PIC: This is a German version. The car pulls in. Business is conducted. Car pulls out. The Swiss versions are said to have roofs.

This headline poses so many questions. What is a sex box? Should I want one, or be disgusted by one? What’s up with the Swiss that they need something called a sex box? Can I get one for Christmas?

A sex box is not a Fedexed prostitute, nor is it an all in one sex-ed kit for kids. It is an attempt by the Zurich council to get prostitutes off the streets and into, you guessed it, boxes.

According to the Telegraph the council doesn’t want the prostitutes – legal in the Swiss city – in town centres anymore.

‘The big difference is that until now prostitution has been in the public space,’ Michael Herzig, from Zurich’s social welfare department, told Swiss Radio. ‘Now we are going to change this, move it from the street to a private space in an old industrial area, which belongs to the city. This gives us the possibility to define the rules of prostitution in this area.’

The plan is to build a row of garage-like boxes that will have roofs and walls for privacy, and easy access for cars. The council reckons that around 30 prostitutes will meet clients at the site of the boxes, and use the drive-in slots on a first-come-first-served basis. Basically the Swiss are building the least romantic love motel on the planet. And to be less romantic than your average love motel takes some doing.

The idea is for the Johns to meet the prostitutes at a rather desolate sounding spot. The client gets the prostitute to climb into his car, they drive into the box, the transaction is completed, and off they go. Far away from concerned townspeople’s eyes.

The Telegraph reports that “the prostitutes who use the sex boxes will also have to take out medical insurance and buy a £360 licence in order to ply their trade. On top of that they will also have to feed five Swiss francs, about R45, into a roadside ticket machine each night when they clock on.” Seems like the city is becoming the pimp.

[Source: The Telegraph]