Dazzling dance show Scooter accidents

FUENGIROLA’S Palacio de la Paz is set to host the incredible ‘Recuerdos’ dance and gym‐nastics show by the Baila Conmigo Academy on Friday, May 5.

The event, which starts at 9pm, will fea‐ture a spectacular performance by the academy’s talented dancers and gymnasts.

Isabel Moreno, the town councillor for Events, revealed that this event is part of a series of dance academy performances planned in the town thanks to a collabora‐tion between several different academies and the council.

Marina Fernández, the director of Baila Conmigo Academy, added that more than 150 students ranging from three to 50 years old will participate, which includes a new rhythmic gymnastics performance.

The show is aptly named ‘Recuerdos’, or ‘Memories’ as it aims to evoke nostalgia and bring back fond memories for the audience.

Tickets can be purchased for €4 in ad‐vance from the academy on Calle Maestra Ángeles Aspiazu or at the Palacio de Paz’s box office until 30 minutes before the show.

ACCORDING to statistics when it comes to accidents caused by the misuse of electric scooters, Malaga is the second most dan‐gerous city in Spain.

In 2022, scooters accounted for four accidents a week in Mala‐ga, with 210 cases registered by the Malaga Local Police. Added together with incidents involving bicycles, the statistic rises to more than one a day with 374 for the whole year.

Figures just in for the first quarter of 2023, indicate that 80 inci‐dents involving personal injury and/or property damage were caused by personal mobility vehicles, according to a news outlet.

The city council has banned the use of this type of vehicle on pavements and pedestrian areas. Scooter rental companies are obliged to deactivate the vehicles telematically by means of a ge‐olocation system when any of them enters a restricted area.