FootpathChile
Traffic rules
Chile
1. Footpath
A footpath is a path or part of a road intended primarily for pedestrian traffic. It may run alongside a road, through a park or residential area, or independently from roads used by motor vehicles.
A footpath may be reserved exclusively for pedestrians or may form part of a shared route with cyclists or other permitted users. Access, priority and permitted users depend on the traffic signs and local regulations applying to the path.
What does Chile call a roadside pedestrian pavement?
The legal term is acera, also commonly called vereda. Cycle users normally use a cycleway or the carriageway. Pavement use is exceptional and subject to conditions, so an ordinary walking pavement must be distinguished from a cycle facility.
When may cyclists use a Chilean pavement?
In urban areas without a cycleway, the pavement exceptions include riders under 14, older people, people with disabilities or reduced mobility, and people travelling with children under seven. Even where a cycleway exists, an exception applies when conditions of the cycleway or carriageway, or the weather, make continuing dangerous. The Act also permits exceptional pavement use where cycling on the cycleway or carriageway is impossible. Follow all pedestrian-protection conditions; this is not general permission to cycle on pavements.
How must a cyclist behave when allowed on a Chilean pavement?
When exceptional pavement cycling is permitted, travel at pedestrian speed and give pedestrians priority. Where using the pavement because travel on the cycleway or carriageway is impossible, also give priority to vehicles entering or leaving buildings and keep away from buildings and boundary fences. Dismount when pedestrian flow is very high.
