Drivers will start seeing new traffic signs in 2024

Drivers will see new traffic signs on our motorways and roads next year. The Legislative Council of the Government approved an amendment to Decree No. 294/2015 Coll. The changed contained therein are based on changes within the framework of the approved major Road Traffic Act amendment and at the same time incorporate experience from practice in response to current trends in road traffic. The use and placement of new signs can be decided by the competent administrative authorities from 1 January 2024.

• Introduction of traffic signs IZ 10a "Shared zone" and IZ 10b "End of shared zone” – they will mark the area of the shared zone, a new traffic and urban solution to places intended for use by all road users. Shared zones, which can now be established as part of the redevelopment of town centres to optimise the use of public space and at the same time to calm traffic.
• The introduction of the traffic sign IP 30f "P+D Parking” (Park & Drive) – marked by the type of parking intended for parking vehicles whose drivers will proceed to the city centre as passengers in another vehicle. Unlike existing P+R or K+R parking, there is no change in the mode of transport here but only a transfer of more people to another vehicle. P+D parking has been successfully operated in Austria, Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. A good prospective use of this parking is in the vicinity of the exit from D1 Velké Popovice.
• Modification of the visual form of the traffic sign IP 32 "Safe distance " – the modified form of the sign will be easier for drivers to understand and better remind them how to keep the distance correctly. While the sign previously depicted one vehicle and two arrows behind it, now there are two arrows between two cars. This creates a convenient mnemonic device, safe distance = 2 seconds = 2 arrows.
• New design of the electric car and e-scooter pictogram – the change in the visual design of the symbol 211 for an electric car brings it into line with the symbol most commonly used across EU countries and therefore makes the marking more understandable to foreign drivers. By introducing the designated symbol No. 229 for the electric scooter, we are responding to the current boom in this urban means of transport.
• Introduction of special vehicle designation O 5c "Field Social Service – vehicles of field social service operators will be used to prove parking entitlement.