The Traffic Police makes public the road sections where the tools are operational, day by day speed control. 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 13 January 2025 until Sunday 19 January 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 13, 14 and 16 January 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 this case
of bad weather.
The sanctions in summary:
• up to 10 km/h more than the limit – fine between 42 and 173
euro
• over 10 km/h and up to 40 km/h more – fine between 173 and 694
euros and 3 points deduction 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 for one to three months
• anyone who exceeds the maximum speed limit by more than 60 km/h is punished with a fine
fine including 845 and 3,382, with a deduction of 10 points on the
license and the additional sanction of suspension of the license from six to twelve months. In case of repeat offenses within two years, 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.