GenevaLunch » driving http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no 10-yr-old dies in Grandson farm accidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:16:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68347 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 10-year-old boy driving a fork-lift that was carrying potatoes died around noon WEdnesday 28 March when he lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, crushing him. He was working with several members of his family on the farm near Grandson when the accident happened and despite an emergency team arriving [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/feed/ 0 Saudi women get the vote, but not drivers’ licenseshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-the-vote-but-not-drivers-licenses/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-the-vote-but-not-drivers-licenses/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:27:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61869 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saudi Arabia’s Kind Abdullah Sunday 25 September granted women the right to vote in municipal elections, starting in 2015, in one of the most dramatic legal changes in the country in recent years. Women will not be able to vote in upcoming elections and there is some concern that the king’s edict [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/saudi-women-get-the-vote-but-not-drivers-licenses/feed/ 0 Parliament favours tougher licensing rules for road offendershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/parliament-favours-tougher-licensing-rules-for-road-offenders/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/parliament-favours-tougher-licensing-rules-for-road-offenders/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:35:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60956 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Speeders and drunk drivers could soon find it’s not easy to get their drivers licenses back, and not without conditions applied. The lower house of Parliament’s transport commission says it will back recommendations from the upper house to toughen rules for drivers. The two houses are looking to clamp down on speeders [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/parliament-favours-tougher-licensing-rules-for-road-offenders/feed/ 0 Weekend break in Zadar, Croatiahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 04:44:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57737 GenevaLunch.com Ed. note: Barbara Ender, an occasional contributor to GenevaLunch, is a Lausanne-based travel editor. Walking through history By Barbara Ender “Would you like a free hug?” An offer I couldn’t refuse. I turned to see a group of cheerful girls in orange T-shirts, opened my arms and embraced all the youth and joie de vivre [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/feed/ 0 Call Nez Rouge if you need post-party help getting homehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/09/call-nez-rouge-if-you-need-post-party-help-getting-home/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/09/call-nez-rouge-if-you-need-post-party-help-getting-home/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:00:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=50943 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Nez Rouge helped 24,000 people make it home safely during the 2009 holiday season after they were unable to drive due to alcohol, drugs and exhaustion. The group kicks off its volunteer operation for the 2010 holiday season Friday 10 December in most parts of Switzerland and a week later in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/09/call-nez-rouge-if-you-need-post-party-help-getting-home/feed/ 1 School crossing guard hit by drunk driver as children watchhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/07/school-crossing-guard-hit-by-drunk-driver-as-children-watch/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/07/school-crossing-guard-hit-by-drunk-driver-as-children-watch/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46697 GenevaLunch.com Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A 63-year-old school crossing guard in Vouvry, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, is in stable condition with head injuries after she was hit by a car and dragged by it at 13:10 Monday afternoon, 6 September. She was conscious when she was taken to the nearby Monthey hospital. The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/07/school-crossing-guard-hit-by-drunk-driver-as-children-watch/feed/ 0 Geneva prepares for World Trade invasionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/geneva-prepares-for-world-trade-invasion/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/geneva-prepares-for-world-trade-invasion/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:13:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32449 GenevaLunch.com Geneva traffic during the WTO Conference: parking, road, postal restrictions starting Saturday

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/27/australian-police-use-twitter-to-cut-teen-drinking/feed/ 0 US agency withheld data showing negative impact of driving, cell phoneshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-agency-withheld-data-showing-negative-impact-of-driving-cell-phones/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-agency-withheld-data-showing-negative-impact-of-driving-cell-phones/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:55:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=22664 GenevaLunch.com US research on the dangers of driving while using a cell phone are finally coming to light, six years after a federal agency in the US decided not to publish them, in 2003, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opted not to do further research, reports the New York Times, which is making the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-agency-withheld-data-showing-negative-impact-of-driving-cell-phones/feed/ 0 Montreux Jazz Festival: Day 2, driving from Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/15/montreux-jazz-festival-day-2-driving-from-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/15/montreux-jazz-festival-day-2-driving-from-geneva/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:28:17 +0000 Jared Bloch http://genevalunch.com/?p=22172 GenevaLunch.com Montreux, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Driving to Montreux from Geneva, a friend and I get off the autoroute in Lausanne and wind our way through Prilly, Lutry, Vevey, and other villages and past the terraced vineyards and marinas bording Lake Geneva. Watching the lake vista unfold in front of us, I think, the festival setting truly [...]

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