🇨🇿 Czech Republic — HGV driving bans 2026
In the Czech Republic, HGV restrictions are concentrated on Sundays and public holidays, with a significant tightening in summer on the main road network. Specific rules also apply to special and abnormal transport. Here are the details, hour by hour.
1. General rule
The basic ban applies to HGVs over 7.5 t GVW on motorways, national roads and 1st-class roads:
🚫Sundays and public holidays. Driving ban from 13:00 to 22:00, year-round, for HGVs over 7.5 t GVW.
☀️Summer tightening (1 July → 31 August). During this period the ban is extended to Fridays from 17:00 to 21:00 and Saturdays from 07:00 to 13:00, in addition to the usual Sunday and public holiday slot.
2. Exemptions
The following are exempt from the driving ban:
- Combined transport, from the consignor to the nearest loading point, or from the nearest unloading point to the consignee.
- Vehicles engaged in essential seasonal agricultural transport.
- Vehicles used for road construction, maintenance or repair.
- Transport of ATP perishable goods, provided the goods occupy more than half of the vehicle's loading capacity.
- Transport of live animals.
- Transport of fuel destined for petrol stations.
- Vehicles used for loading or unloading by aircraft, vessel or rail, within a radius of 100 km.
- Transport of postal mail.
- Transport of chemical substances sensitive to temperature changes or crystallisation.
- Empty runs linked to one of the transport operations listed above.
3. Special transport vehicles
From 15 April to 30 September, an additional ban applies to special transport vehicles on 1st-class roads outside built-up areas:
🚫Fridays (or eves of public holidays): from 15:00 to 21:00.
🚫Saturdays (or first day of a series of public holidays): from 07:00 to 21:00.
🚫Sundays (or last day of a series of public holidays): from 15:00 to 21:00.
4. Public holidays 2026
On the dates below, the public holiday ban (13:00–22:00) applies, in addition to summer rules where applicable.
1st January — New Year's Day
3 April — Good Friday
6 April — Easter Monday
1st May — Labour Day
8 May — Victory Day
5 July — Saints Cyril and Methodius
6 July — Jan Hus Day
28 September — Saint Wenceslas Day
28 October — National Day
17 November — Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
24 December — Christmas Eve
25 December — Christmas Day
26 December — St Stephen's Day
5. Good to know
🍺Alcohol: zero tolerance, maximum 0.0 g of alcohol per litre of blood.
❄️Tyres: winter tyres with at least 6 mm tread depth for vehicles over 3.5 t GVW, or snow chains, mandatory from 1st November to 31 March when there is snow, ice or frost.
💡Lights: dipped headlights mandatory during the day.
📞Useful numbers: 158 (police), 150 (fire brigade), 155 (medical emergency), +420 1230 or +420 2 611 04 123 (Czech Automobile Club ÚAMK).
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