Therefore, during the months of greatest tourist influx, the holiday destinations set up up large pedestrian areas along the seafront and in the centre, both strictly closed to private traffic. As in many other countries, speed cameras are in operation, devices able to photograph a vehicle travelling at excessive speed. The owner of the vehicle is traced through the number plate and the fine is sent to the owner's address. In the city It is essential to drive with great care. The use of the pavement by parked cars in turn forces pedestrians into the street.
Seat belts are compulsory.
Parking the car can be a problem in both the great cities and small ones. Italy is still cretaing underground and multi-storey parking garages, but particularly in the larger cities the main development is of 'park and ride' schemes at the terminals of the underground railway lines and main bus routes. If you want to drive as near as possible to the centre, outside parking is at a charge if the lines on the road are blue and free if white.