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Malaga has started a crackdown on red-light runners, starting Monday 22 September. Cameras will catch them and they’ll be fined immediately. The city has installed six “foto-rojo” devices, a camera system that is integrated into traffic signals and their surrounding. The devices will take pictures of cars that pass through red lights or move before the green light appears. Two …

Alhaurin el Grande council approved a local traffic bylaw that replaces an outdated 2001 regulation regarding electric scooters. Due to the growing popularity of electric scooters as well as their increased accidents, the updated rules are effective immediately. In addition, e-scooter drivers will be required to carry third-party liability coverage starting in January 2026. Police will increase traffic checks in …

Benalmadena has increased its efforts in combating illegal waste disposal by installing mobile surveillance camera at key littering spots starting this week.  Plan is to identify those violators and fine them for leaving their garbage bags outside the designated containers or abandoning their furniture at unauthorised times. The council announced that this measure was being coordinated with the local Police …