Speed cameras in Italy: how they work and which ones a town declares
Look up a comune (town): see how many devices it declared to the transport ministry, of which type and under which decree. Below, what an autovelox measures and the rules it must meet.
In Italy an autovelox is any device that measures a vehicle’s speed to record an offence: a fixed roadside unit, a mobile unit on a tripod or in a car, a laser gun aimed by an officer, or an average-speed system, the tutor, which times you between two gantries. Article 142 of the Italian Highway Code only accepts as evidence the readings of “duly homologated” devices, and paragraph 6-bis requires speed checks to be signposted in advance and clearly visible. The recorded speed is always cut by 5%, with a minimum of 5 km/h. Since 28 November 2025 the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has published a register of the devices declared by police bodies: the copy of 22 February 2026 lists 3,896 devices, including 1,579 mobile, 602 fixed and 409 average-speed systems, declared by 1,503 comuni, by provincial bodies and by the Polizia Stradale (the national traffic police).
Speed devices declared by Torino council
15
Province of Torino: 119 in all, 0 of them run by provincial bodies
| Mobile (laser gun, movable unit) | 7 |
| Type not stated | 4 |
| Average speed (tutor) | 4 |
State roads and motorways: 606 Polizia Stradale devices, listed with no comune.
The devices of Torino: make, model, decree, notes
Source: MIT, list of speed-measuring devices (CC BY 3.0 IT); ISTAT comuni (CC BY 4.0). Text as declared by each body: the location only appears when the body wrote it in the notes. Below the line, devices of provincial bodies.
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What an autovelox measures
Every device does the same job: it measures a speed and links it to a plate and a time. Only the method changes. Fixed cameras sit in a cabinet or on a pole and photograph anyone above the set threshold, with no officers present. Mobile units are set up on a tripod or in a patrol car and work with officers on site; a telelaser is a laser gun aimed by hand. Average-speed systems, known as tutor, read your plate at two gantries a few kilometres apart and divide the distance by the time taken. The ministry’s register sorts them this way, based on what each body wrote:
| Type declared | Devices | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile (laser gun, movable unit) | 1,579 | 40.5% |
| Fixed | 602 | 15.5% |
| Average speed (tutor) | 409 | 10.5% |
| Fixed or mobile | 160 | 4.1% |
| Type not stated | 1,146 | 29.4% |
More than one device in four has no clear type: many bodies only wrote the make and model. Read the figures as declarations by each body, not as a survey on the ground.
Speed devices declared in my province
Province of Milano
113
| Comuni with devices | 41 |
| Run by provincial bodies | 31 |
MIT register, version of 22 February 2026; Polizia Stradale excluded.
The rules a speed camera must meet
Three conditions come from the Highway Code. The first concerns the device: article 142, paragraph 6, accepts as evidence the readings of “duly homologated” equipment, average-speed systems included. The fine must name the device’s decree; the homologated cameras page explains why the difference between approval and homologation is argued in court. The second concerns the site: paragraph 6-bis wants it “signposted in advance and clearly visible”, with signs or lights, under the Regulation and a transport ministry decree. The third concerns the reading: article 345 of the Regulation takes off 5% of the speed, at least 5 km/h, before it is compared with the limit (see the tolerance page).
Since 2025 a fourth, about transparency, applies: each body must declare its devices to the ministry, which publishes them. Directorial decree 367 of 29 September 2025 set up the census, closed on 28 November 2025 with the publication of the list; updates continue under decree 305 of 18 August 2025 (ministry press release). For each device the body gives make, model, version, serial number, decree and, where needed, the kilometre position and direction.
Who runs speed cameras
In the copy of 22 February 2026, 1,503 of 7,896 comuni declare at least one device, roughly one in five. Northern regions have the most: Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont each have over 380, while Molise, Basilicata and the Aosta Valley stay under 20. Provincial and metropolitan bodies, which police provincial roads, declare 278. The Polizia Stradale, in charge of motorways and state roads, declares 606, with no comune, so they do not appear in the search by town. The map by region and the camera list give the detail.
| Comune | Province | Devices declared |
|---|---|---|
| Roma | RM | 43 |
| Genova | GE | 29 |
| Venezia | VE | 24 |
| Firenze | FI | 23 |
| Milano | MI | 22 |
| Bologna | BO | 21 |
| Ferrara | FE | 20 |
| Guastalla | RE | 18 |
| Terni | TR | 16 |
| Palermo | PA | 15 |
After the flash: what happens next
The flash is not the fine. The police identify the vehicle owner and must serve the fine within 90 days of the offence being established, or 360 days if the owner lives abroad. With a rental car the rental company is contacted first and names the driver. The fine shows the recorded speed, the speed held after the tolerance, the limit, the device and its decree. From the day it reaches you, you have 5 days for the 30% discount and 60 days to pay the minimum or appeal. The calculator on the home page turns the speed on the fine into an amount, points and deadlines; the appeal page explains when contesting makes sense. The amounts used are those in force in 2026, read in the text in force on 24 October 2026.
My Italian speeding fine
Within 5 days (−30%)
€121.10
| Speed held | 67 km/h |
| Amount within 60 days | €173 |
| Points | 3 points |
| Licence suspension | none |