Click on images to view larger LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The hugely popular Comptoir Suisse show starts in Lausanne Saturday 14 September and one of its more unusual stands will be that of the Vaud police road safety team. Journalists were given a taste this week of what visitors to the show can expect as part […]
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Geneva police rev up biker safety campaign
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Motorcyclists being stopped by the police are a sight more frequent than usual this week in Geneva, with the city’s police running a safety campaign 17-21 May, called “PréDiRe Motocyclistes”. It is part of the larger BPU (Swiss Safety Council) national preventive campaign to cut the number of bikers’ deaths and […]
Watch those slippery roads! 22 accidents in Bern, Vaud police seek witnesses
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Snow has been bucketing down throughout much of Switzerland, with snow falling steadily throughout the Alps Sunday and picking up again early Monday morning. Canton Bern had 22 accidents between 17:00 and 05:00, reports 20 Minutes (Fre), with one woman losing her life in Thunstetten and three other people injured in other […]