Agents of
the Civil Guard distributed these elements among users who circulated yesterday
by the PO-316 -This road is within the "Protected Cycling Routes"
Agents of
the Civil Guard of Traffic of the subsector of Pontevedra distributed yesterday
reflective
vests between the
cyclists who circulated by the PO-316, to the height of the roundabout of San
Vicente de O Grove. The members of Traffic stayed at that point for one hour
with the aim of promoting and promoting the use of high visibility garments among
cyclists to improve their safety before other drivers of vehicles.
The
campaign has been launched in O Grove but will be extended to the whole
province, focusing, above all, on those roads classified as "Protected
Cycling Routes" that run throughout Pontevedra and that in O Salnés are
concentrated in the area of the peninsula Mecca and Sanxenxo. The campaign
launched by the Traffic Subsector of the Civil Guard of Pontevedra has the
collaboration of the Galician Federation of Cycling, aware that their federated
and bicycle lovers are risking their lives on more than one occasion when they
go out to enjoy a sport that, each time, has many more followers.
The choice
of the San Vicente roundabout has not been a coincidence, since the PO-316, a
road that crosses the Isthmus of A Lanzada, is included within the Protected
Cycling Routes, that is, within a group of roads that are used to to be used by
cyclists on a regular basis and that has led the Traffic Department to
highlight them in order to avoid the occurrence of abuses in them.
In
Galicia, there are a total of 12 roads included in this catalog, which add
nearly 700 kilometers in which to enjoy the bicycle without the fear of being
hit by a vehicle. In these paths, the DGT has implemented a series of measures
such as the signaling of the route, the temporary reduction of the speed limit
and greater vigilance by the Civil Guard agents in compliance with the rules,
in particular, the respect to the lateral distance in overtaking (1.5 meters
minimum), the inadequate speed or the anti-regulation maneuvers. This last
measure not only applies to car drivers but also controls cyclists.
In
addition to the PO-316, PO-312 and the PO-317 (San Vicente road) included in
this program are also located in O Grove, among the cyclists. valued in a very
positive way, since it guarantees certain security in each one of your exits at
the time of circulating through these spaces.
