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Our country is increasingly invaded by Speed cameras, which now attests to the dismal European record for the number of devices in the area. There is talk of 78.5 million a year stolen from the pockets of Italians for fines, often and voluntarily, imposed for speeding or parking restrictions.
As reported by “The day”In this way, the municipalities, using the police as “automatic tellers”, manage to collect a figure that is around one thousand seven hundred million, all thanks to the systems they observe from the streets. In 2017 the cities most subject to sanctions it had been Milan, Bologna, and Florence. According to the latest Aci-Istat report from last July 2019, the fines amounted to 2.5 million just in regards to exceeding the speed limit.
The collections are high, since they start from a minimum of 41 euros, up to a fine of 2,108 euros. If the theft is committed during the day between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., the fine is increased by one third. There have also been episodes of excessive over the years. Pressure sanctions to citizens. In 2016, in Filottrano (Ancona), 18,300 fines were imposed in just 3 months. There were also cases of sensational errors: still in the Marche region, a driver received a fine of 847 euros for speeding (according to the speed camera he had exceeded 700 km per hour).
“We are studying a pilot case. We have created a scientific group. The objective? Get the money back“, declared the technical consultant of the Legal Protection Center Giorgio Marcon, as reported”The day”. “We are not against fixed radars in the city, but given the small limits on urban roads, generally 50km / h, it is not enough that the prefects authorize them as they do now. (They should have) the responsibility to decide the exact location and not the simple kilometer of the checkpoint, too often hidden by municipalities immediately after a curve and not correctly signposted and visible as foreseen by the traffic laws“added the president of the national consumer union Massimiliano Dona.
Meanwhile, with the Simplification decree, news about the highway code arrives. As reported by the Association of Sympathizers and Friends of the Traffic Police and reports “La Stampa”, it is a true mini-reform. With the new code, traffic controls will be intensified, with speed cameras scattered everywhere. And now it will no longer be just municipal officials who impose fines: even aides, garbage collectors and bus inspectors will be able to impose sanctions.
