Feckin Swiss Hate Speed - Confirmed

[Mark GVA]

Like me, many of you will have seen the episode of Top Gear when the 3 luckiest b@stards in the world, headed off to find the best driving road in the world. When they entered Switzerland Clarkson was going on about their hate of speed & they they would consider the Lambo, Porsche, and DB as amrageddon arriving.....remember.

Ok, shoot to present day....been riding my 10 for just over a year here....Got a few speeding fines within the first few months, which worked out about £40 each....not bad, no points system out here either, so thought...bah...they aint all that bad.

Then I heard about the millionaire who was busted in the Ferrari doing 80 in a 50 & charged £20,000+....laughed & thought, well he can probably afford decent lawyers to get that reduced.....

Yesterday I get a note to call in to the post office to pick up a recorded delivery letter....head on down, & the b@stards caught me......doing 74 in a 50 , at 5 minutes past midnight.....£420!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Point of this whole post, other than ranting........does anyone have a Puch Maxi for sale?

[scooby]

i remember reading about the guy in the ferrari,aren't the fines directly related to your income/equity or something like that? (more for excessive speeeding not just a bit over the limit)

[Mark GVA]

I've heard that they do relate ti to your incomce in some situations....however, the first few I got were similar to UK fines....seems now they've seen I have a few & have decided to slap me with this f@cker. It's worked...I'll be going into France to do all my speeding now


& I got it wrong, the ferrari owner was fined $290,000.

Just found this: Speeding fines will depend on the speed above the legal limit and where the offence took place: a driver travelling over the authorised speed limit by 15km/h in a town centre, 20km/h in a suburb or 25km/h on the motorway may have to appear in court and the fine may be as much as CHF 1,000 (£625). Driving licences may be suspended.

[topher454]

hate to say this...but consider yourself lucky.......did hear of a group from performance bikes having their bikes conferscated....took them a year to get back plus massive fines......Switzerland is defo not the place to speed 

[David154]

Beautiful country ..very odd folks very uptight

[psg1]

fuckin place needs squashing by a big avalanche.............then drive over @30mph from france with the ambulances 

thing is,any gas guzzlers that are capable of speed including big bikes are killing the air,global warming = no snow=no tourists = bankcrupt fucking shithole covered in brown slush...........................speed away pal........................fuk em 

[topher454]

fuckin place needs squashing by a big avalanche.............then drive over @30mph from france with the ambulances 

thing is,any gas guzzlers that are capable of speed including big bikes are killing the air,global warming = no snow=no tourists = bankcrupt fucking shithole covered in brown slush...........................speed away pal........................fuk em 

     

 

[Mark GVA]

  I aint gonna change....just get the speed camera warning app up to date.

 

[lost]

bloody hell mate thats abit steep.im coming out for the last week in august do they do on the spot fines?
i will be keeping a close eye on my mirrors

[pat]

bloody hell mate thats abit steep.im coming out for the last week in august do they do on the spot fines?
i will be keeping a close eye on my mirrors

They sure do!

I was out there a few years back on a car rally & one of the guys got pulled for doing less than 30KPH over the limit in the middle of nowhere.  On the spot fine of  £500, they confiscated his & the other guy in the car's passports & licences, escorted them to the nearest cash point as the fine had to be paid in cash before they would be allowed to go anywhere.

Very pretty country with some of the best roads &  skiing you'll ever find, but populated by the most uptight, anal & un-humerous bunch of rednecks on the planet.

[Mark GVA]

 

They are even putting cameras on some of the mountain roads now......

Where abouts are you heading? Can recommend some cracking roads......worth getting the speed camera warning software if you have a GPS, or a smart-phone.

[Rickman CRR]

Wonder what the Swiss police would have fined Steve McQueen if he'd jumped that fence? 

[lost]

They are even putting cameras on some of the mountain roads now......

Where abouts are you heading? Can recommend some cracking roads......worth getting the speed camera warning software if you have a GPS, or a smart-phone.

lauterbrunnen went last year and spent most of the time up in the mountains. tomtom didnt go off once but like france i behave in the towns

[David154]

Rode through Switzerland a few years ago , entering from Germany and was told I had to buy a years road tax before I could go any further, considering I had crossed the border they would'nt let me go back when I told them I was'nt keen on paying as was'nt  planning to stay long  , about £40 later and large sticker on my screen I was on my way , then stopping for fuel  about an hour later we all filled up and were told we could.nt use our credit cards ! only cash so we had to turn out our pockets and scrape about for enough Swiss francs ( was a while ago)  whilst the 2 attendents drummed their fingers on the counter This riled one of our group so much that he bought enything he could find ,penny sweets ,car scents etc just to use up every cent . Then told them they could stick their f****ing money up their arses and he'd had enough of their money grabbing country    Their faces were a picture! So much for entente cordialle

[lost]

Rode through Switzerland a few years ago , entering from Germany and was told I had to buy a years road tax before I could go any further, considering I had crossed the border they would'nt let me go back when I told them I was'nt keen on paying as was'nt  planning to stay long  , about £40 later and large sticker on my screen I was on my way , then stopping for fuel  about an hour later we all filled up and were told we could.nt use our credit cards ! only cash so we had to turn out our pockets and scrape about for enough Swiss francs ( was a while ago)  whilst the 2 attendents drummed their fingers on the counter This riled one of our group so much that he bought enything he could find ,penny sweets ,car scents etc just to use up every cent . Then told them they could stick their f****ing money up their arses and he'd had enough of their money grabbing country    Their faces were a picture! So much for entente cordialle

you need a vignette to use there motorways same as paying a toll mine cost £27.00 and lasts to 31.01.2011 some people sell them on ebay when they return