In abusive behaviors that exceed any limit and… imagination it seems that some users have been indulged skatentmainly young people, moving on its streets and sidewalks Thessaloniki by jeopardizing their physical integrity on the one hand and increasing, on the other hand, the chances of a accident.

One of the most “striking” cases are the five people who were on a skateboard, another who reminded more acrobat, leaving his hands off the steering wheel to write a message on the cell phone, the one -way one risking a frontal collision with IX, the attempt to rise to the ride of heavy rainfall.

And if these violations have been identified on the streets there are others recorded on the sidewalks and the coastal front of Thessaloniki. Pain drivers move at high speed, no helmet or reflective vest, not paying attention to the fact that a peeled tile can throw them to the ground or themselves cause an accident by falling into one of the passers -by.

In the framework of Eutaxia, the controls by the Traffic Directorate and the Municipal Police of the Municipality of Thessaloniki are intensive. In 2024, a total of 4,416 electric skaters were checked and 1,472 violations were confirmed. Also, in the first four months of 2025 a total of 675 calls were cut. The 512 were for non -use of helmet, another 106 for non -reflective clothing, two mobile use calls, three for non -use of lights, fifteen for lack of identification documents and 37 for passenger transport.

In terms of accidents, a total of 23 have been recorded in the city, resulting in a slight injury to 26 people. More recently, the collision with a skateboard on Kon. Karamanlis Street, where both drivers were transported by ambulances to an on -call hospital.

“Checks are carried out intense and will continue. There is a lot of pressure on the part of citizens and many problems caused by the anarchic use of skates, with dangerous driving on pedestrian streets and the coastal front, “the Deputy Mayor of Municipal Police of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Kostas Tsiapakidis, told RES – EIA.

The deputy mayor added that on September 13, the implementation of the new Road Traffic Code, which was voted on last May, with new fines for offenders, begins, while the thoughts of the Angeloudi Municipal Authority are to enter the skates this year in the pride of the schools.

Checks increased sales in helmets

It is noteworthy that intensive controls from the Traffic and Municipal Police have resulted in helmets ‘red’ to hit ‘red’. “In the first quarter of 2025 in Thessaloniki, more helmets were sold than sold in two years. And because of the checks, because they did not want to pay the fine, “George Sinanis, a specialist and a” skateboard “specialist as he has been circulating with a skateboard since 2010.

Mr. Sinanis says that 90% of the problem comes from the rented skates, which is considered a cheap means of movement. And this is because rental is done without any control, by young people using their parents’ credit card, by children without driving education, who do not know the coke and have the illusion that the skates are safe to climb two and three together, with the vibration of puddles.

According to the law, the use of the skateboard is allowed from 15 years and over, but many parents who wish to market are asking for skate stores that develop high speeds. “Young people in pre -adolescence or adolescence have not experienced situations on the streets. They go up to the rented skateboard and leave considering it to be a game, like the one they had in playgrounds. There should be a restriction on ages renting skates, as is the case in cities abroad, or a type of certification that you need to know the coke in order to get out on the streets of the city, ”adds Mr Sinanis.

The expert that the skateboard has its own rules and that “a teenager may feel great and that the movement has been released, but he should know that he is on a trifle that no one respects. There are additional security rules that some should know. “

One of the most basic rules is the “always in the right lane”, that there are no overtakes from the left, that the skating user when he feels pressure is preferable to stop aside, to overtake the larger vehicle, and then continue on the sidewalks, or on the sidewalks, or on the sidewalks.

Countdown to get in order with renting companies

In the meantime, the countdown has begun and companies lease electric skates are called upon to submit from August 25 to September 5, applications for the 800 seats that can be guaranteed in the city for parking.

Because in addition to accidents, “headache” are the observed skates that prevent the passage of people with disabilities, families with trolleys and citizens who wish to move freely in public space. The municipality of Thessaloniki has known that in order to prevent such phenomena if electric vehicles are left to other places other than the planned parking spaces, the fines on companies will be seized and imposed.

“It is our commitment to put an end to the phenomena of occupation of the public space of electric skates left everywhere. With the implementation of the new regulatory and the new KKE, rules that must be respected. If it is found that some insist on illegally, we will proceed with a comprehensive reassessment of our stance, “said Thessaloniki Mayor Stelios Angeloudis.