GenevaLunch » drunk driving http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Number of drunk drivers, speeders falls on Swiss roads http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/10/number-of-drunk-drivers-speeders-falls-on-swiss-roads/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/10/number-of-drunk-drivers-speeders-falls-on-swiss-roads/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66494 GenevaLunch.com 20-29 age group responsible for one-third of licenses lifted NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – The number of drivers licenses removed by police in 2011 on Swiss roads fell by 2.6 percent, with a drop in every age group except those over 70, where there was a nearly 10 percent increase. The group that remains the most significant [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/10/number-of-drunk-drivers-speeders-falls-on-swiss-roads/feed/ 0 Swiss to vote on wild drivers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/18/swiss-to-vote-on-wild-drivers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/18/swiss-to-vote-on-wild-drivers/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:05:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59924 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss voters will go to the polls to say what they think about fast and dangerous drivers, “chauffards”, the Swiss Chancellery announced Monday. More than 105,000 signatures were gathered for the popular referendum which would change the Swiss constitution to toughen the penalties for speeding, drunk driving, dangerous driving and other crimes. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/18/swiss-to-vote-on-wild-drivers/feed/ 0 Driver’s licenses removed for speeding: 17,000 more in 2009 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/drivers-licenses-removed-for-speeding-17000-more-in-2009/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/drivers-licenses-removed-for-speeding-17000-more-in-2009/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:45:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=37580 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Drivers age 20-29 have the highest number of people whose licenses were taken away in 2009: 24,858. But drivers over age 50, with nearly 15,000 licenses removed, make up the fastest growing group. Swiss federal road safety statistics were published Tuesday 23 February and they show a 5 percent increase, to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/drivers-licenses-removed-for-speeding-17000-more-in-2009/feed/ 0 Drunk driving deaths drop 45 percent in five years http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/fatal-road-accidents-down-by-45-percent-in-five-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/fatal-road-accidents-down-by-45-percent-in-five-years/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:52:30 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=34356 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Fatal road accidents due to driving under the influence of alcohol have dropped 45 percent since the introduction in 2005 of the 0.5 per thousand blood alcohol limit. Almost 15 percent of all road deaths are still due to drunk driving, and the main offenders are men, the young, and habitual [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/23/fatal-road-accidents-down-by-45-percent-in-five-years/feed/ 0 Genthod Lamborghini accident inflames Russians http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/genthod-lamborghini-accident-inflames-russians/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/genthod-lamborghini-accident-inflames-russians/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:03:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32212 GenevaLunch.com Update 16:00  Genthod, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Russian media have been carrying stories about the accident Thursday 19 November in Genthod where a Lambhorgini driven by a 22-year-old Russian crashed into a Golf driven by a 70-year-old German, both resident in the Geneva area. The older man is in serious condition in the hospital. The Russian [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/genthod-lamborghini-accident-inflames-russians/feed/ 0 Geneva police arrest man for driving with 3.27 alcohol level http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/06/geneva-police-arrest-man-for-driving-with-327-alcohol-level/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/06/geneva-police-arrest-man-for-driving-with-327-alcohol-level/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:37:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21666 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police in Geneva 5 July arrested a man and sent him to prison after a drunk-driving test showed his alcohol level was 3.27 0/00, well over the legal limit of 0.5 grams/litre in Switzerland. He told police he had been at a party and wasn’t under the impression he’d had that [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/06/geneva-police-arrest-man-for-driving-with-327-alcohol-level/feed/ 0 Major campaign kicks off in Vaud to catch speeders, drunk drivers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/16/major-campaign-kicks-off-in-vaud-to-catch-speeders-drunk-drivers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/16/major-campaign-kicks-off-in-vaud-to-catch-speeders-drunk-drivers/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=9749 GenevaLunch.com 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 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/16/major-campaign-kicks-off-in-vaud-to-catch-speeders-drunk-drivers/feed/ 0 Austrian politician Haider three times over drink level http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/10/15/austrian-politician-haider-three-times-over-drink-level/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/10/15/austrian-politician-haider-three-times-over-drink-level/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:10:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=6140 GenevaLunch.com Austrian regional far-right political leader Joerg Haider was more than three times over the legal limit for drink when he crashed his car and died, trying to pass another car. He was going 142kph in a 70 speed zone. BBC and  CNN

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