The directive announced by the Ministry of Transport Matteo Salvini to limit the freedom of mayors regarding the maximum speed of cars in residential areas will end up at the Lazio Regional Administrative Court.
This was stated by Codacons, which announces an appeal to the administrative court to obtain the annulment of the measures announced by Minister Salvini.
"The MIT directive on speed limits is wrong from every point of view, and is an unjustified, abnormal and disproportionate measure, a purely ideological measure that clashes with the primary need to guarantee road safety and protect the safety of citizens - explains Codacons - More and more cities in Europe are adopting the maximum speed limit of 30 km/h in urban centres, obtaining enormous benefits both in terms of accidents and polluting emissions, with a clear improvement of air quality.
Contrary to what was claimed by Minister Salvini, the 30 km/h measure adopted by Bologna but also by other administrations does not apply to the entire municipal territory, but only to sensitive areas identified directly by the mayors, to whom Italian law attributes the power to intervene in the matter, in compliance with the Highway Code.
Furthermore, contrary to what Minister Salvini claimed, the speed limit of 30 km/h in some areas identified by the mayors does not compromise any rights of motorists, nor does it violate constitutional principles.
If anything, the only option that is limited is to put the lives of pedestrians or cyclists at risk through excessive driving speed."
For these reasons, Codacons is now announcing an appeal to the TAR of Lazio "against any directive from the MIT aimed at preventing mayors from limiting the speed of cars in residential areas: with the appeal, compensation for damages of 500,000 euros per act will also be requested from the ministry illegitimate, to be paid to the road victims fund".
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