Seventeen-year-old drivers who are accompanied by a mentor commit significantly fewer offences than 18-year-old licence holders. The new option is used by 20% of drivers who have obtained the licence this year. This is shown by data from the Ministry of Transport, which were evaluated on Tuesday by the Czech Government Council for Road Safety. The Council also approved draft measures aimed at further reducing the number of road fatalities and serious injuries over the next two years.
Accident statistics for 2024 show a decline in fatalities, injuries and offences among young drivers. The possibility to drive from the age of 17 with a mentor (L17) has also contributed to improving the behaviour of young drivers on the roads.
The Ministry of Transport is expanding services on the Transport Portal, which has been providing citizens with one-stop access to digital transport services for two years. Over the past two years, more than 1.5 million users have logged on to the Transport Portal. They for example displayed the Driver Registry 700,000 times and submitting more than 210,000 applications for a driving licence.
Four consortia will compete in a competitive dialogue in the public tender for the concessionaire of the D35 motorway The concessionaire will be in charge of the construction, funding, operation and maintenance of the D35 section between Opatovec and Mohelnice, as well as the operation and maintenance of the section from Litomyšl to Opatovec.
18 December 2024 – After almost fifty years, a Czech astronaut is preparing for a trip to space. A few days ago, Army combat pilot Major Aleš Svoboda officially completed the first of three phases of the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut reserve team training programme in Cologne, Germany. The seven-week training included, among other things, the basics of biology and physiology with an emphasis on the body's adaptation to weightlessness, winter survival training, training for outdoor ascents and media training. The next phase of ESA training awaits Svoboda in the second half of next year, with the final preparatory block in spring 2026. .
Between 1 December and 15 December 2024, there were extensive checks on freight transport across the Czech Republic. Potentially problematic trucks were pre-selected. The most common offences were failure to observe safety breaks and rest periods. One fifth of the trucks checked were overloaded.