Article 7. General rules
1. Road-users shall avoid any behaviour likely to endanger or obstruct traffic,
to endanger persons, or to cause damage to public or private property.
2. It is recommended that domestic legislation should provide that road-users shall
not obstruct traffic or risk making it dangerous by throwing, depositing or leaving
any object or substance on the road or by creating any other obstruction on the
road. If road-users have been unable to avoid creating an obstruction or danger
in that way, they shall take the necessary steps to remove it as soon as possible
and, if they cannot remove it immediately, to warn other road-users of its presence.
3. Drivers shall show extra care in relation to the most vulnerable road-users,
such as pedestrians and cyclists and in particular children, elderly persons and
the disabled.
4. Drivers shall take care that their vehicles do not inconvenience road-users or
the occupants of properties bordering on the road, for example, by causing noise
or raising dust or smoke where they can avoid doing so.
5. The wearing of safety belts is compulsory for drivers and passengers of motor
vehicles, occupying seats equipped with such belts, save where exceptions are granted
by domestic legislation
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