These traffic signs are standardized across europe. And don't tell me there are no general maximum speeds for different types of roads in the United States
We actually do, but they are used as more of a catchall for roads that do not see enough traffic to need signs. Usually, a road is analyzed and given its own speed limit.
There's one more little thing though, I'm sure you've seen those "60" signs with a arrow pointing up and down below them. That means the speed limit is still 60 and hints to another rule: If there's an intersection and no speed limit sign after you've made it through, the speed limit reverts back to the default of the given road type, thus there needs to be a sign to repeat it. There will not always be an explicit 60-slashed sign in those cases (but in most). And tricky question sometimes is: "Was this a road entrance or an intersection?"
Accidentally stumbled on your video and ... laughed wholeheartedly )))) it's both entertaining and very wisely explained! Well done and have lots of fun in this small jewel of a country. I'm already looking forward to enjoying you relating your experience with either following or being stuck in the middle of a column of tanks and the road rules for dealing with these situations lol
Ok, I've binge watched all of your videos now after one got recommended to me, and there's one thing I don't understand... Why do you have so few subscribers and views? This type of content is the perfect length, informative and entertaining. And also your editing is very good. TH-cam's strange sometimes... You deserve more viewers for sure! Greetings from Graubünden :)
I assume that most viewers are not interested in other countries lifestyle. I am Swiss living in the USA, and for me it is interesting to find out what an American persons experience is. It tells me, that that person is traveling, and is interested in getting to know the lifestyle of other countries.
Hi :) I'm a Switzerland cityzen, and it's funny to know what's "strange" in Switzerland. Thank you for your video about Switzerland, they are funny and let a few things be seens with other eyes than ourselves. Take care and have fun in this little edge of the world. ;)
My folks moved to Fribourg when I was 19 and while visiting I drove a lot since my dad was cool always threw me the keys. I'm a Canadian guy and didn't find the signs too confusing then. Flash forward to Aug 2016, then with my 18 year old son we rent a little Audi for over 2 weeks of touring Switzerland. Things had changed to the more confusing resulting in a speeding box ticket sent in the mail for doing 6km over in a 2 lane roundabout near Geneva. 100 Swiss francs plus 60 for being late since they don't accept bank drafts. It's a bummer but I'll be back, Alps of Europe are the best! Cheers Bro.
@@melusineshaw merci, Mon francais est peut-être très mâle mais j'aime la tout de la suisse but mostly the french area in the West, speeding tickets and all, cheers
These signs are not exclusive to Switzerland. They are the same in all of Europe. The only thing that's different is the colour of the signs: Green for dual carriage ways and express roads, blue for state roads and white for community roads. The rest of Europe has blue for dual carriage ways, green for main roads and yellow for small roads.
Ho my God, I'm crying out loud (laughing)! Your tone when you speak, mystery and scary, ho là là, you killed me. I'm driving for 35 years and I still don't exactly know what the speed limits are when I'm nor on a highway neither inside a city... And your video just teached me that there is a slow highway in Switzerland!!!!!!!!
Well observed, now that you mentioned that it looks somehow odd. With the numerous speed signs, it was probably nicer to always see what the current limit is. History: speed limits in Switzerland emerged gradually. When introduced they were higher than today eventually reduced following the energy crisis in the 1970ies and the forest crisis (Waldsterben) in the 1990ies. So initially that end-of-speedlimit sign made sense. Still true on unlimited German highways.
I totally understand you and apologize for this stupidity. Maybe it was useful 100 years ago, so that not everywhere needed a sign. But if you put acreduction and later an end of reduction, you need the same amount of shields, like you would need, if you put the actual number on it. And i am not even starting about the ridiculous number speed changes on the road. At some point its 80. 10meters later 60.
Hey man, I'm gonna give you a thumbs up since I think English might be a second language (you might be lucky?) many things are misunderstood, like my foot picture, it is actually my gross friends foot. It was my first picture taken on my phone years ago, just like Steven Hawkins robotic voice, it's mine now.(but kinda disgusting)
Hi, I wanted to know what foreigner were saying about my country, and i watched a bunch of your video. I just wanted to let you (and anyone who really needs the informations you give) know that all you say is true. Also, I found you to be very respectfull in the way you made criticism (in other videos) so in case you were worried about that, be reinsured. Have a nice day.
meh. not from CH, but driven there 10 or so times. best advice I ever received is that all speed enforcement is by camera, not by people (police or otherwise) and all cameras , crucially, must have signs announcing their presence beforehand. So, basically I drive the prevalent speed or whatever I think feels safe until I see a speed camera sign, then I brake, like every other swiss driver. lol. no speeding tickets to this point (though I did get one parking ticket which I was able to easily pay online to the local authoritywithout incurring and additional car hire/rental car fee)!
