The huge traffic jams in Tivat are one of the reasons why motorcycles, scooters and electric scooters are used extensively in the municipality during the summer, and the behavior of drivers of these vehicles often leads to traffic accidents. In the city center all the way to Tivat Airport, car drivers must constantly look in their rearview mirrors and to the left and right, because reckless motorcycle and electric scooter drivers from all sides try to bypass slow-moving cars, trucks and buses on the road.
"As a car driver, I have to constantly monitor my rearview mirrors to know which way a motorcyclist is going to come at me. Sometimes they come from an unexpected direction and it is a serious traffic problem. No one wants to cause a collision, but situations are often very tense," says one driver.
The fact that two-wheelers are very risky was demonstrated yesterday by the latest in a series of traffic accidents, which occurred around noon in Donja Lastva, in which a motorcyclist who collided with a car suffered minor injuries.
Guesting on the local public service program Radio Tivat, the head of the Tivat Security Department Miodrag Knežević he said that It often happens that motorcyclists ignore pedestrian crossings, go around vehicles that stop to let pedestrians pass, which leads to risky situations, even accidents. Knežević reiterated the appeal for two-wheelers to respect traffic regulations, both for themselves and for other road users.
"Motorcyclists are required to respect traffic rules just like car drivers. Although many drivers are happy to let them pass in traffic jams, we must not forget that there are clearly prescribed conditions for such behavior," said the head of the Tivat Police Department, Milorad Knežević, reminding motorcyclists and moped and scooter drivers that the speed limit, solid lines on the roadway, and pedestrian crossings apply equally to them.
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