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Not in that situation, although wearing one is recommended.
Not in that situation, although it is recommended for safety. Article 118.2 requires helmets for under-16s on all roads, professional bicycle and cycle riders on urban roads and travesías, and cyclists on interurban roads. This scope is not an exemption for heat or gradients and does not remove other rules applicable outside the stated situation.
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Yes, because every adult cyclist must wear one on every urban road.
They are exempt only in extreme heat.
Not in that situation, although wearing one is recommended.
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Un ciclista de 16 años o más que no desarrolla una actividad profesional circula por una vía urbana ordinaria, fuera de una prueba deportiva y sin una norma local adicional. ¿El artículo 118.2 le exige casco por ese solo supuesto?
- Sí, porque cualquier ciclista adulto debe llevarlo en toda vía urbana.
- Solo está exento si hace calor extremo.
- No en ese supuesto, aunque se recomienda utilizarlo.(Correct answer)
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Glossary terms in this question
Interurban road
Any public road outside a built-up area. Its opposite is the urban road, which runs inside a built-up area except for through-roads.
Cycle
Vehicle with at least two wheels powered wholly or mainly by the muscular energy of its riders.
Urban road
Public road inside a built-up area, excluding town-crossing roads.
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