It might seem that riding a bike in a helmet is simply a basic rule of safety, but it is not so apparent to everyone. Many people can inactive be seen on the streets riding on single - footed vehicles without their head protected, which is an highly dangerous behavior. It takes 1 careless decision to make the tragedy happen. The Parliamentary Road Safety squad has so debated the work to usage a bicycle helmet and an electrical scooter. The Ministry of Infrastructure even proposed circumstantial provisions.
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Is a bike helmet mandatory? The rules will shortly be changed
During the gathering of the National Road Traffic safety Council, Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak signed a resolution on the adoption of circumstantial provisions on safety issues during cycling. What regulations were adopted?
The work to drive in a helmet for people up to 16 years of age utilizing bicycles and electrical scooters.
Obligation to carry children up to the age of 7 on a bicycle in a seat and in a helmet.
The helmets should have a safety certificate, although the method requirements have not yet been established.
Parents or legal guardians who have allowed a kid under 16 to ride a bicycle or electrical scooter without a helmet will be fined 100 PLN.
The fresh rules will be introduced into the amendment of the Road Traffic Law that has already been adopted, most likely after vacation.
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Can a scooter ride without a helmet? It's very risky.
Dariusz Klimczak explained what prompted him to sign this law. Politicians want to adapt to the technological improvement of single-tracks and at the same time take care of their users.
We see the phenomenon of the increasing popularity of moving electrical scooters, and it is by the increasing younger people that the Ministry of Infrastructure does not stay indifferent. We are trying to follow technological development, due to the fact that the law should respond to changing reality. That's why we decided to usage protective helmets until we were 16.
- said the minister, quoted on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure. It was besides mentioned that head injuries account for up to a 3rd of all injuries suffered by users of electrical scooters. If you wear a helmet while driving, you could reduce the hazard by up to 44 percent.
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