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Motorists: Diesel and insurance premiums to rise in 2026, but not fines. What we know

From next January, amid the reorganization of excise duty and car fees, there will be an increase in costs for motorists.However, the fines will not increase.Here are the details

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No increase in fines

Let's start with the fines.The Milleproroghe decree, which came into force last Thursday and was examined by the Parliament, stopped the updating of the amount of road fines, the value of the fines did not change.In the absence of the intervention, the fines would have increased by nearly 2% from next January according to the regulations of the KRESZ.

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As explained by Codacons, without the Milleproroghe stop, the fine for a parking ban would increase from €42 to €43, the fine for entering restricted areas from €87 to €89, the speed limit of 60 km/h from €845 to €862, and for running a red light from €845 to €862. €85, mobile while driving250-255 euros for using the phone.

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Third consecutive block

The suspension of the two-year update of the sanctions provided by the Highway Code was supposed to expire on December 31, 2025, however, as mentioned, with Milleproroghe it was extended by one year, until the law of December 1: The Government has, expresses the economic situation Casters, ranked by 15.6% 2 is also included in the fines.2.2%, and then decreased by -0.2% in 2021.

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Increase diesel

If the fines are not increased, the price of diesel is bound to go up.As a matter of fact, with the revision of the tax rates estimated in motion, there will be an increase in the diesel tax of 4.05 euro cents per liter of diesel: this intervention will bring an increase of 552 million euros to the national treasury in 2026.

Tank full of diesel

According to the calculations of the Consumers Association, taking into account the 22% value-added tax from January next year, the price of a 50-liter diesel tank will be 2.47 euros more than today, the cost will be higher every year, assuming two tanks per month from +59.3 euros per car.Moreover, as proposed by UNEM President Gianni Murano in 2026, diesel prices could exceed fuel: Fuel prices - Murano says - at the lowest level since 2022, but from January 1, 2026 at current prices, tariff adjustments could make diesel 3 percent more expensive than gasoline.

With the increase in diesel taxes, Codacons reminds us that there will be a reduction in gasoline taxes as well.However, the association stressed - when tariffs rose 1.5 cents in May, diesel prices at the pump rose sharply.While for green, even in the presence of a 1.5 cent tariff reduction, the reduction is minimal.

Codacons also reports other possible increases for car insurance, also foreseen by the Meloni government's maneuver which will have to be approved by Parliament.One of the measures contained in the omnibus amendment to the budget proposal, in fact, increases the rate on the liability insurance policy from 2.5% to 12.5%.car relating to the risk of injury to the driver and the risk of roadside assistance for contracts stipulated or renewed starting from 1 January 2026. 2026. The increase, as foreseen by a government amendment to the Budget which reformulates a majority proposal, concerns "the premiums relating to the risk of injury to the driver and the risk of roadside assistance".

The technical report estimates that the collection will amount to 115 million coins, which will be released to the public coffers next year.Motor insurance prices - reminds Codacons - we have already mentioned significant increases: compared to 2022, the average cost of the plan increased by 17.5% in total, from an average of 353 coins in January 2022 (IVASS data) to 415 coins in the second quarter of 2025.

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