The nice thing about Europe is it's diversity. That is in some countries speed checks are announced, but usualy not in Switzerland. However there are tracks with such announcements. Other than such official warnings private ones are forbidden here (in Germany they are allowed and often mentioned in the radio).
Ohh my god you are not very bright !!! did you really not get any infos about european regulations and signs before coming !! It's just like jumping into the ocean and then realising that you need to learn to swim!! Sorry but this was kind of hillarious.
Everyone knows that Americans are not the most intelligent. But if there was a 60s board with the maximum speed before, it is clear that this shows that the 60s have been canceled. Logic is just not for everyone, what.
We may not be very intelligent, but the sign is confusing because we use a different system. Each road is analysed and given a speed limit based on mutual safety factors. The limit is posted beside the road so you know the speed limit for that individual road. Thank you for watching!
I‘m swiss and i love youre videos. It‘s so funny to see an outside few in things that are just normal to myself. Haha keep it up😍
trueee!!! Same
These traffic signs are standardized across europe. And don't tell me there are no general maximum speeds for different types of roads in the United States
We actually do, but they are used as more of a catchall for roads that do not see enough traffic to need signs. Usually, a road is analyzed and given its own speed limit.
Reto are you under pressure?
The whole europe has those signs
What a rude peasant on this bike! 😂
There's one more little thing though, I'm sure you've seen those "60" signs with a arrow pointing up and down below them. That means the speed limit is still 60 and hints to another rule: If there's an intersection and no speed limit sign after you've made it through, the speed limit reverts back to the default of the given road type, thus there needs to be a sign to repeat it. There will not always be an explicit 60-slashed sign in those cases (but in most). And tricky question sometimes is: "Was this a road entrance or an intersection?"
Accidentally stumbled on your video and ... laughed wholeheartedly )))) it's both entertaining and very wisely explained! Well done and have lots of fun in this small jewel of a country. I'm already looking forward to enjoying you relating your experience with either following or being stuck in the middle of a column of tanks and the road rules for dealing with these situations lol
😂Thank you for watching!
Ok, I've binge watched all of your videos now after one got recommended to me, and there's one thing I don't understand... Why do you have so few subscribers and views? This type of content is the perfect length, informative and entertaining. And also your editing is very good. TH-cam's strange sometimes... You deserve more viewers for sure! Greetings from Graubünden :)
I assume that most viewers are not interested in other countries lifestyle. I am Swiss living in the USA, and for me it is interesting to find out what an American persons experience is. It tells me, that that person is traveling, and is interested in getting to know the lifestyle of other countries.
as a swiss, i couldn’t explain it better. 😅👍🏻
Hang on I'm English. Now, when I go to Switzerland Im gonna get pointed at and they will start laughing wont they.....
😬 Well, sorry about that....
Just dress yourself in a union jack, then we'll know ..... and understand 🤣
Hi :)
I'm a Switzerland cityzen, and it's funny to know what's "strange" in Switzerland.
Thank you for your video about Switzerland, they are funny and let a few things be seens with other eyes than ourselves. Take care and have fun in this little edge of the world. ;)
being from Einsiedeln, i recognized all signs and scenaries😊
My folks moved to Fribourg when I was 19 and while visiting I drove a lot since my dad was cool always threw me the keys. I'm a Canadian guy and didn't find the signs too confusing then. Flash forward to Aug 2016, then with my 18 year old son we rent a little Audi for over 2 weeks of touring Switzerland. Things had changed to the more confusing resulting in a speeding box ticket sent in the mail for doing 6km over in a 2 lane roundabout near Geneva.
100 Swiss francs plus 60 for being late since they don't accept bank drafts. It's a bummer but I'll be back, Alps of Europe are the best!
Cheers Bro.
Ho c'est parce que tu circulais dans le canton de Vaud !!!!!! Ce sont les pires au niveau des amendes... 😊
@@melusineshaw merci, Mon francais est peut-être très mâle mais j'aime la tout de la suisse but mostly the french area in the West, speeding tickets and all, cheers
"Dumme Amerikaner" aaahahah i died :D
Welcome back. Love this channel so much
That was a really helpful translation of a fairly esoteric (to an American:-) aspect of navigating Switzerland. Thanks!
really cool video, i enjoyed watching it a lot!
Thank you!
Ahh yes… the infamously evil Swiss speed limits that are ever ever changing.
The counterpart to the German Autobahn
Very entertaining videos 👍🏻. Gruass
These signs are not exclusive to Switzerland. They are the same in all of Europe. The only thing that's different is the colour of the signs: Green for dual carriage ways and express roads, blue for state roads and white for community roads. The rest of Europe has blue for dual carriage ways, green for main roads and yellow for small roads.
Also different default speed limits
@@AmericameetsSwitzerland Aye, every country has their own, but that's not sign related.
