The town of Acquentico, in Imperia province, northwestern Italy, put temporary speed cameras up near a pedestrian crossing on the SS28 Nord highway in late October. Within two weeks, 58,568 speeding infractions were recorded. (The town has a population of 120.) The success of the cameras has caused the town council to install permanent cameras. The speed limit within the town is 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.

The 12th Les Flora lies Internationales flower exhibition, held every five years in Nantes, France, will take place May 8-19 in 2019 at Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire (Route de Saint-Joseph de Porterie, 44300 Nantes). More than 200 flower and plant experts from all over the world will create landscapes at the exhibition hall, on the banks of the Erdre River.

A ticket costs €20.50 (near $23). Contact Comité des Floralies (phone +33 02 40 14 58 60, comite-des-floralies.com/...

Carnival Cruise Lines (www.carnival.com) announced, on Nov. 26, that any passenger caught smoking in an undesignated area, including in his or her own cabin, will be fined $500, and he or she, and any other person staying in their cabin, may be removed from the ship at the next port of call. Anyone removed from a ship for a smoking violation will be banned from future Carnival cruises.

Previously, smoking violators only faced a cleaning fee tacked onto their bill.