Knight of the Street

The action knight of the road (Chevalier de la route, Cavaliere della strada) priced from 1,969 in 2018. People in Switzerland, came the disinterested in traffic and zivilcouragiert other people to help. Courage and responsibility, but especially moral courage, characterize the knights. Often the people honored by the campaign have achieved extraordinary achievements, sometimes even risking their own lives to help a person at risk.

organization

The Swiss Advice Center for Accident Prevention BFU held the patronage for the "Knights of the Road" campaign. An independent jury made the decision to gain accolade. Partners of the action were the SRG SSR , the Automobile Club of Switzerland , the Touring Club Switzerland , the Swiss Road Transport Association , the Association of Chief of traffic police of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein (ACVS) and the Road Safety Fund.

Requirements to become "Knight of the Road"

• proven fact
• no self-registrations
• not a very distant event
• Good driving repute of the registered person

Number of knights of the street per year

• Statistics of the number of knights up to and including 2016: in the PDF in the Internet Archive

Web links

• Ritter der Strasse , older versions from 2003 in the Internet Archive: Link
• 40 years of Ritter der Strasse , speech by Federal Councilor Moritz Leuenberger , October 20, 2009