The Slovak parliament Tuesday afternoon adopted an amendment to the traffic law that sets a maximum permitted speed on sidewalks in urban areas at 6 kph.
It’s a blanket speed limit for the sidewalk, so no it’s not only about ebike and escooter, which mean you can’t walk like a rushing businessman catching bus, or running to catch your escaping cat. Your baby stroller is rolling downhil and you’re running at it to save your baby? Too bad, you get two ticket.
That’s a bad interpretation of the law. The law defines a max walking speed as 6 km/h. That’s a definition, not a speed limit. It will be used to clarify existing laws that already prescribe the movement of bicycles or scoters “at walking speed” on footpaths. Slovakia isn’t the first country to do that, either.
It’s a blanket speed limit for the sidewalk, so no it’s not only about ebike and escooter, which mean you can’t walk like a rushing businessman catching bus, or running to catch your escaping cat. Your baby stroller is rolling downhil and you’re running at it to save your baby? Too bad, you get two ticket.
That’s a bad interpretation of the law. The law defines a max walking speed as 6 km/h. That’s a definition, not a speed limit. It will be used to clarify existing laws that already prescribe the movement of bicycles or scoters “at walking speed” on footpaths. Slovakia isn’t the first country to do that, either.
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