Slovakia adopts speed limit for pedestrians (www.politico.eu)
from Vulpin@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 14:36
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serpineslair@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 14:39 next collapse

Yeah that has to be the dumbest shit I’ve read today, and I’ve read a lot of dumb shit.

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works on 29 Oct 2025 14:57 collapse

the headline is stupid, as another comment pointed out, the speed limit is for bikes and scooters to protect the pedestrian

remon@ani.social on 29 Oct 2025 15:04 next collapse

The limit applies to pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, and scooter and e-scooter riders — all of who are allowed on sidewalks — and aims to avoid frequent collisions.

serpineslair@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 15:06 collapse

Did you even read the article?

deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 29 Oct 2025 14:41 collapse

Bad headline.

It’s about speed limits for electric bikes/scooters to protect pedestrians.

Humanius@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 15:02 next collapse

From the coverage that I read in my national newspaper (which admittedly isn’t Slovakian) the speed limit applies to everyone on the sidewalk. Not just to e-bikes and e-scooters, but also to pedestrians.

The speed limit is set to 6 km/h. Joggers and people making a sprint to catch a bus, would easily be breaking that speed limit.

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 29 Oct 2025 16:53 collapse

My regular walking speed is 8km/h… when I run distances it’s ~13km/h, and if I’m sprinting it can be over 20km/h.

They’re essentially saying the speed limit is set to swimming pool deck speeds.

frongt@lemmy.zip on 29 Oct 2025 15:34 next collapse

Why are they allowed on sidewalks in the first place?

Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr on 29 Oct 2025 17:10 collapse

Not sure but maybe because street is not secure, due to lack of room or smthg like this. From some point of view it’s riskier for a cyclist to get hit by a car than it is for a pedestrian to get hit by a bicycle.

psx_crab@lemmy.zip on 29 Oct 2025 16:20 collapse

The Slovak parliament Tuesday afternoon adopted an amendment to the traffic law that sets a maximum permitted speed on sidewalks in urban areas at 6 kph.

It’s a blanket speed limit for the sidewalk, so no it’s not only about ebike and escooter, which mean you can’t walk like a rushing businessman catching bus, or running to catch your escaping cat. Your baby stroller is rolling downhil and you’re running at it to save your baby? Too bad, you get two ticket.

Bruncvik@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 17:29 collapse

That’s a bad interpretation of the law. The law defines a max walking speed as 6 km/h. That’s a definition, not a speed limit. It will be used to clarify existing laws that already prescribe the movement of bicycles or scoters “at walking speed” on footpaths. Slovakia isn’t the first country to do that, either.

victorz@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 2025 19:42 collapse

Great calling out the calling out. 👌