The editorial office received a recording from a Reader who stopped before the pedestrian crossing on Tamka Street in Bolesławiec. Within just a dozen or so seconds, the camera recorded three people riding across the crossing without dismounting from their bicycle or electric scooters.
The first person to ride across the crossing was an electric scooter user. A moment later, a young cyclist approached from the opposite direction and also crossed while remaining on the bicycle. Then another electric scooter user rode across the crossing. Two of the three road users were not wearing protective helmets.
This is another signal from residents concerning the behavior of bicycle and scooter users in Bolesławiec. The subject has already appeared many times in our coverage. Readers have drawn attention, among other things, to young scooter users riding against the direction of traffic, dangerous crossings through the city center, and situations in which they rode out in front of approaching cars and endangered pedestrians.
Let us also recall that, from June 3, 2026, children and young people under the age of 16 will be required to wear protective helmets while riding a bicycle, an electric scooter or a personal transport device. The regulations were introduced to reduce the number of serious head injuries among the youngest road users.
Can a cyclist or scooter user ride across a pedestrian crossing?
As a rule, no. A pedestrian crossing is intended for pedestrians, so a cyclist or electric scooter user should dismount and walk the vehicle across the crossing.
The exception applies only to a cycle crossing, meaning a place marked with special signage, usually running alongside a pedestrian crossing. There, cyclists and scooter users may legally ride across the roadway, exercising particular caution and complying with the remaining traffic regulations.
If there is no designated cycle crossing beside the pedestrian crossing, riding across the crossing itself on a bicycle or scooter violates the regulations and may result in a fine.
More importantly, such behavior increases the risk of dangerous incidents because drivers expect to encounter primarily pedestrians at a crossing, moving much more slowly than cyclists or scooter users.