The present invention relates to a street or industrial vacuum cleaner (1) on a chassis (50) and self-propelled using at least one drive motor comprising a guide element preferably taking the form of a handlebar (70) with at least one handle (740), a hand grip (730) and means or elements (710) for attachment to the chassis (50) of the vacuum cleaner (1), said attachment means or elements (710) making it possible, by the transmission of the movement applied to the hand grip (730), to steer said vacuum cleaner (1), characterized in that the handle (740) comprises a telescopic zone with a sliding part (745) able to move between a first position referred to as an extended position and a second position referred to as a retracted position, preferably with a return spring (780) and at least a switch (770) for detecting the position of the sliding part (745), said switch (770) being able to cause the street vacuum cleaner drive motor to switch off or reverse if the sliding part (745) is in the retracted position.