This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Driving in Czechia: the three basics
Drives on the
right
The driver sits on the left and overtakes on the left. Roundabouts turn anticlockwise.
Your licence
EU licence is enough
An EU, EEA or Swiss licence is valid as it stands. A licence from anywhere else works alongside an International Driving Permit, which hire desks and police expect to see.
Motorways
Vignette
Motorways are paid for with a time-based vignette bought before you join one, not at a barrier. Driving a motorway without it is a fine, and the check is usually automatic.
The vignette is electronic and bought against a number plate; nothing goes on the windscreen.
Czechia has an electronic vignette tied to the plate and absolute zero tolerance for alcohol at the wheel.
An electronic vignette bought against the number plate, and a genuine zero alcohol limit.
Nothing goes on the windscreen. The vignette is registered to the registration number online or at a petrol station, and enforcement is by camera.
The alcohol limit is zero. Not 0.2, not one small beer - zero, and the police test at random. Fines start high and a positive test in a hire car is a problem with the rental company too.
Dipped headlights are compulsory day and night, all year.
Motorway speed is 130 km/h, and speed cameras in the municipalities off the D1 are the ones that catch people.
Trams have priority and turning across tram tracks in Prague is where most visitor accidents happen.
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