April April!! The media is fooling you today with these “funny” jokes

According to its own information, the Winterthur city police are immediately replacing the small cars of the district police, which are more than 20 years old, with climate-friendly, light motorized bicycles in a pilot test. With the guides, which resemble children’s bicycles, the officials want to be even closer to the citizens in the Winterthur neighborhoods. You don’t have to worry about high speeds: the electrically powered two-wheelers have a maximum speed of 20 km/hour. It was said that the two-wheelers could be folded in seconds and towed like a suitcase. This also allows the police officers to conduct spontaneous foot patrols in their neighborhood.

Car subscription provider Carvolution, together with the Federal Road Agency (Astra), has announced Switzerland’s largest pilot phase for autonomous driving on public roads. According to a statement from the company, thousands of vehicles with state-of-the-art automation systems will be used on Swiss roads by the end of 2024 to gain important insights into the safety and efficiency of autonomous driving. Three aspects would be considered: safety, communication between vehicles and with the infrastructure for better traffic flow, and acceptance among the population. A first test report should be available in November 2024.

Geneva Airport has announced a new service that will allow passengers to board their own plane. With an electric go-kart, they can now reach their plane independently via a signalized route without having to wait long at security checks, the airport announced in a video on X.

Boarding yourself: a service for embarquer soit-même.

This service allows passengers to rejoin your autonomous aircraft without having to attend the airport transit. pic.twitter.com/TjX9Yxron7

— Genève Aéroport (@GeneveAeroport) April 1, 2024

Passengers can also take a look behind the scenes, for example at baggage handling at the airport. Anyone who has a driver’s license and wears a helmet and seat belts can use the service. Pedestrians and aircraft on the tarmac have priority.

“In the summer of 2024, walking will be officially presented as a new discipline by the organizing committee of the Summer Olympics.” With this duck he rises Umbrella organization of cantonal hiking associations, Swiss hiking trailsin the race for the funniest April Fool’s joke.

But the Swiss hikers have made their April Fool’s joke seem completely plausible. Michael Roschi, director of the Swiss Hiking Trails Association, is personally quoted in the press release:

“Although our main motives are to promote our own health and enjoy nature, in France, for example, people mainly walk to achieve sporting achievements or to compete with others.” Swiss Hiking Trails concludes that the French capital was ideally suited to launch hiking as a new competitive discipline for the Olympic Games.

Furthermore, the jokers from Schweizer Hiking Trails have worked out the (imaginary) disciplines down to the smallest detail: a short distance of more than 20 kilometers, a medium-distance category of more than 50 kilometers of hiking trails in challenging terrain and a height difference of up to 1000 meters. and a long distance above it

100 kilometers with gradients of over 1000 meters. Anyone who runs without at least one foot touching the ground at all times, does not use the prescribed equipment or walks a route that deviates from the designated walking path will be disqualified.

We would have loved to play with mice when we made this April Fool’s joke! (yam)