Ho my God, I'm crying out loud (laughing)! Your tone when you speak, mystery and scary, ho là là, you killed me. I'm driving for 35 years and I still don't exactly know what the speed limits are when I'm nor on a highway neither inside a city... And your video just teached me that there is a slow highway in Switzerland!!!!!!!!
You shouldn't drive if you don't know the speed limits after 35 years.
@@fjufjufju21 Why not?
@@melusineshaw Because you drive for 35 years and still don't know the easiest signs used for traffic. That is concerning.
@@fjufjufju21 That's a point of view and I can hear (read) it.
Well observed, now that you mentioned that it looks somehow odd. With the numerous speed signs, it was probably nicer to always see what the current limit is.
History: speed limits in Switzerland emerged gradually. When introduced they were higher than today eventually reduced following the energy crisis in the 1970ies and the forest crisis (Waldsterben) in the 1990ies. So initially that end-of-speedlimit sign made sense. Still true on unlimited German highways.
Some swiss speedlimits are more meant as a challenge then a prohibition (especially some 80-zones outside cities).
Haha true
thank you for that!
The diagonal sign is used on some New Zealand roads. It means you can go the full speed limit (100 kph).
I totally understand you and apologize for this stupidity. Maybe it was useful 100 years ago, so that not everywhere needed a sign. But if you put acreduction and later an end of reduction, you need the same amount of shields, like you would need, if you put the actual number on it. And i am not even starting about the ridiculous number speed changes on the road. At some point its 80. 10meters later 60.
Hey man, I'm gonna give you a thumbs up since I think English might be a second language (you might be lucky?) many things are misunderstood, like my foot picture, it is actually my gross friends foot. It was my first picture taken on my phone years ago, just like Steven Hawkins robotic voice, it's mine now.(but kinda disgusting)
@@edterryberry255 what?
What, what?
😂😂😂😂😂😂 lol
Greetings from Trachslau. As I use this road pretty much every day to got to work, I know exactly where this sign is.
I dont even own a car. Never have...no need. Very good public transport. Save
Does two mountains i live there and does two mountais ore nothing compared to the mountains in valllais
Well…….you’re banned from the channel. Haha not really but those two mountains are the best mountains in Switzerland.
Well these signs are common all over europe, just slightly different per country.
Hi, I wanted to know what foreigner were saying about my country, and i watched a bunch of your video. I just wanted to let you (and anyone who really needs the informations you give) know that all you say is true. Also, I found you to be very respectfull in the way you made criticism (in other videos) so in case you were worried about that, be reinsured. Have a nice day.
Thank you for the nice words!
I really appreciate it.
Sorry Mister !
You forgot Speedlimit 30 tu explain!
Now many City's have it more and more.
The streets start to be safer for everyone. 🇨🇭 ❤️
so you been to the Alptal. Its actually not so far from where i live heh
meh. not from CH, but driven there 10 or so times. best advice I ever received is that all speed enforcement is by camera, not by people (police or otherwise) and all cameras , crucially, must have signs announcing their presence beforehand. So, basically I drive the prevalent speed or whatever I think feels safe until I see a speed camera sign, then I brake, like every other swiss driver. lol. no speeding tickets to this point (though I did get one parking ticket which I was able to easily pay online to the local authoritywithout incurring and additional car hire/rental car fee)!
of course in bigger cities, there are lots of road signs and you can easily miss the speed camera signs...
lol you just got lucky. Most cameras have no no sign at all.
The nice thing about Europe is it's diversity. That is in some countries speed checks are announced, but usualy not in Switzerland. However there are tracks with such announcements. Other than such official warnings private ones are forbidden here (in Germany they are allowed and often mentioned in the radio).
@@rainerleicht4604 better to be lucky than good, i guess!? is that an aphorism in german or french??
Half the video I was unsure what you were getting at. I thought thats a pretty simple sign.. Reads as speed reduction lifted.
What if i see 120//
we're waiting for a new video... hmmm 😫
It's similar in Austria
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dont forget 30. more and more.
ComOn get to the point 😂 i just want to know how fast i can go
You mean to say you didn't inform yourself before you went to Switzerland? SMH
Americans: too stupid for Europe?
yeah, use a train.
or a bus even
Ohh my god you are not very bright !!! did you really not get any infos about european regulations and signs before coming !!
It's just like jumping into the ocean and then realising that you need to learn to swim!!
Sorry but this was kind of hillarious.
Funny….that’s how I learned to swim.🤔
Everyone knows that Americans are not the most intelligent.
But if there was a 60s board with the maximum speed before, it is clear that this shows that the 60s have been canceled.
Logic is just not for everyone, what.
We may not be very intelligent, but the sign is confusing because we use a different system. Each road is analysed and given a speed limit based on mutual safety factors. The limit is posted beside the road so you know the speed limit for that individual road.
Thank you for watching!
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