Naples – The Rione Sanità It transforms into an illegal, open-air, and unregulated dirt bike track. This uncontrolled situation repeats itself daily from afternoon until dawn, leaving residents in a state of total terror and exasperation. Bikers—often very young or visibly underage—speed past cars, pedestrians, and shops on dirt bikes, performing dangerous wheelies and constant accelerations.
The complaint, documented by several shocking videos, arrived directly on the desk of Francesco Emilio Borrelli, a member of parliament for the Green Left Alliance, to whom citizens made a desperate appeal.
Testimonies gathered from the neighborhood's streets describe an unbearable scene. Nights in Sanità are now punctuated by the deafening roar of souped-up engines.
"Help us! This group of kids has been swarming around here until four or five in the morning for weeks now," residents say. "They make a hellish racket and don't let us rest. We get up early to go to work. We're desperate and don't know who to turn to."
Borrelli's attack: "Roads seized by gangs of uncivilized people"
Representative Borrelli, who has been fighting for years against widespread illegality and the improper use of two-wheelers in the alleys of Naples, took a harsh stance on the matter.
"It's unacceptable that families, seniors, and workers are forced to live with this climate of total impunity," said the AVS representative. "These videos reveal a dire reality: entire neighborhoods cannot remain hostage to gangs that put public safety at risk. We're talking about vehicles that often lack license plates and insurance, and would have no room to drive on the road."
A social and security emergency
According to the parliamentarian, this is not just a public order problem, but a real social scourge that requires drastic intervention before someone dies.
"We need targeted checks, the identification of those responsible, and the immediate seizure of vehicles," Borrelli urges. "We can't wait until a pedestrian is hit or a tragedy occurs. Furthermore, seeing so many teenagers on the streets late at night is a clear sign of an educational failure that implicates families. The healthy part of the public health system has the sacrosanct right to live, work, and sleep peacefully, without having to endure the arrogance of those who think anything goes."
It seems like a truly worrying situation, but also complex to resolve; kids run around at night and there seems to be no control, families wake up tired in the morning and can't rest. I don't know who should intervene; perhaps more police and services, projects for young people, and dialogue with parents, and the community should be more involved.