Overview

• Andrea Ferretto, a supermarket employee from Nizza Monferrato, accumulated €28,000 in fines after being repeatedly caught by the same hidden radar trap over six months.
• Italy operates over 11,000 fixed cameras—more than double Germany’s total—and municipalities collected a record €1.7 billion in traffic fines in 2024.
• Under the May 27 ministerial decree, all new stationary and mobile cameras must obtain prefecture approval and be marked with warning signs at least one kilometre ahead.
• The regulations prohibit concealed or disguised devices, mandate minimum distances between traps and restrict speed checks to zones where limits drop by up to 20 km/h.
• Ferretto, who earns €1,100 a month, is challenging the total fine on grounds that the trap served revenue purposes rather than safety and has enlisted legal aid.