The Traffic Police has made 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 25th to Sunday 1st December 2024, on motorway routes A18 Messina-Catania and A20 Messina-Palermoin the sections most affected by a high accident rate, according to the following calendar: 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30 November 2024 on the A20 Messina – Palermo and A18 Messina – Cataniaalternatively in both directions.
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 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 between 173 and 694 euros and 3 points deduction from the driving licence;
over 40 km/h and no more than 60 km/h – fine between 543 and 2,170 eurosdeduction 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 a deduction of 10 points on 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.