How to determine whether the pavement is suitable for cyclists? What regulations govern it? You can go cycling, and for some for some sidewalks in Viciebsk – no? A letter with such questions addressed to the regional traffic police Viciebsk resident Vladimir Nesenyuk after employees was fined road inspection.

The Viciebsk resident fined because he rode a bike on the edge of the carriageway on the avenue Chernyakhovsky. However, the cyclist sure that did not violate the rules of the road. According to the Belarusian traffic laws, a bicycle can ride along the edge of the carriageway within 1 meter from the right edge. But only when there is no possibility of moving along the pavement. Vladimir Nesenyuk claims that riding a bicycle on the sidewalk is not possible to Chernyakhovsky, since this is prevented by the pillars.

In response to the appeal of Vladimir Nesenyuk it reported that "Traffic Control ATC Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee has no information on the existence of a regulatory act, which regulates the procedure for assessing the possibility or impossibility of movement of cyclists on the pavement."

Catherine Zahorskaya