The Traffic Police makes public the road sections where speed control instruments are operational day by day. A way to invite motorists to moderate their speed while respecting the limits and thus prevent road accidents. It is important to keep your speed under control.
The services will be carried out from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th November 2025 on the A/18 Messina-Catania and A/20 Messina-Palermo motorway sections, in the sections most affected by a high accident rate, according to the following calendar:
- days 24, 26 and 27 November 2025 on the A/20 Messina – Palermo and A/18 Messina – Catania, alternatively, in both directions.
Let’s remember the current limits:
• on motorways: 130 kilometers per hour, dropping to 110 in case of bad weather;
• on main extra-urban roads: 110 kilometers per hour, dropping to 90 in case of bad weather.
The sanctions in summary:
• up to 10 km/h more than the limit – fine between 42 and 173 euros
• over 10 km/h and up to 40 km/h more – fine of between 173 and 694 euros and reduction of 3 points on the driving licence;
• over 40 km/h and no more than 60 km/h – fine between 543 and 2,170 euros, deduction of 6 points from the driving license and additional sanction of suspension of the driving license from one to three months
• anyone who exceeds the maximum speed limits by more than 60 km/h is punished with a fine of between 845 and 3,382, with the deduction of 10 points from the driving license and the additional sanction of suspension of the driving license from six to twelve months. In case of repeat offenses within a two-year period, the driving license will be revoked.
These penalties are increased for new drivers and professional drivers.
Particular attention will also be paid to excessive speeding committed by drivers of commercial and passenger transport vehicles (buses and heavy vehicles) also through the reading provided by on-board systems such as chronotachographs and digital tachographs.