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Vaud road deaths down, bikers still most at risk

14/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of people killed in road accidents in Vaud in 2010 is 40 percent lower than in 2003, show new figures for the canton issued Monday 14 March. Thirty-six people lost their lives in 2010, compared to 63 in 2003. The main factors remain speed, inattention, refusal to give priority […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 2010, Cantonal Police, deaths, drunkenness, inattention, police, priority, speeding, statistics, Vaud

Smart radars prepare to move out from Geneva

18/08/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Geneva is known as an international city, usually because of the NGOs and other world-level orgnizations it hosts, but lately it’s been hot world news for another reason: its new Trafistar sr590 smart radars. Fear and loathing, from Ethiopia to New Caledonia, have been prompted by the new radar system, called […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Geneva, smart radars, speeding, Switzerland, traffic violations, Trafistar sr590

Bye-bye, speeding for free over the border

29/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Speeders beware: France and Switzerland have just swapped data on 30,000 drivers who’ve been caught going over the limit, in order to send them speeding tickets. The two countries began exchanging data in January, with Switzerland receiving data on more than 20,000 drivers since 5 January, while France has received 10,000 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: data swaps, fines, France, highway department, police, speeding, Switzerland

Driver’s licenses removed for speeding: 17,000 more in 2009

23/02/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Drivers age 20-29 have the highest number of people whose licenses were taken away in 2009: 24,858. But drivers over age 50, with nearly 15,000 licenses removed, make up the fastest growing group. Swiss federal road safety statistics were published Tuesday 23 February and they show a 5 percent increase, to […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: alcohol limit, drivers license, drunk driving, lifted, police, removed, speeding, Switzerland, taken away

Swiss road news: tunnel death in Locarno, high speed in Fribourg

23/03/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One person died, another was taken to hospital by helicopter and is reported to be in serious condition and several other people were injured Monday morning when a truck and three cars were involved in an accident in Locarno, reports ats/20 Minutes. The crash took place on the autoroute ring road, which […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: car crashes, Fribourg, Lucarno, safety, seat belts, speeding, Swiss roads, travel

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