In exceptional circumstances, can an electric scooter rider use a pedestrian path?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
The question is about the use of a footway by the rider of an electric scooter. Exceptionally, the rider may use it. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that the rider of an electric scooter may use a footway (droga dla pieszych) exceptionally, when the footway runs along a roadway where vehicles are allowed to travel at a speed higher than 30 km/h, and there is no cycle path, no shared footway and cycle path and no cycle lane. The basic rule is different: a scooter rides on a cycle path or in a cycle lane, and when there are none - on a roadway with a limit of up to 30 km/h. The pavement is the last option, intended for a situation where the only alternative would be a roadway with traffic faster than 30 km/h, for example an ordinary street with a 50 km/h limit. On the pavement the scooter rider must ride at a speed close to walking speed, exercise particular caution, give way to pedestrians and not obstruct them - in practice he rides slowly and goes around pedestrians with a wide margin, and in crowds he walks the scooter.
Legal basis: Art. 33a para. 2 and Art. 33c of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)