Speeding in Switzerland

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ronk

Lifer
 Durham
I was talking to a fella who’d been an a motorbike trip to Switzerland - some of his group got caught speeding at the end of a tunnel, 89 in a 60 limit

The result he tells me was a €6000 on the spot fine!
If he had being doing 90 the bike would have been confiscated.
 
I’m driving thro Switzerland en route to Italy so I’m going to be careful. I haven’t got a spare €6k to chuck into their system!
 
I recall Switzerland being a bit steep on a push bike. :wink: Sounds like not much has changed. :o
 
ronk said:
I’m driving thro Switzerland en route to Italy so I’m going to be careful. I haven’t got a spare €6k to chuck into their system!
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Enjoy :driving: first time im not going this year.
Sad times
 
Yup, know a guy who got a £5k fine, banned from Switzerland and his bike crushed ...doing 100 in 50 limit....
 
1000rr said:
Yup, know a guy who got a £5k fine, banned from Switzerland and his bike crushed ...doing 100 in 50 limit....
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That verified what the fella told me.
It puts me off a bit - but it’s going to be like Driving Miss Daisy for me in August!
 
We got done at the toll roads.... police waiting for us... we weren’t going mad as cameras all over, especially in the tunnels...

They had us on multiple cameras and we each got a fine of 350 Swiss francs each for apparently speeding in the Gotthard tunnel..... :cry:
 
ronk said:
1000rr said:
Yup, know a guy who got a £5k fine, banned from Switzerland and his bike crushed ...doing 100 in 50 limit....
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That verified what the fella told me.
It puts me off a bit - but it’s going to be like Driving Miss Daisy for me in August!
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Don’t worry about it, it’s a fabulous country for scenery.... there’s always italy and Germany to let rip. Don’t forget the vignette...we got done for not having one of those, too. :oops:
 
Switzerland lifted a 52 year old ban back in 2007 on any form of motor racing taking part in the country. The ban was introduced following the more than 80 deaths in the disaster at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans....not even in Switzerland !

The ban was lifted following heated discussions within the Swiss parliament with some arguing that the reintroduction of the sport could help the countries component manufacturers and the tourism industry, while others argued that the sport wasn't good for the environment.

The final voting saw the ban lifted with 97 votes for and 77 against. Not exactly a landslide :o
 
1000rr said:
ronk said:
1000rr said:
Yup, know a guy who got a £5k fine, banned from Switzerland and his bike crushed ...doing 100 in 50 limit....
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That verified what the fella told me.
It puts me off a bit - but it’s going to be like Driving Miss Daisy for me in August!
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Don’t worry about it, it’s a fabulous country for scenery.... there’s always italy and Germany to let rip. Don’t forget the vignette...we got done for not having one of those, too. :oops:
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Only required for using the motorways.
 
Switzerland & Austria are the 2 countries u better not speed... they’re notorious.

Makes me feel rather lucky with a EUR40 fine on the Bremner pass for doing 14km over the speed limit.

And... on a closing note France is now another country where they will crush your car/bike if you are going OTT & you’ll need an emissions vignette for certain cities
 
I lived in Switzerland for 7 years. The one country I would never go back to live in permanently. One joke sums it up: they have a tax on humor. Generalizing, they are a bitter people.
 
I’m only using Switzerland to get to northern Italy so I will need a vignette. I just bought the last one at the the border crossing.
Travelling from Basel down to Chur then over the Spluga :thumbsup:
 
ronk said:
I’m only using Switzerland to get to northern Italy so I will need a vignette. I just bought the last one at the the border crossing.
Travelling from Basel down to Chur then over the Spluga :thumbsup:
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Suggest travelling via Luxembourg (one of cheapest places for fuel in Europe) & not the normal sat nav route, so quieter... just a bit busy round ring road
 
I agree with the Luxembourg suggestion I’ve done that route a few times when towing a caravan and sailing from the south coast.
We now take the easy option for ferry crossings and sail from the Tyne - 20miles to the port.
The drive to the south of Germany is thro Netherlands and Montabaur - about 220 miles a day.

From the Black Forest area it is to Basel and onto Chur - skirting Zurich (from memory )

Looking forward to it at the end July :thumbsup:
 
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