The one stopped on state road 131 at kilometer 89, in the direction of Cagliari, was not an ordinary car, but a patrol of the Oristano Traffic Police.
His presence was signaled to anyone traveling along the Carlo Felice by the numerous stop lights that came on at the sight of that vehicle on the edge of the roadway. And, above all, the speed measuring device.
The facts date back to the evening of 16 April, a few hundred meters before the junction for Santa Giusta .
The police car had its flashing lights off: those passing by often saw it at the last moment. The traffic police operator confirmed the regularity of that type of service. The flashing lights on, however, would undoubtedly have avoided dangerous braking.
And, with a note, the Sassari lawyer Giovanni Campus also expressed himself who «stigmatizes the conduct of the forces of order which does not grasp the spirit and principles, by now consolidated, of the Court of Cassation, in terms of suitable reporting and information on the presence of electronic speed detection systems. These signals, in fact, are necessary so that the motorist can adapt and direct his own behavior, in accordance with the Highway Code. It appears evident that the presence of speed cameras that are not signaled in a satisfactory manner, far from inducing the motorist to adopt a conduct more compliant with the highway code, appear to expose the motorist to greater risk, induced, as seen in the video, to abrupt braking, with the foreseeable consequences».