Overview
- Parliament approved a nationwide 6 km/h maximum for all pavement users, covering pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, scooters and e-scooter riders.
- Offenders could face penalties of up to €100, though authorities have not detailed how speeds will be checked or who will be targeted.
- Deputy national police chief Rastislav Polakovic said officers will not be measuring pedestrians’ walking speeds.
- Officials frame the rule as a safety step after Bratislava police logged about 290 e-scooter incidents this year, even as pavement-specific data are not tracked separately.
- Cycling advocates, including Cyklokoalícia’s Dan Kollar, criticize the limit as unworkable and potentially unsafe for cyclists and children, while online mockery over ‘speeding walkers’ continues.