The City Police have launched two campaigns to help guarantee road safety, coexistence and respectful conduct. An operation got under way on Friday to reduce the volume of unauthorised graffiti and daubed paint in public and private space, visible from public streets and squares. Today also brings the start of a campaign to control people’s use of personal mobility vehicles (PMV).
The operation to reduce unauthorised graffiti and daubed paint will run indefinitely and apply to any action regarded as defacing or degrading the urban environment. This includes all types of graffiti, daubed paint, stains, scribbles, texts, inscriptions or graphics using ink, paint or any other organic materials, as well as scratching the surface of the element in question.
The campaign is part of the new joint responsibility plan with citizens, which seeks to reduce uncivil attitudes in city streets and squares and improve coexistence.
At the same time, the operation to control personal mobility vehicles will be active all week with the goal of ensuring compliance with the rules on the circulation of these vehicles and cycles with more than two wheels.
The proliferation of these vehicles in recent years, including electric scooters, segways and hover wheels, has had an effect on the way they interact with the rest of vehicles and users in public streets.
The City Police will be making checks to control risk conduct by cyclists and PMV riders, as well as inadequate parking and distractions when riding, particularly where this poses a physical danger for pedestrians. Special attention will be given to infringements relating to jumping traffic lights, pedestrian crossings and the right of pedestrians to use pavements in safety.
Special attention will also be given to type C1 personal mobility vehicles used for economic activity in the city, mainly rikshaws operating on the seafront and premises renting out PMVs, bikes and cycles with more than two wheels.