The city of Offenbach and the RMV have started a campaign on the market square that promotes the wearing of mouth and nose protection in S-Bahn trains and buses – I have prominent support.
Offenbach – As popular as radio presenter Daniel Fischer or writer Susanne Fröhlich, who hang posters from the roller stands next to her Sabine Groß certainly not. But as a councilor she is in Offenbach responsible for both health and mobility. She is also on the supervisory board of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV). So it is not surprising that the Green politician together with RMV– Managing Director Professor Knut Ringat at the S-Bahn station Offenbach-Marktplatz the RMV campaign “I wear a mask for you” starts. This is the carrot, so to speak, before also from January RMV-Controllers may be wielded the fine whip in the event of mask refusal.
Corona in Offebach: Celebrities advertise wearing masks on posters
Several hundred Masks for the Mouth and nose protection are distributed to the passengers at the start of the campaign. Besides that, the RMV Win celebrities who support the campaign with their likeness on posters. In addition to Fischer and Fröhlich, these include the Eintracht kickers Kevin Trapp and Bas Dost, the radio and TV presenter Tobias Kämmerer and the Frankfurt rapper Moses Pelham.
It’s not just about getting one yourself mask to wear, but also to draw attention to the fact that it is important to be in Buses and Lanes Sabine Groß explains how to be out and about with such protection. At the current high Corona infection numbers Everyone has to show solidarity, “keep your distance, adhere to the hygiene rules, one Everyday mask properly wear that Corona-App use – those are the simple and important things. ”With controls of the Mask requirement in public spaces as well as in Bus and Bahn or even with distribution campaigns like the one today, everything is done to break the chains of infection, ”continues Sabine Groß. Therefore, the RMV’s campaign is only to be welcomed.
Corona: RMV mask campaign not by chance in Offenbach
RMV-Managing Director Ringat makes it clear that the start of the campaign in Offenbach takes place. “We all want to be safe on buses and trains. If the seven-day incidence is over 300, you have to do something, ”said Ringat. Surveys among passengers have shown that around 90 percent of them Masks wear is important.
The Rhein-Main transport association According to its managing director, around 250,000 euros have been invested so that additional employees will be required to Mouth and nose covering in Buses and Lanes point out and Masks can distribute.
Corona in Offenbach: From January, a ride without a mask will cost 50 euros
And it doesn’t stop at the admonition. For those who still remain unapologetic, it can become expensive in the future. The RMV has adjusted its conditions of carriage so that from January 1st, the control staff can demand a contractual penalty of 50 euros if someone without mask is on the move in public transport.
Passengers without Mouth and nose covering were encountered, could only be excluded from the onward journey on the basis of house rules. Only the regulatory authorities, who regularly checked stations and vehicles together with the transport companies and the RMV, were authorized to impose a fine (Peter Klein)
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