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Federal popular initiative 'for a speed maximum of 130 and 100'

Status
Completed
Outcome
❌ Rejected at vote
Signature collection
1984-03-27 – 1985-09-27
Voting date
1989-11-26
Valid signatures
256,207
Parliament recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Federal Council recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Form
Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article
Art. 37bis, 3e al. nouveau

Initiative text

L'initiative a la teneur suivante:

La constitution fédérale est complétée comme il suit:

Art. 37bis, 3e al. (nouveau)

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  1. La vitesse maximale autorisée des voitures automobiles légères et des motocycles est fixée en général à 100km/h sur les routes hors des localités, à 130 km/h sur les autoroutes.
  2. Pour accroître la sécurité, des vitesses maximales inférieures peuvent être fixées sur des tronçons particulièrement dangereux. Des vitesses maximales supérieures peuvent être autorisées sur des tronçons bien aménagés.

Timeline

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonSubmittedValid Invalid Share of population (%)
Zurich 35,802 34,675 1,127 3.07
Bern 39,798 39,028 770 4.23
Lucerne 14,036 13,685 351 4.5
Uri 693 675 18 2.01
Schwyz 6,111 6,038 73 5.92
Obwalden 1,147 1,127 20 4.12
Nidwalden 1,841 1,798 43 5.88
Glarus 908 895 13 2.46
Zug 3,004 2,974 30 3.7
Fribourg 7,578 7,489 89 3.89
Solothurn 9,608 9,332 276 4.27
Basel Stadt 5,451 5,308 143 2.71
Basel Landschaft 8,011 7,816 195 3.47
Schaffhausen 2,802 2,746 56 3.94
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1,944 1,891 53 3.85
Appenzell Innerrhoden 526 513 13 3.91
St Gallen 17,923 17,522 401 4.37
Graubünden 5,176 5,113 63 3.09
Aargau 20,212 19,833 379 4.24
Thurgau 7,232 7,103 129 3.72
Ticino 15,575 15,058 517 5.47
Vaud 24,224 23,558 666 4.33
Valais 9,520 9,016 504 3.93
Neuchâtel 11,948 11,852 96 7.65
Geneva 8,804 8,311 493 2.29
Jura 2,924 2,851 73 4.41
Switzerland 262,798 256,207 6,591 3.95

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Popular vote of November 26, 1989: Le projet a été rejeté (Yes 38.02% / No 61.98%)

Results by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonYes share (%) Yes votesNo votes Turnout (%)
Zurich 32.72 173,400 356,518 71.48
Bern 32.61 151,841 313,754 71.44
Lucerne 31.75 47,664 102,481 71.81
Uri 24.1 3,762 11,845 66.21
Schwyz 38.29 18,125 29,217 67.01
Obwalden 35.58 4,754 8,608 70.69
Nidwalden 35.93 6,051 10,788 74.53
Glarus 28.9 4,677 11,504 68.37
Zug 35.39 14,977 27,348 78.43
Fribourg 50.04 45,906 45,838 67.93
Solothurn 37.45 43,040 71,873 76.32
Basel Stadt 25.8 22,173 63,768 65.78
Basel Landschaft 32.12 35,150 74,280 71.12
Schaffhausen 35.44 13,480 24,561 82.3
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28.38 6,689 16,882 71.1
Appenzell Innerrhoden 26.01 1,659 4,720 70.08
St Gallen 32.3 59,340 124,370 70.36
Graubünden 31.32 23,177 50,817 65.17
Aargau 35.86 74,975 134,080 66.21
Thurgau 35.28 32,004 58,708 72.9
Ticino 43.06 46,862 61,968 63.63
Vaud 56.2 120,596 93,977 64.15
Valais 61.63 64,318 40,045 66.28
Neuchâtel 53.05 34,385 30,430 65.93
Geneva 51.67 59,228 55,398 60.19
Jura 58.85 18,225 12,743 70.86
Switzerland 38.02 1,126,458 1,836,521 69.15

Federal data from the Federal Chancellery via LINDAS

Canton populations from the Federal Statistical Office and the Historical Statistics of Switzerland (HSSO)

Cantonal registers