Police officers in Sarajevo have began fining drivers of electrical scooters who transfer on the sidewalk.
As Klix.ba writes, misdemeanor orders or fines within the quantity of fifty BAM are issued to drivers.
“The movement of bicycles, mopeds and electric balancing means of transport is prohibited on the surfaces intended for the movement of pedestrians”, it’s acknowledged within the amended Law on the regulation of site visitors within the space of Sarajevo Canton.
The Ministry of Interior of Sarajevo Canton confirmed to Klix.ba that, in accordance with the amended legislation, they problem fines within the above quantity.
“A person who drives an electric balancing means of transport and uses a sidewalk intended for pedestrians to move, violates an offense from Article 37, paragraph 5 of the Law on Traffic Regulation in the KS area, and can be fined in the amount of 50 to 250 BAM,” they stated.
On the opposite hand, electrical mobility scooters are allowed to maneuver on bicycle paths and bicycle lanes, in addition to on the roadway.
If there isn’t any bicycle path, drivers of cell automobiles are allowed to maneuver on the street. The legislation says that motion on the roadway is allowed in a width of no a couple of meter from the correct fringe of the roadway.
“Bicycle riders and moped riders, if propelled by the driver’s power, are obliged to move as close as possible to the right edge of the roadway, and if there is a bicycle path, on the bicycle path, that is, the path,” states the state legislation, which nonetheless “does not recognize” romobiles.
This may trigger issues on the roads and create extra congestion and endanger the security of passengers, provided that in Sarajevo, bicycle paths don’t lengthen all through your entire metropolis and that drivers of cell automobiles can be compelled to drive on the street in some components of town.
Drivers of electrical scooters are additionally suggested to put on helmets, primarily for security causes, but additionally due to the chance that the police will quickly begin punishing them for this.
Last week, as a result of growing variety of electrical automobiles in Sarajevo Canton and the dearth of clear authorized frameworks, Cantonal Minister of Transport Adnan Steta submitted an initiative to manage the motion of this implies of transport to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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