FootpathSlovakia
Traffic rules
Slovakia
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 Slovakia call a pedestrian pavement or footpath?
The law uses chodník for a road or part of a road intended for pedestrians, normally separated from the carriageway. Pedestrians use its right-hand side. A route marked for both pedestrians and cyclists must be distinguished from an ordinary pedestrian pavement.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009, §2(2)(g),(u), §52(1) and §55(1),(3)
Who may cycle on a Slovak pavement under the current child-related exceptions?
The current rules allow cyclists under 15, people accompanying a cyclist under ten, and people carrying a child under ten in the legally permitted way to use the pavement’s right-hand side. They must neither endanger nor restrict pedestrians and must travel at walking pace.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009, §2(2)(g),(u), §52(1) and §55(1),(3)
What does walking pace mean for cyclists allowed on a Slovak pavement?
The Act defines walking pace as no more than 6 km/h. A rider using the pavement under an exception must also avoid endangering or restricting pedestrians. The numerical ceiling does not make 6 km/h safe when the pavement is crowded.
🔗 static.slov-lex.sk • Act 8/2009, §2(2)(g),(u), §52(1) and §55(1),(3)
