2023-09-13 07:38:19
«People who use scooters should be required to have “a civil liability insurance, because when accidents occur we see situations that have no coverage whatsoever.” It is the reflection of María José Broseta, the president of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Valencia, who is very concerned because these VMPs occupy pedestrian areas, which they should not.
«It is evident that the use of scooters has increased in general, and the reality is that this It is affecting pedestrian places, and also dangerous crossings where traffic lights are often not respected,” he comments. “An obvious case,” for example, is Pérez Galdós, “with the bike lane and the pedestrian area.” Also in other spaces, “such as in the Town Hall Square itself and its surroundings”, scooters are being seen “circulating at a dangerous speed and even against the direction.” As long as there is no surveillance and regulation of the use of these light vehicles“the pedestrian will not be able to make safe use of the pedestrian areas that have been created in principle to encourage the use of these spaces” for pedestrians.
In the neighborhood federation, Broseta concludes, “we have always emphasized that it is necessary prioritize the pedestrian and then to public transport. We have also requested “the creation of an exclusive dialogue and work table on pedestrians”, which to this day has not been launched. Finally, “we must give the space that corresponds to bikes or scooters, but rationalizing the coexistence of each means of transport and respecting the priority of the pedestrian,” he concludes.
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