Italians and rules...

"In some instances, the way of life in Italy undermined their own defense. The Italian inclination to ignore rules proved self-destructive when blackouts for raids went unobserved. 'RAF planes crossing the Alps were welcomed by the sight of Milan and Genoa fully illuminated.... Bologna houses were brightly lit and cars and bicycles drove with full lights.' The inability - and, at times unwillingness - of some Italians to defend themselves was evident even to a Royal Air Force navigator looking down on the very city his crew was bombing".

From Saving Italy by Robert M.Edsel (Author of the Monuments Men)
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.