Road Traffic Act
Federal Assembly of Switzerland
  • SR 741.01
Territorial extentSwitzerland
Enacted byFederal Assembly of Switzerland
Enacted19 December 1958
Commenced1 October 1959
Status: Current legislation

The Road Traffic Act (German: Strassenverkehrsgesetz, SVG, French: Loi fédérale sur la circulation routière, LCR, Italian: Legge federale sulla circolazione stradale, LCStr), is a Swiss federal law that governs traffic on public roads in Switzerland.

It was adopted on 19 December 1958 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 October 1959.[1] Its legal basis comes from art. 82 (Road Transport) of the Federal Constitution.[2]

The law is supplemented by the Ordinance on Road Traffic Regulations (German: Verkehrsregelnverordnung, VRV, French: Ordonnance sur les règles de la circulation routière, OCR, Italian: Ordinanza sulle norme della circolazione stradale, ONC)[3]

History

The cantons had harmonised motor vehicle and bicycle traffic in the intercantonal agreements of 13 June 1904, 7 April 1914 and 29 December 1921.[4] By 1925, all cantons except Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Zug and Graubünden had joined the agreement. In 1932, road traffic became a federal matter and the Federal Act on Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Traffic was introduced. It abolished the intercantonal agreements and contradictory cantonal provisions became ineffective.[5]

In 1959, due to the increase in traffic density and mobility, the road traffic law was comprehensively revised, resulting in the Road Traffic Act that is in force today.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fedlex". www.fedlex.admin.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Fedlex". www.fedlex.admin.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Fedlex". www.fedlex.admin.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  4. ↑ Art. 72, Bundesgesetz über den Motorfahrzeug- und Fahrradverkehr vom 15. März 1932
  5. ↑ Bundesgesetz über den Motorfahrzeug- und Fahrradverkehr vom 15. März 1932 (page 595ff.)
  6. ↑ Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "1. Mai Aufruf des Schweizerischen Gewerkschaftsbundes/ Die sozialen Aspekte im neuen Strassenverkehrsgesetz". E-Periodica (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-07.


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