Rome, June 9 (LaPresse) – “The MIT decree on speed cameras is welcome, but the measure arrives with enormous delay,” says Codacons, Italy’s leading consumer association on speed cameras. “Since April 2024, when the Court of Cassation ruled that fines issued by approved but non-homologated devices are invalid,” Codacons notes, “we have witnessed real chaos regarding speed cameras, which has opened up enormous litigation between motorists and local authorities, undermining a fundamental principle: the certainty of fines. We reiterate that those who violate speed limits and endanger their own lives and those of others must be punished with the utmost severity, but penalties must be lawful and issued through instruments that fully comply with the provisions of the Highway Code.” “The delay in issuing the speed camera decree,” Codacons concludes, “has had direct effects not only on municipal finances, whose revenue from speed cameras in major cities alone fell by 9% over the past year, but also on road safety, leading local authorities to switch off devices to avoid motorists’ appeals.”
Road Code, Codacons: “Speed camera decree arrives with enormous delay”
Rome, June 9 (LaPresse) – “The MIT decree on speed cameras is welcome, but the measure arrives with enormous delay,” says Codacons, Italy’s leading consumer association on speed cameras. “Since April 2024, when the Court of Cassation ruled that fines issued by approved but non-homologated devices are invalid,” Codacons notes, “we have witnessed real chaos regarding speed cameras, which has opened up enormous litigation between motorists and local authorities, undermining a fundamental principle: the certainty of fines. We reiterate that those who violate speed limits and endanger their own lives and those of others must be punished with the utmost severity, but penalties must be lawful and issued through instruments that fully comply with the provisions of the Highway Code.” “The delay in issuing the speed camera decree,” Codacons concludes, “has had direct effects not only on municipal finances, whose revenue from speed cameras in major cities alone fell by 9% over the past year, but also on road safety, leading local authorities to switch off devices to avoid motorists’ appeals.”
