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Fines for riding an electric scooter on the footpath in Spain can reach 200 euros
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of proper electric scooter use in a bid to reduce the number of accidents involving pedestrians. Running from Monday October 25 until November 7, the initiative will include increased surveillance to ensure that personal mobility vehicles such as scooters and bikes are not used on footpaths.
With buses throughout Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla and Malaga carrying slogans and radio and social media getting in on the action, the DGT hopes that regional authorities will be more confident in issuing fines to people breaking the rules.
Since January 2, scooter users must comply with the rules of the road just like other drivers and, as well as being banned from pavements, they are not allowed to travel on highways or through urban tunnels.
During the course of the campaign there will be additional surveillance of the movement of scooters and bicycles, with fines of up to 200 euros being doled out for serious infractions.
As scooters are now classed as all-purpose vehicles, their users are subject to the same alcohol rates as other drivers and driving under the influence of drugs is strictly prohibited. In addition, only one person is allowed on a scooter at any time, and the use of headphones, mobile phones or any other device while operating the vehicle is a fineable offence.
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