LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The cost of driving off without taking time to clear your car in Switzerland can be high: you risk losing your license. Police in canton Vaud 12, with TCS (Touring Club Suisse) December launched their early winter road safety campaign 12 December to remind motorists they are obliged to keep windshields, mirrors, […]
Travels
When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … Rinspeed car!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the world’s most creative car inventors – for he is far more than a designer – is about to bring the driverless car to the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Granted, it’s not ready to roll out, but Frank Rinderknecht, head of the Rinspeed Swiss “Think Tank” and “Mobility Lab” says […]
Swiss taxis are not cheap but … know where you’re going!
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Swiss taxis have a reputation for being expensive, but I was taken aback when Google News came up with an alert for a Lausanne taxi ride from the main train station to Ouchy for CHF141. You can walk it in 20 minutes. Do you see anything wrong in this […]
Taxis given standards for measuring a fare
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss taxi drivers until now have now been obliged to use standard metres to measure the distance for their fares, but Bern has just approved technical standards that will apply starting in January 2014. Under the new standards drivers will make their own reports, in an effort to keep the administrative workload […]
Geneva train station gets cheesy new door
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The new front door to the main railway station in Geneva was unveiled Thursday morning 5 December and it’s – take a guess – a Swiss cheese! The large door that’s full of holes, designed by Geneva artist Carmen Perrin, is one of a series of new sights for travelers passing through […]