GENEVA LIVING » cars http://genevalunch.com/geneva-living Geneva Living Fri, 18 May 2012 21:48:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The no-no of driving cars with foreign license plates in Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/2012/03/26/the-no-no-of-driving-cars-with-foreign-license-plates-in-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/2012/03/26/the-no-no-of-driving-cars-with-foreign-license-plates-in-switzerland/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:38:14 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/?p=3905 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I recently heard of a Geneva resident who got ticketed in Switzerland for driving a vehicle with foreign license plates. His relatives visiting him here had asked him to drive it. Well, here’s what I found:

  • The use of vehicles with foreign license plates or registered abroad by persons residing in Switzerland is in principle, prohibited. That includes driving vehicles that your relatives or acquaintances from abroad visiting the country allow/ask you to use.
  • One exception to the rule is foreign workers, students and interns who “may use their foreign vehicles on which duty has not been paid in Switzerland.” However, a customs permit is required.
  • Foreign company cars and vehicles privately hired abroad fall under special regulations.

Visit the Swiss Federal Customs Administration for more information.

For vehicle registration and driving licenses information visit the Association de Services d’Automobiles, ASA.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/2012/03/26/the-no-no-of-driving-cars-with-foreign-license-plates-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 Get your highway pass or be ready to pay 200 francshttp://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/2009/11/16/get-your-highway-pass-or-be-ready-to-pay-200-francs/ http://genevalunch.com/geneva-living/2009/11/16/get-your-highway-pass-or-be-ready-to-pay-200-francs/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:29:20 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/new-to-geneva-me-too/?p=943 Geneva, Switzerland - On our recent trip across Europe, we learned, the hard way, that a highway sticker is required when traveling through some European countries. In other words, do not get too happy if you do not find tolls while on your European excursion. 150 Euros later, I learned that Slovenia was one of those places, and well, Switzerland is too.

Buy a “vignette” at any gas station or any TCS offices, and save yourself 200 francs, which is how much a fine will cost you (and you have to pay on the spot or risk getting your car impounded until you pay.)

The vignette costs 40 francs and it has to be placed on the windshield of all cars using highways in the Helvetic nation.

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"Not another season of no-traction adventurism!"

Geneva, Switzerland - Let’s face it, winter is around the corner and you know what that means for your vehicle: time to put on the winter tires.

Where to find the best deal on tires in Geneva and the Lake Geneva area? The consumer-oriented magazine Bon a savoir carried out a study and reported the best deals are found online.

According to the weekly magazine, the best site on the net in Switzerland is pneus-online which offers tires, or pneus, at reasonable prices.

Of course you can also find great deals by checking the auto section of Anibis the largest classified site in French-speaking Switzerland.

Beat the rush and get your car “winterized” before the snow flies in the ski stations.

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