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In Italy, Milan is the city that gets the most money from traffic fines. In 2021, Beppe Sala's metropolis collected nearly 103 million euros: of these, 13 million euros came from motorists who violated speed limits. In second place is Rome, some 10 million euros away (94 million euros in total, including 4.6 million euros from speed limits). Other cities include Turin (41.5 million euros), Florence (21.2 million euros), Palermo and Naples (both 9.6 million euros). The figures drop, but remain substantial, in the provincial capitals. For example, Pavia (72,000 inhabitants) collects 3.6 million euros, while Lecce (95,000 inhabitants) gets 3.8 million euros. But what do Italian cities do with the money collected from motorists' violations? Milan spends 22 million euros on road maintenance and road safety education. 11 million euros go to signage replacement and another 11 million euros to strengthen violation detection activities. Rome is in the same vein, but allocates more than 10 million euros to street lighting. More than 2,000 Italian municipalities, however, do not disclose how they spend the proceeds of fines.
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