.

Since 2014, dedicated lanes for cyclists have been equipped. And since 2015, cyclists have received the right to ride in dedicated lanes on the road!

fines

Traffic police officers are quite loyal to cyclists, but the law provides for fines for them too!

If you look closely at this wording, then any violation that the cyclist made should be punished by a fine of 800 rubles. If he was not sober, then a fine from one thousand rubles to one thousand five hundred rubles!

Fines for cyclists cannot be compared with fines for motorists. For the latter, driving while intoxicated is fifty thousand rubles!

Despite the fact that there are fines for cyclists, in Russia they are rarely fined.

In Poland, prisons are overflowing with drunken cyclists

Ride a bike, have fun and do not violate traffic rules!

This story happened to my friend. (Further narration from his face)

Once I went on a bike ride with my friends. On the first day we had planned to get to Ryazan. It is not far. We all already had a lot of experience in such events. I alone have a decade of cycling experience behind me.

When we were not far from Voskresensk, a traffic cop stops us and starts telling us that we have no right to drive along the highway. We begin to tell him that we are moving in a group, that we have good reason for this, but he claims that we still have to drive along the side of the road. As a result, we argued with him for about five minutes, then we realized that he just needed money. We chipped in and it turned out that the nine of us gave him five thousand rubles.

We continued the route, reached Ryazan, stopped there for a couple of days, drove around the city and drove further towards Ufa through Penza.

It also happens that sometimes they stop and just take the money, although my friends tried to tell him something, but the traffic cop did not even want to listen to them.