Throughout 2023, traffic fines were issued in Italy for approximately 1.5 billion euros. And of these, almost 150 million concern only the city of Milan, the most “expensive” from this point of view together with Rome and Florence. This is what emerges from the ranking drawn up by Facile.it. and reported by Repubblica this morning on newsstands. If we move away from the big cities for a moment, however, the case that immediately catches our eye is that of Carrodanoin the province of La Spezia.
Road fines: how much the Municipalities collect
In terms of collections from fines, this small Ligurian municipality ranks at the top of all municipalities with less than a thousand residents. And the numbers are impressive: just 464 inhabitants, almost 1 million euros in fines, 973,000 euros to be precise. Translated: over 2,000 euros in fines per year per inhabitant. But he is not the only one to record similar figures: let's think about Colle Santa Luciain the province of Belluno, with approximately 747,000 euros in fines for 345 inhabitants, or Candain the province of Rovigo, for which 426,000 euros of proceeds were reported for 842 citizens.
The incredible case of Carrodano
What is most surprising, however, is that in the majority of cases, including that of Carrodano, it all depends on just one speed camera, which massacres motorists. And it is quite sensational, we also read in the newspaper, that in the Ligurian municipality everything really depends on this speed detection device “installed five years ago after a series of accidents, one of which was fatal, along the provincial road to Levanto”, Since “nothing else is included in the calculationno fines for illegal parking or dangerous driving behavior.”
The mayor exposes himself
“We have a single policeman who alone is not capable of patrolling the streets – Mayor Gian Carlo Leveratto announces, admitting that the almost million euros in fines collected in 2023 also refers to the two-year period 2018-19 – The policeman was unable to dispose of the report for that two-year period in time, now he had to do it urgently to avoid the tax damage that occurs after five years”. THE tourists are the main victims of this speed camera: “To go to work, citizens take state road 1 in the opposite direction. Those who pass through the provincial road are Italians from other regions, but also many foreigners. We manage to keep the road network in perfect order, but we don't profit from our citizens.”
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