Urban radars, bicycle paths and fines, how the highway code changes – Norms and Institutions

From the Simplification decree, some innovations were expected with respect to the Highway Code, especially to favor what is called soft mobility.

In the first place with the authorization (subject to the opinion of the Prefect) to install fixed speed control devices on urban roads. This rule runs the risk of generating an avalanche of fines and appeals by replicating what happened with the traffic light controls, they denounce. Another provision is the one inserted in the new article 12 bis of the CdS. It is the rule that allows employees of municipalities and parking management companies to check violations, including stops, in urban areas. ‘Special powers’ also to employees of municipal public services (such as urban transport) or companies for the collection of waste only in cases ” related to carrying out the aforementioned activities. ”

Evaluation possible with “digital technology and photographic tools” by people without criminal records and after passing “adequate training”.

The DL, whose conversion is underway between the House and the Senate, also states that bicycles can travel in the wrong direction. They will only do so on urban roads with a limit of 30 km / h or on the Ztl and “regardless of the width of the road, the presence and position of vehicle parking areas and the mass of vehicles authorized to transit.” With the Simplification Decree, in addition to the redefinition of the bike lane – which can also be used by other vehicles such as buses or crossed – the so-called urban bicycle lane is launched. It has a single carriageway, platforms and paved sidewalks, with a speed limit of no more than 30 km / h. In this situation, mind you, the priority is cycles. Priority to bicycles even on one-way urban streets where two-way bicycles are allowed. Few concessions in favor of the automotive world. The ban on driving with foreign license plates is revised (but with many exclusions) and parking is regulated in the spaces for recharging electric cars, which must be released one hour after the end of the operation. Long-term rental cars can also be used as taxis and NCC and not just leased. Prohibition of driving on the motorway with motorcycles with three wheels from 250 cc and in any case with a power not less than 15 kW.