Talk:Motorways of Switzerland

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Problems with this article

Firstly, let me say that as far as basic information is concerned, this article is OK. It outlines what the Swiss motorways are for, where they are and when the current ones were built, as well as giving an overview of how they are funded. That's the good part.

The bad parts:
1. No references. The only thing close to a reference is the link to autobahnen.ch, which is no good for verifying individual statements. Something a bit more targeted is required, like an inline link to a page that supports a specific statement.
2. Possible original research - especially in the section marked "Construction". Let me explain...

It may be the experience of one or more editors that it is impractical to navigate using the motorway numbers - but in order to state that here on WP we really should find an independent source that also gives this opinion. Something like the British RAC / AA, Germany's ADAC or another motoring club might be a good place to look. The same applies to the statement about the design of signs - maybe a link to the design specifications for the signs would help?
The final comment in this section I understand, although the wording is not ideal. The problem is that such a sweeping generalization can't be made without some evidence to back it up. It's not enough to say "Of all the motorways I've driven on, the Swiss ones seem to have the most closely-spaced junctions." As I stated in my edit summary when I tagged this sentence, in order to reach that sort of conclusion we need to see some sort of comparison of the distance between junctions on Swiss motorways (both rural and urban) and other European countries' (again, both rural and urban). If the average distance is genuinely low for Switzerland in either category, it would be clear from such a comparison.

I apologise if this looks like I'm having a go at your hard work - I'm not, there's some good stuff here. The problem is that as someone who knows virtually nothing about Swiss motorways I have no idea whether what's here is accurate, made up or biased. (I've always used the N-roads to avoid shelling out on a vignette) --Peeky44 _{What's on your mind?} 21:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Peeky, but I'd go further: I don't think it's true that it's impractical to navigate using route numbers or that signs privilege control city names over route numbers. Route numbers are always posted at the top of Swiss motorway gantries, with control cities underneath; in this, Switzerland follows fairly standard European conventions. The only confusion arises because Swiss routes are often multiplexed (multiple routes running over the same stretch of road), so there are often multiple route numbers posted; this is compounded by the fact that many stretches also carry E-numbered European routes. However, this absolutely does not make it 'impractical' to navigate using route numbers. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.37.191 (talk) 09:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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