Fixed speed camera
No warningStationäre Geschwindigkeitskontrollanlage
Catches: Speeding.
Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Lucerne, Solothurn and Schwyz publish fixed camera sites. A unit is not always switched on.
Warned by a sign
None
Not always warned
Fixed speed camera, Other camera, Mobile camera, Average speed camera, Red light camera
Every camera type
Real photos, with where each one was taken and who took it.
Other camera
No warningSemistationäre Anlage
Catches: Speeding.
Semi-stationary units are moved from site to site. Lucerne and Basel-Landschaft publish where they are.
Mobile camera
No warningMobile Radarkontrolle
Looks like: Can be hidden. Police in the canton of Zurich have built cameras into a parked small car and a rubbish lorry.
Catches: Speeding.
Police choose the sites and do not have to make them visible or keep a minimum distance from a speed sign. Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Lucerne and Schwyz publish mobile sites.
Average speed camera
No warningAbschnittsgeschwindigkeitskontrolle
Catches: Average speed over a section.
The Arisdorf tunnel on the A2 near Basel is monitored over its whole length.
Red light camera
No warningRotlichtüberwachung
Catches: Running a red light, and in some cases speeding.
Ignoring a red light costs CHF 250.
Good to know
Tolerance: Radar: 5 km/h up to 100 km/h, 6 km/h from 101 to 150 km/h and 7 km/h above. Laser: 3, 4 and 5 km/h. Section control: 5, 6 and 7 km/h. Radar in a moving police car: 7, 8 and 9 km/h.
Radar detectors: Illegal
Apps that warn of cameras: Illegal
If you're in a hire car: A camera fine goes to the registered keeper of the car, which for a Swiss hire car is the hire company. The keeper can name the driver, who then receives the fine. If you do not live in Switzerland and are fined at the roadside, you must pay on the spot or leave a deposit.
Fines
| Offence | Fine |
|---|---|
| Speeding in a built-up area by 1 to 5 km/h After the tolerance is deducted. | CHF 40 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by 6 to 10 km/h | CHF 120 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by 11 to 15 km/h Above 15 km/h over in town, the case is reported to the prosecutor. | CHF 250 |
| Speeding outside towns or on an expressway by 1 to 5 km/h | CHF 40 |
| Speeding outside towns or on an expressway by 6 to 10 km/h | CHF 100 |
| Speeding outside towns or on an expressway by 11 to 15 km/h | CHF 160 |
| Speeding outside towns or on an expressway by 16 to 20 km/h Above 20 km/h over, the case is reported to the prosecutor. | CHF 240 |
| Speeding on a motorway by 1 to 5 km/h | CHF 20 |
| Speeding on a motorway by 6 to 10 km/h | CHF 60 |
| Speeding on a motorway by 11 to 15 km/h | CHF 120 |
| Speeding on a motorway by 16 to 20 km/h | CHF 180 |
| Speeding on a motorway by 21 to 25 km/h Above 25 km/h over, the case is reported to the prosecutor. | CHF 260 |
| Ignoring a red traffic light | CHF 250 |
| Child under 12 not properly secured | CHF 60 |
| Driving without lights by day | CHF 40 |
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