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Text IV Additional requirements to movement of bicycles, bikes, cartages and cattle route

I. Read the text attentively and be ready to discuss it with your group-mates.

Persons not younger than 14 years are allowed to drive bicycle, carts (sledges), be a packer while moving along the roads. Persons not younger than 14 years are allowed to drive a bike.

According to the decision of the executive authorities of the Russian Federation subjects age requirement can be reduced but not for more than 2 years. Drivers of bicycles, bikes and carts (sledges) must have a document proving his/her knowledge of Rules and General principles and their transport means must have a special registration sign.

Bicycles, bikes, carts (sledges), pack animals must move only along the outer right strip in one row. It is allowed to move along the edge if it doesn't disturb pedestrians.

Columns of bicyclists, carts (sledges), pack animals moving along the traffic way must be divided into groups of 10 bicyclists, pack animals and of 5 carts (sledges). To make overrunning easier the distance among groups must be 80-100 m.

It is prohibited for drivers of bicycles and bikes to:

  • Drive without holding wheel at least by one hand;

  • Transport passengers, except a child of age under 7 years on an additional sit, equipped by safe footboards;

  • Transport cargo exceeding limits in length and width more than for 0.5 m and cargo disturbing to drive;

  • Move along the road if the bicycle path is near;

  • Turn to the left and turn round on roads with tram traffic and on roads with more than one strip for moving in this direction.

Drivers of bicycles and bikes must make way for transport means moving along this road at unregulated cross of bicycle path with road.

Driver of carts' (sledges) when reaching the road from the adjacent territory or subsidiary road in places of limited visibility must lead the animal in bridles.

Cattle should be driven along the road in day time. Packers must direct cattle as near to the right edge as possible.

While driving cattle across railway tracks pack must be divided into groups of such a quantity taking into account the number of packers in order to provide safe driving of each group.

It is prohibited for drivers of cartages (sledges) and packers to:

• Leave cattle on the road without supervision;

• Drive cattle across railway tracks and roads outside specially allotted territory and at night and in conditions of bad visibility (except cattle route at different levels);

• Lead cattle along the road with asphalt and cement concrete pavement if there are other routes.

II. Learn the vocabulary to the text.

Cart

повозка

Sledge

сани

Cattle driver

погонщик (крупного рогатого скота)

Executive authorities

исполнительная власть

Footboards

подножка, ступенька

Bicycle path

велосипедная дорожка

To turn round

разворачиваться

Adjacent territory

прилегающая территория

Subsidiary road

второстепенная дорога

To lead animal in bridles

вести животное под уздцы

Specially allotted territory

специально отведенная территория

Herd

стадо (коров)

Railway tracks

железнодорожные пути

age requirement

возрастной ценз

to make way

уступить дорогу

III. Find in the text the Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Subsidiary road, to turn round, to lead animals in bridles, to make overrunning, cattle driver, executive authorities, age requirement, to disturb pedestrians, in one row, edge, traffic way, to make way, strip, exceed limits in length and width, railway tracks

IV. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Держать руль одной рукой, погонщик, запрещено; дополнительное место, специальными подножками; груз, мешающий движению; разворачиваться; дороги, имеющие более одной полосы в одном направлении; на нерегулируемом пересечении велосипедной дорожки с дорогой; прилегающая территория, в местах ограниченной видимости, вести животных под уздцы, асфальтное и бетонное покрытие, возрастной ценз.

V. Write down your own sentences using words and word combinations from exercise IV.

VI. Answer the following questions.

  1. What is prohibited for drivers of carts (sledge) and cattle driver? 2. What is prohibited for drivers of bicycles and bikes? 3. Where is it allowed to move bicycles, bikes and carts (sledges)? 4. Do you have the document providing knowledge of Rules and General principles? 5. How must columns of bicycles, bikes, carts, sledges and cattle drivers be separated? 6. What is the size of the minimum fine, according to the new Rules? 7. What age requirement is allowed for driving bicycles, carts and bikes? 8. What distance must be between the groups of bicycles? 9. How must animals be led in places of limited visibility? 10. How must cattle be driven across the railway tracks?