Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week includes fake marriages, E-bike dangers, a bone solving a 50-year old mystery and Swiss author Martin Suter being censored by Twitter.
Vehicles should be required by law to give cyclists 1.5 metres of space when overtaking, says Matthias Aebischer, President of the Pro Velo cycling group and Social Democrat Party politician.
Older car drivers in Switzerland will be able to drive until their 75th birthday before having to undergo a medical examination, under a change to the law.
The A16 motorway across the Jura mountains will finally be completed with the inauguration of the final section on Monday, reported news agencies on Friday.
Swiss roads are safer than at any point since 1945, but motorcyclists are at greater risk of an accident than car drivers, according to new statistics.
More Swiss drivers are losing their licences for illicit use of mobile phones, satnavs or other electronic devices while driving, according to figures released by the Federal Roads Office (ASTRA) on Thursday.
The days of whatsapping while walking could be over in Switzerland if some politicians get their way. Members of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) are calling for people who walk about the streets with their eyes on their smartphones to be punished, saying they are a danger to themselves and others.
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A 27-year-old woman driving on a Swiss highway has admitted to police that the flash of a speed camera woke her up as she zoomed at 210 km/h.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #181818; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Swiss tourist who rode his skateboard through a busy highway tunnel near Melbourne during rush hour risking his life and disrupting traffic has been arrested for breaching his bail conditions, reports said.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; color: #181818;">A 21-year-old Swiss backpacker rode his skateboard through a busy highway tunnel near Melbourne during rush hour, startling drivers, disrupting traffic and ending up in police custody.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A Swiss amateur bodybuilder has caused a series of accidents as he drove on the wrong way down a motorway in the Czech Republic.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two British citizens were killed in a motorbike pile-up in southern Switzerland that involved nine vehicles, reports have said.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Voters in Canton Uri have rejected the planned construction of a second road tunnel under the Gotthard massif, a non-governmental group said</span>.</p>
