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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

1885.0. "Riding in Switzerland" by IOSG::BROGAN (Mike Brogan) Wed Mar 20 1991 08:44

    In a few weeks time, I'm going to be in Switzerland - Lausanne - for 2
    weeks and I was thinking of taking my bike. The question I have relates 
    to bike registration. 
    
    When I stayed with some friends in Geneva a few years ago I seem to
    remember their kids having small licence plates for their bikes after
    having registered them and, I presume, paid a registration fee.
    
    Does anyone know whether, as a visitor, I would have to do the same if
    I took my bike and, if so, how I would go about doing it and what it
    would cost etc.?
    
    Mike

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1885.1	should be ok	SHALOT::ELLIS	John Lee Ellis - assembly required	`Wed Mar 20 1991 13:49`	10
	Mike, I've biked in Switzerland without doing anything special. For two weeks, you should be ok. (Contrast that with needing to pay a year's Autobahn fee when first touching a Swiss Autobahn.) Rod-from-the-Jura (MacFadyen) may have some tips on cycling, since you'll be in the same area (Lac Leman). Bon voyage! -john
1885.2		MOVIES::WIDDOWSON		`Wed Mar 20 1991 15:23`	6
	The first time I crossed into Switzerland I askedn and was told that it wasn't needed, I was interrogated as to insurance; I would highly recommend getting some sort of third party insurance (the BCF do a nice one for the price of membership). Rod (who wishes he was from the Jura...)
1885.3	Bike licence in Switzerland	MVSX00::MVSX04::GISLER	TRI = action for real athletes	`Thu Mar 21 1991 03:46`	13
	The small licence plate you are talking about is just the proof of a liability insurance which is compulsory for each bike in Switzerland. It is now a sticker. In Geneva it costs 4 swiss francs. You can get it in post offices and offices of Swiss Touring Club. As a visitor it is up to you to know whether, in cas of an accident, you have an insurance to cover damage you may cause to others. Have a good time in Lausanne and nice "accidentless" rides. Norbert
1885.4	Should be OK	IOSG::BROGAN	Mike Brogan	`Mon Mar 25 1991 06:47`	4
	Thanks for the replies. I've already got BCF membership, including their 3rd party insurance, so I guess I should be OK. Mike