Bern’s young Swiss People’s Party (SVP/UDC) is calling for a new speed limit of 140 km/h to be tested on a stretch of Swiss motorway between Bern and Bienne. The demand for the test, on a stretch of road between Schönbühl and Lyss, was made via a press release. The Schönbühl-Lyss section was chosen because […]
Speeder gets 20 month Swiss prison sentence
20 Minutes. A 20 year old Italian was sentenced last week for a speeding offense committed in December 2015. Caught driving at 107 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, in the centre of the town of Rothrist in Switzerland, he was handed a 20 month prison term. The man who had lost both his car and license, […]
Speeder in Switzerland pays thousands and loses car
Le Matin. Last Friday, a 30 year old portuguese national was flashed by a speed camera going 185 km/h in an 80 km/h zone in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The speeding happened on a stretch of road between Trübbach and Sevelen. Penalties for speeding offenses like this, defined as reckless, are severe in Switzerland. In this […]