Thursday, October 12, 2006
Pskov road police warned by growing amount of scooters on the roads
The amount of foreign made scooters has increased drastically on the roads of Pskov, as propaganda inspector of Pskov road police department Uliya Fedorova said to PIA. Although scooters are not considered as mechanical transport means and do not require driving license still they are complicated technics and driving skills are necessary and road rules knowledge as well. Not all parents really understand all the importance of buying such a technic to their children, inspector says.
As Fedorova said, not all scooter drivers know that driving alowed since 16 years old according to Russian road rules. It's prohibited to drive scooter with breaks or signal broken nor it is alowed to tug bikes and mopeds.
She reminded that there was an accident happened with a car and Suzuki scooter in summer 2006. Both drivers got body injures. Scooter was driven by 13 years old girl and her 12 years old friend.
32 accidents happened with children for 9 months of 2006 in Pskov - 35 children suffered. 19 children suffered as pedestrians, 3 as bikers, 1 was a scooter driver and 12 were just passengers.
As Fedorova said, not all scooter drivers know that driving alowed since 16 years old according to Russian road rules. It's prohibited to drive scooter with breaks or signal broken nor it is alowed to tug bikes and mopeds.
She reminded that there was an accident happened with a car and Suzuki scooter in summer 2006. Both drivers got body injures. Scooter was driven by 13 years old girl and her 12 years old friend.
32 accidents happened with children for 9 months of 2006 in Pskov - 35 children suffered. 19 children suffered as pedestrians, 3 as bikers, 1 was a scooter driver and 12 were just passengers.
