The receipts deriving from traffic fines. In 2022, the top 20 Italian cities collected over half a billion euros from traffic violations (547 million), a growth of 37% compared to 2021 with 398 million euros. The detects the Codacons who analyzed the data that emerged from official reporting that local authorities must deliver to the government by 31 May each year to then be published on the web platform of the Ministry of the Interior. Are two factors main ones that have led to the increase in revenue from fines: the resumption of traffic with the end of the lockdown and the pandemic which led to an increase in violations of the Highway Code and the critical issues generated by theuse of speed cameras.
Milan and Rome queens of the fines collected, Catanzaro the one with the lowest proceeds. Power Boom +224%
Milano it is the Italian city that earns the most thanks to penalties for violations of the Highway Code with over 151,5 million collections forfeited in 2022 In second place we find Roma with 133 million euros, an increase of 41,3% compared to 2021 (94,1 million euros). They are much more detached Florence (46,7 million euros, +120% compared to 2021), Bologna (43,2 million), Torino (40,5 million, -2,6%), Genoa (38 million) and Palermo (25 million, +164%), the first city in the ranking of Southern Italy. In Bari and Napoli the receipts recorded were 10,7 million for the former and 8,8 million for the latter (with a resident average of 9,6 euros).
Among the capitals that instead register the lowest proceeds we find Catanzaro, with just over 812 thousand euros collected (-8,5%) e Aosta with 917 thousand euros. Potenza, on the other hand, is the capital that has seen the greatest increase in receipts with a increase of 224%, 3,7 million euros compared to 1,1 million euros in 2021.
At the level of average cost of fines, queen of the ranking is Florence with an average per resident of 127,2 euros followed by Milano (112,2 euros per resident) e Bologna (110,1 euros). TO Roma the average amount of penalties is 47,3 euros while that lower is registered a Napoli e Catanzaro with 9,6 euros.
Autovelox: the biggest collections in Florence. Naples only 18.000 euros in penalties
Florence turns out to be the city with the higher income from speed cameras with proceeds of 23,2 million euros. In practice, in 2022, half of the takings in the Tuscan capital come from speeding. Next we find Milano with 12,9 million fines through speed cameras and Genoa with 10,7 million. In the capital, the proceeds reach 6,1 million. Perugia, Catanzaro and Aosta do not register penalties while bringing up the rear Napoli with just 18,700 thousand euros fines imposed by speed cameras.
The Codacons, however, highlights the criticality in the use of speed cameras, often misplaced and used as cash-raising tools rather than road safety. “The recovery of car traffic after the pandemic period has certainly had an impact on the sharp increase in fines, but the data show that serious problems remain regarding the use of speed cameras, often placed on the roads in a completely incorrect way for the sole purpose of cash register and use Italian motorists as real ATMs", said the president of Codacons, Carlo Rienzi.
To help Italian citizens contest unfair fines, Codacons has organized a webinar on June 12 where lawyers and industry experts will provide information to sanctioned motorists.
