Why were you doing 150 in a 100 zone? Did you miss the change from 120 to 100? Or you did actually know what you were doing?
Anyway, you won't be going to prison, as long as you pay the massive fine and don't drive while you are banned.
Why were you doing 150 in a 100 zone? Did you miss the change from 120 to 100? Or you did actually know what you were doing?
Anyway, you won't be going to prison, as long as you pay the massive fine and don't drive while you are banned.
First they will establish your name, address, d.o.b. etc. No harm in answering this, they probably know it anyway.
Most likely, they will simply say what you have done, and ask for your license which may (but not necessarily) be removed on the spot, and then tell you the matter is serious enough that it will be dealt with by a judge, and you can go.
If they question you, it must be under caution, and your best response is at all times to say you don't remember where you were, it may have been you, or someone else (but only if others drive your car), you can't recall you were speeding etc.
At the end, they will pressure you to sign the verbale. DO NOT SIGN!
At the end, they will pressure you to sign the verbale. DO NOT SIGN!!!
If you're really worried, look around for a lawyer or spend a couple of hundred francs seeing one for advice.
Good luck and maybe start saving for a GA
yep, I had the same. I drove even faster as I overlooked a sign placed on the ground of road maintenance saying 80kmh and I drove 140kmh right into a laser beam from an undercover police car. they called me 10 mins on my mobile(!) after the flash n ordered me immediately to return to some Police station. they almost handcuffed me, took my license on the spot and locked down my car in the compound. if it was that i had refused to come in, they would have sent a police car to my home to the arrest me n stuff. then they filed a report, I confessed it all straight away (lucky me) and ended up getting the full menu from the federal prosecutor. 5k (instead of regular 15k) fine plus a 25k threat as 2-year probation and no license for another 3 months. it was in my favor that how it went was no story but could be logically proven: 2 lorries blocked the view, I overlooked the sign when I accelerated to overtake the slow driving trucks... bam. that lowered it to 5k. I called the prosecutor n asked what it meant, being caught speeding another time because in the 2 years probation and after that time. I would have sold the car and stopped driving in CH forever when it might have meant with absolute 100% no speeding as its impossible for instance to drive 120kmh sharp. to concentrate like a loony on the tachometer would make driving impossible. what it means is another excessive violation of speed limits. phew! I am "clean" for 3 years and counting. *knock on wood*
Now my 2cents for you: Get a lawyer. Stop writing about your offence in a public available place (e.g. this forum). You wouldn't go to Zurich HB and ask strangers for an advice on this right?
Cops are not idiots and while it might not be legally usable against you, they will use the information you give out here against you in either way. Go to the Einvernahme and shut up (your lawyer will tell you the same)
What will await you? Up to 60 daily rates, 3-6 months licence suspension, an entry into the traffic offence database and maybe an entry into your criminal record for "Harsh violation of traffic rules" (Grobe Verkehrsregelverletzung).
If you're worried, take a lawyer with you. It'll probably be for nothing but maybe will give you some peace of mind.
Seriously, people get caught speeding all the time - you are over-thinking the whole thing.
You're not a lawyer, and the way the police write a document can mean it's heavily tilted in their favour and can be negatively interpreted. If you go alone you can always ask for a copy saying you will have your lawyer read it and if he approves you will sign it. Remember, a judge will decide on the penalty, not the police.
If the judge asks why you didn't sign (unlikely) then say the police were putting you under such pressure to sign it made you nervous.
Unless you have some mitigating circumstance ala LuganoPirate.
PS: prize for the most unhelpful and useless comments in this thread is given to you