Absolutely, I couldn’t agree more about second hand cars. Btw, we often joke about AMG standing for “Albanermitgeld”. (it is self-deprecating, I doubt people will get that)
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Albanian with money?
@Ace, someone has posted a funny video somewhere on this forum (I think it was on one of Tom1234’s threads) about which nationality prefers which car - the ex-Yugoslavs prefer BMW; Turks are with Mercedes, AMG stands for Albanians with money etc. etc. I find them very funny.
Are these racist stereotypes limited to your fellow Balkaners? 
I think not; I think people are using them in jest. And racist is just “your fellow Balkaners”. 
I don’t think you would talk to me like that irl.
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Sure I would, with the wink.
I knew I would have to explain the joke; I found it ridiculously funny for all Eastern Europeans. “Albaner” could be anyone. People would rather buy a second hand German car than a new less prestigious brand.
These stereotypes are definitely not limited to people from the Balkans/Eastern Europe, but I think we enjoy them most because it’s good to make fun of yourself.
Oh, and btw, we heard the joke from someone else, I think it was a Swiss. I wish I could have been so witty, but nah. It’s old btw and nobody gets upset around here…
Some lessons to learn.
It’s commonly know that sharing in social media locations of radar cameras clashes with the Road Traffic law. But, how is the infraction defined and much is the fine?
First, what is a public warning?
A speed camera warning is considered public if it is seen by 50 or more people. 50 is the guideline number. Depending on the canton or individual case, it can be less. If you warn your husband or girlfriend about a speed camera via WhatsApp, you are not guilty of anything.
Then, a fine of 300 francs. Since it’s not an automatic fine and the justice system has to do some extra work, another 400. Total 700 francs.
Overall, it’s great when politician help to understand how things work.
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man.
yep, demonstration examples work best in schools too.
Interesting, I remember radio stations telling everybody where exactly the speed cameras were put up.
But maybe that was Radio-24 which was itself illegal at the beginning 
Still, I thought local radio stations do that. I must be wrong?
Maybe they don’t have 50+ listeners at any given time 
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yeah, I’m surprised X still does.
“” With this post, Glarner violated the Road Traffic Act. Since 2013, public warnings of traffic controls - such as speed cameras - have been prohibited in Switzerland.“”
ahhh, that explains it.
I mean that law only changed 12 years ago, bear with me. But a politician should have known?
Let me guess, he will put it on expenses??
It doesn’t sit right with me that a comment/discussion (by a politician!) on speed camera placement should be punished with fines.
I guess they can look at nuance:
OMG - avoid XYZ street, there’s a camera up behind a tree outside No 26 flashing everyone going past right now!!
or
I just received a fine from a camera up at the other end of the village which must have flashed me sometime last week when I was coming back from work.
Not condoning either just seeing the different ways that the authorities could see it.
Why should a politician have special rights outside of parliament?
Whether publishing radar traps should be legal is an entirely different matter. Publishing them against current regulation is definitely not the route to take, least of all by any elected person.
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Always possible to have the discussion without giving a precise location or pics. Just make a rhetorical question: is a camera at the border of the village reasonable?
I do have an answer. Usually cameras point at both directions. So Mr. Politician was leaving the village, while the camera is catching everyone who enters the village above 50 kmh…and those idiots that push the pedal a few seconds earlier.
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Nor within, remember the two nutters who attacked security for having to wait before using the stairs in the Bundeshaus.
@Phil_MCR, it’s about the publishing bit. You can comment/discuss anything but there is a difference in discussing at the offic/in a pub/at home or on X etc.
I dare to say you would even get away if you discussed it on here while the control takes place 
The two’s immunity got definitively confirmed recently. Not sure why you think foreign visitors should take precedence over federal lawmakers in the Bundeshaus, that’s quite a weird stance to take.
No to hijack the topic, but in relation to it has anyone noticed how in the past month or so police presence and traffic controls has increased massively?
There were typical checks in autobahn entries at around early Feb, which I think was for vignette and more or less I see every year.
But then a couple of weeks later, I was randomly stopped in the middle of the day in Zurich (my lovely italian car had one day-time running light off for some unexplicable reason - 40 CHF 
).
A few days later there was another group of police cars doing speed checks by radar in Unterengstringen.
This past Sunday there was another checkpoint near Wurenlos.
Is it just me or is there more police present around doing active traffic checks?