Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – If ever there was a time to keep your weight off the gas pedal and to skip that second drink before getting into the car, this is it. Vaud police have begun an intensive two-week campaign to catch drunk drivers and speeders, in part to draw attention to a recent increase in deadly accidents.
Radar checks are being intensified and radars moved to areas known to pose problems.
The campaign follows the deaths of 12 people more on roads in the past six months than during the same period in 2007, according to 24 Heures. An accident Saturday 13 December claimed the lives of two young people when their speeding car crashed into a tree near Payerne. Police are still seeking witnesses.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 December 2008.
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