Revolution Speed Cameras. With the publication of the decree in Official Gazette, awaited for 34 years, are operational – already from midnight – the new, certain and uniform rules for all of Italy, which will immediately lead to a trap for the non-approved devices, which will be turned off: approximately 850 unit against i 3.150 which instead appear to be in order. "Satisfaction" of the Minister Salvini for whom "the objective of road safety remains a priority, without however allowing controls to become a pretext for raising money at citizens' expense."
“71% of the speed cameras installed in Italy are illegal”, he had already estimated Absolute users At the height of the debate: not all should be turned off, for those that had technical approval (but not type approval) before June 2017 the decree provides for procedures for verifying documentation, or technical tests and calibrations, to verify their suitability and approve themFor all speed cameras approved by the ministry after June 2017, however, the decree provides for automatic approval.
Speed camera decree published in the Official Journal: fine numbers
Last year the fines through speed cameras are decreased by 8,9% compared to the previous year, with a Municipalities' revenue of 56,5 millionAt the top of the rankings Florence with 19,7 million, then Bologna with 9,2 million, third Milan with 6,9 million, followed by Genoa with 4,8 million e Palermo with 4,2 million. Rome has halved its takings, -52%, a Bari -73%, almost zero at Trieste with -94,4%. They more than doubled in Ancona (+ 116%) followed by Genoa (+ 54%) and Cagliari (+ 42%).
Among the special cases, of small municipalities with high revenues, the 5,3 million in the coffers of Galatina in Puglia, the 2,7 million for the four municipalities crossed by the “telesina” in Campania, the over 2 million for the small village of Colle Saint Lucia on the Dolomites in Veneto. These are data released by Codacons who commented: "The decree is a good thing, but it's arriving with a huge delay. Since April 2024, when the Court of Cassation ruled that fines issued by approved but unapproved devices are void, we've witnessed a veritable chaos regarding speed cameras, sparking a huge dispute between motorists and local authorities."
