The Slovakian government has been mocked over its new law setting a 6km/h speed limit for cyclists, skaters, scooter and e-scooter riders who are allowed to ride on pavements.
This speed limit, roughly 3.7 mph, was approved by the Slovakian parliament to improve safety and will come into place on January 1. Those who exceed the limit will be fined up to 100 euros, although it is unclear how this will work for children.
The law will limit the speed of “roller blades, kick scooters, skateboards and similar sports equipment, as well as cyclists allowed to ride on pavements.”
This would include children less than 10 years old and accompanying adults, the interior ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
“At such a low speed, it’s hard to maintain balance and even three to four-year-old children (on bikes) routinely exceed it,” said Dan Kollar, the president of the Cyklokoalicia group that advocates walking and cycling.
He believes that the “nonsensical” law will mean that “children will break the law every day, and we’ll teach them it’s OK”.
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Concerned Mothers, another group, has also asked the president not to sign the law.
According to Slovakian police statistics, which do not record pavement incidents separately, last year, 67 pedestrians and 22 cyclists or scooter riders died on the country’s roads.
14 thoughts on “Slovakian government mocked over “nonsensical” 6km/h speed limit for children cycling on pavements”
“[In Slovakia, with a
“[In Slovakia, with a population ~5.4 million] last year, 67 pedestrians and 22 cyclists or scooter riders died in accidents.”
10p on the rest of that sentence being ” caused by drivers of motor vehicles”
slc wrote:
Nope, caused by “scorchers” going 10 km/h (6.2 MPH) on the pavement!
I like the term “scorchers”.
I like the term “scorchers”.
I was generally unaware of it, but it was used extensively in the “two wheels good” book.
ktache wrote:
THE INTROSPECTIVE SCORCHER.
I am the scorcher!
Please observe
The curve
That appertains unto my spine!
With head ducked low
I go
O’er man and beast, and woe
Unto the thing
That fails to scamper when I ting-a-ling!
Let people jaw
And go to law
To try to check my gate.
If that’s their game!
I hate
To kill folks, but I’ll do it just the same,
I guess,
Unless
They clear the track for me;
Because, you see,
I am the scorcher, full of zeal,
And just the thing I look like on the wheel!
3.7 mph speed limit, they’ll
3.7 mph speed limit, they’ll be getting overtaken by pedestrians!
Joggers?
Joggers?
Absolutely pointless.
Absolutely pointless.
Children won’t want to control themselves below that on wheels.
If they try to and fall and hurt themselves, could they (/their parents) sue?
They deserve to be mocked.
They deserve to be mocked.
Ridiculous that a group of driven, presumably intelligent people can be so petty and idiotic.
Unless every child’s bike is
Unless every child’s bike is fitted with a speedometer how will it be judged that a child broke the law? If it’s just “he looked like he was going a bit fast” then that’s subjective and can’t be a basis to prosecute or even warn someone over their speed.
alchemilla wrote:
No, they’ll go with government trained pace keepers that will walk/run alongside the kids and determine whether they’re too quick or not. It’ll create jobs AND keep people safe from the blight of speeding children.
blight of speeding children
blight of speeding children
This does not convey the true horror! What about ‘the menace of the Terror-Kinder’?
It’s like how giant bombers
It’s like how giant bombers have been replaced by tiny drones!
Soo it’s quicker to just push
Soo it’s quicker to just push the bike then….
A fine? A fine??? Typical
A fine? A fine??? Typical leftist woke ideology, lock them up.