Apr 03 2025

Alpine truck law suspended

The Swiss government has decided not to implement the revised road traffic law (Art. 45a SVG), which was based on an initiative from the canton of Ticino entitled ‘Safer roads – now!’ (Sicherere Strassen jetzt!).

The initiative called for mandatory driver assistance systems for heavy goods vehicles using Alpine transit routes. Following a consultation process and review, the government concluded that most trucks already meet these requirements, due to fleet modernisation. Read more

Source: ITJ