====== Table of translation terms ======

^ Portuguese ^ English ^ Poll ^ Result ^ Notes ^
| via pública | a)  thoroughfare | |  | |
| faixa de rodagem | a) roadway |  |  | |
| berma | a) hard shoulder |  | | |
| passeio | a) sidewalk, b) pavement, c) footpath, d) footway, e) walkway | Ana[a]  | | |
| trânsito | a) traffic |  | |  |
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====== Rode Code (2005) ======

==== Sources ====


  * [[http://www.mai.gov.pt/data/menu_esquerdo/prevencao%20seg%20rodoviaria/%7B3F4DCB20-B8B3-4DB6-ACAB-CAEB65BB5D8D%7D_CodigodeEstrada_DL_44-2005.pdf|Código da Estrada]] [2005]
  * [[http://www.mai.gov.pt/data/menu_esquerdo/prevencao|Sistemas de sinalização luminosa, bem como os reflectores dos velocípedes, quando circulem na via pública]] [2005]
  * [[http://www.estradasdeportugal.pt/docs/00020119.pdf|Regulamento de Sinalização do Trânsito (RST)]] [1998]
  * [[http://www.dgv.pt/UpLoadedFiles/Sinalizacaorodoviaria.pdf|Guia de Sinalização Rodoviária]] [2003] 

===== Main issues =====

  * Definition of velocipede.
  * Overtaking.
  * Positioning on the road.
  * Give way general rule.
  * Child transport.
  * Cargo transport.
  * Mandatory cycle lanes.
  * Excluded users of cycle lanes.
  * Fines.
  * Mandatory helmet wearing.
  * Child trailers - a grey area.
  * Riding single file mandatory.
  * Adult transport (passengers forbidden).
  * ...


===== Title I - General Dispositions =====

==== Chapter I - General Principles ====

=== Article 1 - Legal Definitions ===

  * Hard shoulder - surface of the thoroughfare, adjacent to the roadway, not especially destined to vehicular traffic. [Ana: Preciso de ajuda aqui, isto não soa bem...]
  * Sidewalk/pavement/footpath/footway/walkway - 
  * Special track - 

=== Article 3 - Freedom of traffic ===



====== Contributors ======

Ana Pereira - anapereira @ bicicultura . org

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