It’s an announcement that’s likely to get people talking. The director of the Swiss Federal Road Service, Mr. Jürg Roethlisberger, said that he wants to pass at maximum speed all the roads of his country 80 km/h. A solution that includes highways, and which he hopes to implement from 2026.

Implementation from 2026?

The information was provided by our Swiss colleagues at 20minutes.ch. The director of FEDRO wants to reduce the maximum speed on all roads in Switzerland to 80 km/h:

This is what the director wants This measure is applied from 2026. Also, this measure will not be permanent.

In short, this means that according to periodthe government could operate or not it is a speed reduction.

Note that highway clearly influenced this measure. We will remind you that Switzerland has 2380 kilometers highways.

Change in Europe

This ad is contradictory other countries Europeans who think more increase at maximum speed highway.

We think in particular about Czech Republic In fact, the country has announced that 150 km/h will be for shortly.

Italy is currently considering increasing the maximum speed has 150 km/h also. Finally, there are parts of Germany where they are not there are no restrictions speed.

In France, the debate is open. Some are in favor of reducing the maximum speed to environmental reasons.

When we see indignation such a solution as 80 km/h on departmental roads, it is difficult to imagine such a speed on French highways.

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