Milan confirms itself at the top of the ranking of Italian municipalities that have recorded the highest proceeds thanks to traffic fines. This was stated by Codacons, which has elaborated the data of the official reporting that local authorities must provide to the government by 31 May of each year to then be published on the web platform of the Ministry of the Interior.
“With over 151.5 million euros in collections forfeited in 2022, Milan is the Italian city that earns the most thanks to penalties for violations of the Highway Code, analyzes Codacons. Collections from fines in 2022 grew by 37% to 547 In second place is Piazza Roma, with 133 million euros, and far behind are Florence (46 million euros), Bologna (43 million) and Turin (about 40 million).
Considering the top 20 Italian cities, the proceeds of road fines reached the remarkable figure of 547 million euros in 2022, with a growth of 37.4% compared to 2021, when the same cities examined by Codacons collected a total of 398 million euros. Florence is the Italian queen of speed cameras, with revenues of 23.2 million euros in 2020. Milan follows with 12.9 million fines for speed cameras, and Genoa with 10.7 million. In Naples, the fines imposed by speed cameras guaranteed proceeds of just 18,700 euros”. Potenza, on the other hand, is the city that has seen revenues grow the most, going from 1.1 million euros in 2021 to 3.7 million last year, with an increase of 224%.To help Italian citizens contest unfair fines, Codacons has organized a webinar for June 12 where lawyers and industry experts will provide information to fined motorists.
Source: Ansa
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