Fixed speed camera
SignpostedAutovelox
Catches: Speeding.
Since 12 June 2024, cameras outside towns may only be used where the limit is no more than 20 km/h below the road's general limit, unless the road's layout or crash record justifies it.
Warned by a sign
Fixed speed camera, Average speed camera, Mobile camera, Zone camera
Not always warned
None
Every camera type
Real photos, with where each one was taken and who took it.
Average speed camera
SignpostedTutor
Looks like: Cameras on gantries over the motorway, at the start and end of a section several kilometres long.
Catches: Average speed between two gantries. The newer Tutor 3.0 also measures speed at each gantry.
Used on sections of the A1, A4, A14 and many other motorways. The Polizia di Stato publishes a map of active sections.
Mobile camera
SignpostedPostazione mobile
Catches: Speeding.
Police set up portable speed checks at the roadside. They must be signposted in advance, at least 1 km before on roads outside towns.
Red light camera
T-Red
Catches: Vehicles crossing the stop line on red.
The fine is €167 to €665 and comes by post. Two offences within two years also bring a licence suspension of 1 to 3 months.
Zone camera
SignpostedVarco ZTL
Looks like: Cameras mounted high on poles at each entry, usually with an electronic panel that shows whether the zone is active.
Catches: Vehicles entering a limited traffic zone without a permit, or Milan's Area C without a ticket.
Where cameras enforce a ZTL, a panel reading controllo elettronico ZTL must be posted. Signs are often in Italian only and easy to miss.
The warning signs
Electronic speed check
Controllo elettronico della velocità
A speed camera or police speed check is ahead. The law requires this warning before fixed and mobile checks.
What to do: Check your speed. The camera can be up to 4 km after the sign.
- Rectangular sign with the words CONTROLLO ELETTRONICO DELLA VELOCITÀ, or RILEVAMENTO ELETTRONICO DELLA VELOCITÀ. Its background follows the road's direction signs: green on motorways, blue on other roads outside towns, white in towns. Far enough ahead to be seen in time, and no more than 4 km before the camera with no junction in between. Since June 2024 the minimum is 200 metres on urban through roads, 75 metres on other urban roads and 1 km before mobile checks outside towns.
- A panel reading CONTROLLO ELETTRONICO ZTL with the ZTL entry sign, and an electronic display showing ZTL ATTIVA in red or ZTL NON ATTIVA in green. At the entry gate itself.
Good to know
Tolerance: The measured speed is reduced by 5 per cent, with a minimum of 5 km/h, before a fine is issued.
Radar detectors: Illegal
Apps that warn of cameras: Allowed
If you're in a hire car: For a hire car, the hire company gives your details to the police and may charge an admin fee. For people living abroad the notice must be sent within 360 days of the offence, and it usually comes from a collection agency acting for the Italian police, with a website such as myfines.it where you can see the photo and pay. You have 60 days to contest it.
Fines
| Offence | Fine |
|---|---|
| Speeding by up to 10 km/h | €42 to €173 |
| Speeding by more than 10 and up to 40 km/h Twice within a year in a built-up area: €220 to €880 and a licence suspension of 15 to 30 days. | €173 to €694 |
| Speeding by more than 40 and up to 60 km/h Plus a licence suspension of 1 to 3 months. | €543 to €2,170 |
| Speeding by more than 60 km/h Plus a licence suspension of 6 to 12 months. | €845 to €3,382 |
| Running a red light | €167 to €665 |
| Driving without headlights outside built-up areas | €42 to €173 |
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