I recently had to spend 5 months going to close by St Gallen 3 or 4 times a week, mainly on the motorway between Bern and Zurich, the speed limits and camera positions were moved daily and sometimes hourly, supposedly to aid traffic flow, a bit of a waste of time using the speed limiter as you would spend half the journey resetting it. Don't know what it is like in the UK now but most other drivers would in the past warn you of a camera etc. Never seen that here, road manners and courtesy don't seem to exist here, never a thank you or similar. I was recently looking on one of the local forums re. driving and drivers were working out the percentage the speedo was out by and the percentage you are allowed over the speed limit and things like you were safe doing 126 in a 120 limit were discussed. Where is the pleasure in driving when you are looking at the speedo to see if you can go another 1 or 2 kph more, are the extra few seconds you gain on a journey really that important. And yes a lot of the fines here can be based on your income and with the high wages in some industries can be jaw dropping.


Morgan 4/4 2004