100 million collected in Prague transport fines

Ticket inspectors on the Prague public transit system checked about six million passengers in 2007. About 230,000 of them were fined for failing to produce valid tickets. Altogether, the Prague transport company collected more than 100 million crowns, or more than 5.7 million US dollars, in fines. Public transport in Prague and most other Czech cities and towns is based on an honour system which means passengers are required to purchase their tickets beforehand and validate them once they get on. But the Prague transport company is considering introducing turnstiles in the Prague metro to bring down the number of illegal passengers.