Road transport inspectors will inspect trucks starting in July, the Chamber of Deputies decided12/3/2025|Press releasesMobile Expert Units will continue to supervise freight transport but in a new format: as the Road Transport Inspection (INSID). This was made possible by an amendment to several road laws, the draft of which was approved by the members of parliament. The amendment also introduces a new form of flexible public transport, called demand-based transport. The draft amendments also envisage rules for autonomous vehicles or the delivery of driving licences to distribution points or boxes. "Experts from the Road Transport Centre will start their work from 1 July under the new name Road Transport Inspection and inspect mainly trucks without the assistance of the police or customs administration. They will check mandatory breaks and rest periods of drivers, freight securing, weight of trucks and will also detect tachograph-related fraud," says transport minister Martin Kupka. Road transport inspectors will independently carry out inspections directly on the roads, but also at the premises of freight carriers. They will have the authority to stop vehicles and deal with certain offences through a warrant on the spot, collect bail, prevent further driving, withdraw documents or licence plates. The amendment to the act also makes enforcement of road transport obligations more effective and increases the upper limit from CZK 350,000 to CZK 500,000 for the fine for carriers' offence relating to records keeping of driving hours or rest periods. On-demand minibus as part of demand-based transport Another important innovation is the strengthening of public line transport by introducing so-called demand-based transport. Orders will be placed via apps and transport will be provided mainly by smaller vehicles. Passengers will be able to get on and off the bus line even outside the stops and the route of the actual line can be adjusted according to passengers' demand. "This type of transport will be operated on the basis of individual orders, both between regular stops and between specific boarding points. Vehicles such as cars or buses will be used and the licence issued for a specific territorial area, not a route," the transport minister explained. Demand-based transport will enable both economic and efficient provision of transport services. It will create room for new booking applications. Automated vehicles will have a black box The amendment to the law further takes into account the future operation of automated vehicles. When the vehicle is driving by itself, the driver will not be subject to driving rules or other driving obligations that the automated vehicle is currently following. However, the driver must be prepared to take over the driving safely when the automated vehicle so requests. The operator of the vehicle will not be liable for any offence committed while the automated vehicle was driving itself. In every such vehicle there will be a so-called black box. If necessary, the driver or vehicle manufacturer will be required to make available to the police the driving data recorded by the black box. The driving licence or driver's card will be delivered to the distribution point The amendment also provides for the continuation of the transport agenda digitalisation. Users will no longer have to go to the office in person to get a new licence, a replacement licence or the driver's card. Everything can be done via the Transport Portal and the document can be picked up at any distribution point or at the delivery box. "Those who will be granted or extended the driving licence will be able to drive a vehicle from the moment the licence is entered in Drivers' Registry and will not have to wait until they receive the document. It will also not be necessary to return an invalid driving licence, but there will be an obligation to destroy it," explained Ivan Adamec, the MP who submitted the proposal. Changes concerning Technical Inspection Stations and Emissions Measurement Stations Other changes include the extension of the validity of the registration inspection from one year to two years. This aligns the length with the validity period of the periodic technical inspection. "The bureaucracy of registering a change of owner, operator or export of a vehicle in the Vehicle Registry will be scaled down. In the case of a valid periodic technical inspection, it will not be necessary to subject the vehicle to a registration check," says MEP Stanislav Blaha. Offences committed by operators of technical inspection stations and emissions measuring stations and inspection technicians will now be recorded in the technical inspection information system, where there will also be records of professional state supervision over their work. The aim is to withdraw relevant authorisations in the event of repeated breaches obligations.