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Rule number 1 when you go to Switzerland: it is the most anti-car country there is. There are so many possibilities to make costly "lessons" if you do not prep
by _the_inflator 2y ago
Rule number 1 when you go to Switzerland: it is the most anti-car country there is.
There are so many possibilities to make costly "lessons" if you do not prepare in advance. I lived in Zurich - lovely country, but what in other countries is more or less tolerated or fined with a price tag of two McDonalds menus, can hit you very hard.
A parking violation and driving a bit too fast downhill (it's a hilly region, isn't it?) because you overlooked a sign, and not only ordinary people will wish they were billionaires.
- klingoff 2y agoSwitzerland is a car country that would make AAA drool. But it doesn't have the same approach to laws and flexibility of the system as the US because it didn't need to encode different outcomes for different people in authority discretion like the US did.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago> Rule number 1 when you go to Switzerland: it is the most anti-car country there is. Not even close, even for the more general superalative meaning of most. Lots of Swiss drive, car and gas prices are more affordable than the rest of Europe, many Swiss live outside of big cities where parking is harder/expensive. I even saw a drive thru at a McDonalds in Renens (suburb near Lausanne), which...I've never seen a drive thru at McDonalds anywhere else in Europe (although I only lived in Switzerland). Yes, Switzerland is very law and order, you follow the rules (like in Germany). But it is definitely a place where you can drive if you want, and many people do.
- looofooo0 2y agoNo, Swiss love their cars, but in an orderly fashion. Most relaxed driving in Europe.
- pjmlp 2y agoI also lived in Switzerland for a couple of years, learn to abide by the rules, no problem.