Legal 'sex booths' where customers take their cars and 'drive-in' to meet prostitutes have been deemed a 'resounding success' by city officials in Zurich, Switzerland.
Prostitution has been legal in Switzerland since the s and the booths opened in Before this, most sex workers stayed on the city's riverfront, but many moved following complaints from locals over traffic and noise. Journalists surround a visitor on the opening day of Switzerland's first sex drive-in. The legal areas help in preventing human trafficking and violent attacks against sex workers, most of whom are eastern European. The sex workers pay taxes, have regular health checks and are healthier overall, officials say.
In , more improvements were made to the booths, including 'plank beds' for people who wanted to leave their cars.
Like many drive-ins, motorbikes and bicylces are allowed, but those on foot aren't. Pedestrians are told to go to another part of the city. Once the customers arrive, one of the 24 women working agree a price and go to the booth, which is not monitored but has an emergency alarm for safety. A prostitute faces the so-called 'sex boxes' at the opening day of Switzerland's first sex drive-in on August 26, The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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