The Command of the Municipal Police Force of Messina, with a view to preventing road accidents, has ordered the continuation of speed control services with speed cameras along the main city roads most affected by traffic and with the scout device for detecting infringements of the Highway Code regarding parking bans. The services will be carried out from Monday 10 November until Sunday 16 November 2025. The scheduling of checks with Speed Cameras and Scout will affect the following locations:
Speed cameras:
• SS 114, Giampilieri Marina, from km 15,000 to km 15,700;
• SS 114, Galati, from km 9,100 to km 10,000;
• SS 114, Briga Marina, from km 13.100 to km 13.700;
• SS 114, Pistunina, from km 5,200 to km 5,800;
• SS 113, S. Saba, from km 26,000 to km 26,600;
• SS 113, Spartà, from km 21.400 to km 22.400;
• SS 113, Mortelle, from km 11.700 to km 12.200;
• Via Circuito Torre Faro;
• Via Consolare Pompea, from km 7,500 to km 8,000;
• Viale Giostra, between via S. Jachiddu and the “Maiorana” school institute.
Scouts:
• Corso Cavour;
• Piazza Duomo (Pedestrian Area);
• Corso Garibaldi;
• Via Cesare Battisti;
• Viale Boccetta;
• Via Consolato del Mare;
• Via Argentieri;
• Via XXIV Maggio.
Control services will also be carried out from Monday 10th to Sunday 16th 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 10, 11, and 15 November 2025 on the A/20 Messina – Palermo and A/18 Messina – Catania, alternately, 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.