Speed camera tolerance in Italy: what comes off and where the fine starts
Enter the speed the device recorded and the limit: the calculator takes off the article 345 reduction, shows the speed held and the readings at which a fine, points and a suspension begin.
The Italian speed camera tolerance is the reduction that article 345, paragraph 2, of the Highway Code regulation applies to every speed measurement, whatever the device: 5% of the recorded speed comes off, with a minimum of 5 km/h. Up to 100 km/h recorded the reduction is therefore always 5 km/h; above 100 km/h it is exactly 5%, decimals included. What remains is the speed held (velocità accertata), the only figure that counts under article 142. On a 50 limit the first recorded speed that brings a fine is 56 km/h and points start at 66 km/h; on a 130 motorway the fine starts at 137 km/h recorded and points at 148 km/h. The reduction already includes the instrument’s own margin of error, and devices less accurate than 5% may not be used at all. When speed is worked out from the times on motorway toll tickets, paragraph 3 gives larger reductions of 5, 10 or 15%.
To pay within 5 days
€29.40
€42 within 60 days · none
| Speed held (−7.10 km/h) | 134.90 km/h |
| Over the limit by | 4.90 km/h |
| Band | Art. 142 c.7 · up to 10 km/h over |
| Within 5 days (−30%) | €29.40 |
| Within 60 days (minimum) | €42 |
| If you neither pay nor appeal | €86.50 + costs |
| Points deducted | 0 |
| Licence suspension | no |
130 km/h limit: the speed on the fine and the band
| Speed recorded | Band | Within 60 days | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 130 to 136 km/h | no fine | – | 0 |
| 137 to 147 km/h | Art. 142 c.7 | €42 | 0 |
| 148 to 178 km/h | Art. 142 c.8 | €173 | 3 |
| 179 to 200 km/h | Art. 142 c.9 | €543 | 6 |
| from 201 km/h | Art. 142 c.9-bis | €845 | 10 |
Whole speeds as read by the device, with the article 345 reduction already taken off to find the band. Daytime amounts, no night surcharge.
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What article 345 of the regulation says
The rule is not in the Highway Code itself but in its implementing regulation. Article 345, paragraph 2 requires that, when a device is approved, “a reduction of 5%, with a minimum of 5 km/h” is applied to the value recorded, and adds that this reduction “also includes the instrumental tolerance”. Two practical consequences follow: the reduction is not added on top of a separate margin for the device, and a device whose own error exceeds 5% cannot be used to establish speed. Paragraph 4 adds that the devices must be operated directly by the traffic police bodies and remain at their disposal.
The sum is always the same: recorded speed minus reduction gives the speed held; speed held minus the limit gives the excess, which sets the band of the Italian speeding fine. With the calculator’s starting values, 142 km/h recorded on a 130 motorway loses 7.1 km/h, leaving 134.9 km/h held and 4.9 km/h over: €42 and no points.
How much the camera tolerance takes off
Speed held
133 km/h
| Reduction applied | 7 km/h |
| Rule | 5% of the speed |
Thresholds for each limit
The table shows, for each speed limit, the first recorded speed (in whole km/h) that enters each band of article 142, after the 5% reduction with its 5 km/h minimum. A 30 limit applies in signed urban zones, 70 on town roads where the council has raised it, and 150 on three-lane motorway sections where the operator has raised it.
| Limit | Fine from | Points from | 1–3 month suspension from | 6–12 month suspension from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 km/h | 36 km/h | 46 km/h | 76 km/h | 96 km/h |
| 50 km/h | 56 km/h | 66 km/h | 96 km/h | 116 km/h |
| 70 km/h | 76 km/h | 86 km/h | 116 km/h | 137 km/h |
| 90 km/h | 96 km/h | 106 km/h | 137 km/h | 158 km/h |
| 110 km/h | 116 km/h | 127 km/h | 158 km/h | 179 km/h |
| 130 km/h | 137 km/h | 148 km/h | 179 km/h | 201 km/h |
| 150 km/h | 158 km/h | 169 km/h | 201 km/h | 222 km/h |
Drivers licensed for less than three years use the same arithmetic on lower limits: article 117 sets 100 km/h on motorways and 90 on main extra-urban roads, so on a motorway their fine starts at 106 km/h recorded.
Why the decimals matter
Above 100 km/h the reduction has decimals, and so does the speed held: article 345 says nothing about rounding, and the calculator uses the exact value. A single km/h can change the band. On a 110 dual carriageway, 157 km/h recorded gives 149.15 km/h held and 39.15 km/h over: €173 and 3 points. 158 km/h recorded gives 150.1 km/h and 40.1 km/h over, just above 40: €543, 6 points, a one-to-three-month suspension and no 30% discount. That is why it pays to read the recorded speed printed on the verbale (the Italian fine notice) rather than trusting a rough mental sum.
The limit that applies to me
General limit
130 km/h
| First recorded speed fined | 137 km/h |
| First with points (over 10 km/h) | 148 km/h |
A sign may set a different limit: the posted one applies.
Speed worked out from toll tickets
Paragraph 3 of the same article allows another method: the average speed deduced from the times printed on the motorway ticket at entry and at the toll booth, compared with the official distance between the two junctions. Here the margin in the driver’s favour is wider and grows with speed:
| Average speed deduced | Reduction |
|---|---|
| below 70 km/h | 5% |
| 70 to under 130 km/h | 10% |
| 130 km/h and above | 15% |
With this method an average of 150 km/h on a 130 stretch becomes 127.5 km/h: no fine. On a 130 limit the first average that can be fined is 153 km/h. It should not be confused with the Tutor, a device homologated for average speed that uses the ordinary 5% reduction: the average-speed camera page goes through that calculation. The rules here are those in force in 2026; the texts were read on Normattiva on 24 October 2026. If the reduction on your fine does not add up, the appeal page sets out the deadlines and the two routes.