Originally Posted by
dhammer53
Avoid a fine by paying close attention to your guide book. Most small walled cities forbid you to enter. If you do, you'll be surprised when your car rental company sends you the fine to be paid. They snap your license plate (tag) for a 100 euro fine (US$128.)
This is valid also in Rome, in a very wide central area plus others congestioned zones. Be careful, i should verify the policy but I remember you get fined twice; in & out. Double fine, double surcharge applicable by the rental company
Originally Posted by
dhammer53
There are signs on the highways advising you that if you go over the speed limit, the cameras will 'get you'. I didn't see any cameras, so YMMV.
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With the new regulations, all camera must be clearly identified by road signs. And they are.
Actually, the authorities installed a new system called Tutor, which not only takes a photo if you go over the speed limit where the camera is installed, but keeps recording the timing at each camera of the system, and fines if you go over the speed limit, so if average speed > speed limit. So, no cameras, but you're tracked.
http://poliziadistato.it/articolo/51-Tutor
It's massively used in Lazio, the region of Rome, as well as in other segments of the motorway network.