All against speed cameras. Another halt on the tools, created to guarantee road safety but which however guarantee strong income for the municipal coffers , comes from the deputy prime minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini .
" I share the need for regulation on the location of speed cameras , to avoid improper use, given that in some cases they are used only to raise cash - Salvini said during the question time - And I say it loudly about the fight for road safety". "We need to find a way - he adds - to have healthier budgets without weighing on the pockets of motorists and motorcyclists ".
Andrea Caroppo of FI agrees, highlighting that Italy has "the largest number of speed cameras: double that of Germany and three times that of France". Good for consumer associations too : "Excessive speed continues to cause deaths and injuries on our roads, and in this sense speed cameras, if installed correctly and in compliance with the law, can help save lives - says the president of Codacons , Carlo Rienzi - Too often, however , their use has nothing to do with road safety ».
The association recalls the data: «In 2021 alone, speed cameras, in the main 21 Italian cities, generated revenues of 46.9 million euros . The record belongs to Milan which imposed fines of 12.9 million euros, followed by Genoa (6.2 million euros) and Turin (5 million). There are also paradoxical cases such as a small town in the Dolomites, Colle Santa Lucia (Bl), which has collected over 552 thousand euros in one year thanks to speed cameras, despite having fewer than 360 inhabitants ». Practically an average of 1,533 euros per citizen.
Massimiliano Dona, president of Unc recalls the proposals already forwarded. Among these: "On fixed speed cameras we have been asking for years that the Prefects set the speed limits" and enough with "the control post, too often placed in a hidden way immediately after a curve and not correctly signaled and visible as required by the Cds ».
