The City Police are starting a new week-long campaign today aimed at cyclists and users of personal mobility vehicles (PMV), the goal being to ensure the correct use of vehicles and complement the conditions for the circulation of these types of vehicles and cycles with more than two wheels.
Intensive campaigns are conducted over a fixed period several times a year in an effort to reduce road accidents in the city, the number of victims and the severity of injuries sustained.
On this occasion, from today until Sunday 21, the campaign will be focusing on the use and circulation of personal mobility vehicles, as well as the obligations of riders and drivers of other types of vehicles in relation to PMVs.
Attention will be given to inappropriate parking and distractions while riding (traffic lights, pedestrian crossings etc.), particularly infringements which put pedestrians in danger. There will also be breathalyser tests and drug-driving tests.
The campaign will be conducted citywide, with special attention to the seafront and cycles with more than two wheels (with or without assisted pedalling) operating as rickshaws without licences.
The goal of the campaign is also to carry out administrative inspections at premises renting out personal mobility vehicles.
Among other obligations, users of these vehicles must remember that:
- PMVs are classed as vehicles and therefore cannot circulate on pavements or in pedestrianised areas.
- The minimum age for using a PMV or a cycle with more than two wheels is 16 (if transporting passengers in an authorised vehicle, users must be of age).
- Third party insurance cover is obligatory if using these vehicles for comercial activity.
The last campaign of this type was conducted at the start of April and resulted in 485 formal denouncements.