Switzerland’s hatred of the car could be about to move up a notch after the youth section of the country’s Green Party proposed a law to ban all vehicles weighing more than 2.2 tonnes or those emitting more than 250g/km of CO2.
The proposal would outlaw Lamborghini, Ferrari, AMG, M division and most Porsche vehicles in the country that gives us the Geneva motor show every year, leaving only four and six-cylinder cars, and superminis.
Like Californian law, Switzerland’s political system allows any individual to propose a law providing they get a sufficient amount of signatures to support it.
And while it’s only a proposal at present, the idea might no be so far-fetched; Switzerland banned all forms of motorsport in 1955, following a fatal crash at that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours in which 80 spectators were killed, and that law wasn’t relaxed until last year.
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Re: Swiss neutralise car industry
Just some tips on chocolate, Waitrose's own brand 200g slabs are rather good and French, Green & Blacks is now owned by Cadbury Schweppes, the bars use to say Made in Italy, now just Made in EU.
Re: Swiss neutralise car industry
Sorry, meant to say one more thing.
The youth section of the Green Party have probably been green with envy that their little dinky econoboxes are blown away at the lights by big V8 sedans, coupes and SUV's let alone something with even more horses and/or cylinders.
Did you say Green? With envy more than likely!
Re: Swiss neutralise car industry
Surely the powerful Swiss banking and trading industry will put a stop to such nonsense!
It sounds like they are trying to neuter the car industry, not neutralize it. I don't see anything neutral about limiting people's choices anyway.
Probably a group of windbags who have consumed too much sausage and now endangering our ozone layer with their flatulence from the mouth.
Another clear example of how important it is not to ever allow underachieving self-serving, self-righteous and self-centered oafs into office whereby they actually get to dictate the policy for the masses. Does that sound familiar? It should!