Road Traffic Act (Switzerland)
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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.
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Territorial extent | Switzerland |
Enacted by | Federal Assembly of Switzerland |
Enacted | 19 December 1958 |
Commenced | 1 October 1959 |
Status: Current legislation |
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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]