In an area designated in this manner, is the rider of an electric scooter entitled to occupy the full width of the roadway?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
Under the rules, an electric scooter is a vehicle, not a mobility aid. The privilege of using the full width of the road in a residential area applies to pedestrians and to people on devices powered by muscle power, not to drivers of vehicles. The rider of an electric scooter in a residential area rides on the roadway like other vehicles, on the right-hand side, and gives way to pedestrians. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act defines a mobility aid as a device powered by muscle power, and an electric scooter separately, as an electrically powered vehicle. The rider of an electric scooter must keep to the right and ride on the roadway where there is no cycle path or cycle lane and the speed limit does not exceed 30 km/h - and in a residential area the limit is 20 km/h. A pedestrian here has right of way over a scooter, as over any vehicle, and a child up to the age of 13 may ride one in the zone only under the supervision of an adult.
Legal basis: Art. 2 point 18a and 47b, Art. 16 para. 1, Art. 33a para. 1, Art. 11 para. 5 and Art. 33d para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)