Traffic police in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar launched a campaign to remove rickshaw art deemed “immoral” from the streets.

Authorities said that many of the images painted on the backs of rickshaws, a primary mode of transportation in the country, depict guns and smoking, therefore glorifying “bad” behavior to children. Traffic police were using spray paint to cover up these pictures, and issuing fines for drivers who repaint them.

According to the traffic officers in the video, around 80 per cent of rickshaws used to have “indecent” picture on them, and that number had since reduced to around 5 per cent.

“Truck art”, as the decorative patterns drawn on trucks, lorries and rickshaws is often called, dates back to the 1940s in the south Asian country. The designs commonly encompass film characters, as seen in the video, catch phrases and political elements. Credit: Youtube/Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty via Storyful