THEinflation it's driving her crazy fines with a sure sting on motorists from January 2023, XNUMX if the Government's budget maneuver fails to sterilize the increases first. We will have to wait for the final text of the budget bill but the anti-fines rule should be in place and so the Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini promised yesterday at a press conference. Otherwise it would be trouble, because the cost of living runs and the Traffic laws relentlessly provides that every two years the amounts of the fines are revalued on the basis of the Istat consumer price index. Therefore, if no suspension proposed by the Government and then approved by the Parliament (but on this, one can be sure, the majority and the oppositions will be unanimous against the expensive fines) from 11 next January the increases would rise up to XNUMX% more, according to what the President of the parliamentary Commission declared consumer inquiry, Simone Baldelli.
FINES: ALL INCREASES PLANNED FROM XNUMXST JANUARY IN THE ABSENCE OF STERILIZATION
In the absence of corrective measures, from 2023 January XNUMX the fine for Do not stop will increase by 4 euros from the current 42 euros to 46 euros. Prohibited use of a mobile phone while driving will be fined 183 euros against 165 today, an increase of 18 euros. The price increases for motorists who violate the rules in historic centers are also strong: for those who enter the Ztl without permission, the tax will rise from today's 83 euros to 92 euros from January 167st. Even worse for those who pass through a red light: from the current 185 euros, the fine will rise to XNUMX euros.
FINES: THE ALARM OF CONSUMER ASSOCIATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVES
Consumers' associations have been sounding the alarm for weeks now about the risks that motorists run due to increases in fines due to inflation and the quantification (+11%) released by the President of the Commission of Inquiry on Consumers has accentuated the concerns up to to move the Government: we'll see if he will keep his word
