The Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Astana urges cyclists to exercise vigilance on the roads!

Press conference on the topic: "Rules of the road. Compliance with the rules for driving on roads and roads of cities and beyond "was held on April 26, 2017. In the conference hall of the State Enterprise "Center for Olympic Training in Bicycle Sports". The briefing was held on the eve of the opening of the cyclists season on the highway and to avoid accidents on the roads and tracks.

Information from the Rules of the Road:

Additional requirements for the movement of bicycles, mopeds, horse carts, as well as running animals

Bicycles, mopeds, carts (sleighs), riding and pack animals move in the right lane in one row or along the roadside, if this does not interfere with pedestrians.

Columns of cyclists while driving along the roadway should be divided into groups of ten cyclists. To facilitate overtaking, the distance between groups should be eighty-one hundred meters.

Drivers of a bicycle and a moped are prohibited:

1) to go without holding the wheel with at least one hand;

2) to carry passengers;

3) to transport a cargo that protrudes more than fifty centimeters in length or width beyond the dimensions, or a load that interferes with the management;

4) move along the road if there is a nearby bicycle path;

5) turn left or turn on roads with tram traffic and on roads with more than one lane for traffic in this direction.

6) towing of bicycles and mopeds, as well as bicycles and mopeds, other than towing a trailer intended for use with a bicycle or moped.

At the unregulated intersection of the bike path with a road outside the intersection, drivers of bicycles and mopeds must give way to vehicles moving along this road.

Press service of the State Enterprise "Olympic Training Center for cycling"