EFE / DIARIODEAVISOS
The Local Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has instructed 82 penalties in the last fifteen days of October to people who have misused electric scooters and Personal Mobility Vehicles (VPM) in the capital. However, this very Wednesday, the Non-profit Association of People with and without Disabilities We Want to Move He denounces with several images how there are users who continue to express themselves unrelated to this type of fine and continue to make inappropriate use of these vehicles.
“Images of November 3. Nobody does anything … And when we say nobody, it’s NOBODY “, they denounce in their Facebook account from We Want to Move. In one of these images, a woman can be seen on an electric scooter in a central street, when these vehicles should be used on asphalt.
The problem of electric scooters bring head to the residents of Santa Cruz, who are found interrupting the passage on the streets and highways. In addition, this especially affects people with reduced mobility, the elderly, children, pregnant women and people who carry their children in pushchairs.
The police have specified that of the total sanctions, 68% is due to inadequate parkingIn addition, 60 vehicles of this type were removed from the public highway, the capital city council details in a statement.
The municipal corporation recalls that in mid-October the police intensified control over this type of vehicle and its users in the capital.
The mayor of the city, José Manuel Bermúdez, explains that this is a situation generated by the companies that provide this service, “which are causing inconvenience to citizens, creating obstacles on the sidewalks and threatening mobility rights of residents of Santa Cruz”.
The Councilor for Citizen Security, Evelyn Alonso, also anticipates that these controls will continue “as long as the misuse of this type of vehicle continues to be a nuisance for the rest of the citizenry.”
The police control has resulted in 82 disciplinary proceedings and the withdrawal of 60 vehicles of this type from the public highway.
Of the penalties for improper parking, 30 were for prohibited parking on sidewalks and 26 for parking in pedestrian areas.
In addition, 9 penalties were imposed for traveling in pedestrian areas; 10, for going with a passenger; 4, for endangering other users; and 2, for not respecting traffic light preference and pedestrian crossings.
