The census of devices installed in Italy requested by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has been completed: where to find the list and what to do in the event of a sanction
A web address destined to become the habitual attendance of motorists. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published the official list of devices on its website speed cameras present in Italy. A detailed list result of the census in Municipalities, local authorities and law enforcement agencies, which were obliged to communicate via the Ministry’s telematic platform, by 28 November, the essential data of each device, i.e. brand, model, version, as well as location in kilometers and direction of travel. A real “information bank” which, however, does not have the sole purpose of consultation. Starting November 29thin fact, all devices not present in the list and therefore not regularly registered are to be considered “not up to standard”, that is, they will be turned off and in any case they will no longer be able to raise valid fines, which therefore are to be considered null and void. Upon receipt of the report, the motorist will only have to consult the online list and verify the actual presence in the list of the device through which the violation was recorded. In case of absence, the route is naturally that of legitimate remedy.
Half-way solution
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The census is the result of the definitive approval of law decree n. 73 of 21 May 2025 (infrastructure decree) and was then regulated by the decree of the general director for motorization no. 367 of 29 September 2025. “The entry of data relating to each device or system is the necessary condition for the legitimate use of the devices or systems by administrations and bodies” specifies the ministry in a note, even if the census does not at all solve the biggest problem affecting speed cameras in our country: even high fines through devices surveyed and approved, but not registered, have no value.
Original sin
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THE’article 45paragraph 6, of Traffic Laws adopted in 1992 already provided that all equipment used to detect violations of speed limits were subject to “theapproval od approval by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport”.article 142paragraph 6, however, it is reiterated more clearly that “for the determination of compliance with speed limits, the results of duly approved equipment are considered sources of proof”. Approval means formal recognition by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport that a specific piece of equipment can perform the task of speed detector. With approval comes the practical verification of the construction standards of each device, its effectiveness and therefore precision. The point is simple: although approval has always been a necessary requirement for a fixed or mobile speed camera to work, to date there is still no implementing decree from the Ministry of Infrastructure that allows the new devices to actually be approved. Law 177 of 11/25/2024 also introduced many changes to the Highway Codebut spectacularly missed the opportunity to introduce it. On 21 March 2025 the government tried to take action, providing that the devices or systems approved in accordance with the decree of the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of 13 June 2017, n. 282, being compliant with the provisions of the technical annex, are to be considered “officially approved“. The intention was to at least regulate the recent past. The effect of this void, day after day, appears more and more evident. The Court of Cassation has repeatedly highlighted that “to be considered compliant, and therefore to be able to legitimately sanction speeding, an electronic detection device must have completed the approval process”. For the Court of Cassation, however, “simple approval cannot be considered equivalent to approval”. The orientation of Cassation is to be considered an address for all the Courts of Italy: only approved devices can offer suitable proof of violation of speed limits.
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