Czech traffic police register almost 300,000 offences

Czech traffic police say they registered 274,000 offences in the first half of this year and issued fines worth more than 167 million crowns. The most frequent offence remained speeding, amounting to almost half of all traffic offences. Almost 3,500 drivers were found drunk-driving. During road checks, police also detained over 2,000 persons suspected of having committed criminal acts and over 200 wanted persons. The Senate on Friday passed an amendment to the road traffic law introducing more lenient punishment for certain offences. According to statistics, the penalty points system which came into effect a year ago has failed to reduce the number of fatalities on Czech roads.