The European country that will eliminate hidden radars: these are its new measures to reduce speeding fines.

As we can see in Spain, European roads have recently been filled with speed cameras with the aim of reducing the number of traffic accidents and lowering the percentage of fatalities from this cause.

However, in some areas, this idea seems to be opposed , as they believe it's merely used as a means of raising revenue. Looking at the speed cameras spread across the Old Continent, Italy leads the way with more than 12,000 speedometers installed on its roads.

In second place is the United Kingdom , which currently has a total of 8,000 radars monitoring its roads. Rounding out the list, with an approximate figure of around 3,000 devices, are France and Belgium, two countries with a number of radars very similar to that of Spain.

Frustration in Italy

As we mentioned earlier, Italy is one of the regions with the most speed cameras on its roads. Therefore, the government has fully implemented a plan to curb this worrying situation and has asked the authorities to "regulate their placement."

According to data provided by the transalpine country, a total of €1.7 billion is collected annually from speeding fines, a significant and worrying figure when compared, for example, with other European countries, such as Spain (which collects €500 million).

What are the new measures?

Based on this data, a series of measures have been implemented to regulate the location of radars and to warn drivers in advance of their approach using speedometers. The first of these, and the most important according to the country's authorities, is the requirement to always signal the presence of radars on the road, whether fixed or mobile , completely eliminating the old tactic of hiding these devices to catch the fastest drivers red-handed.

Secondly, the installation of speedometers has also been completely banned in road areas where speeds must be reduced abruptly and suddenly, such as on crossroads where speeds go from 120 to 90 kilometers per hour in a matter of seconds.

Last but not least, they have also banned the installation of cascading (tracked) radars , and there must be a minimum distance of 4 kilometers between one speedometer and another.