800,000 Czechs have not had expiring drivers' licences replaced by new ones

A hundred days before an official deadline, more than 800,000 Czechs have not yet had their old drivers' licences replaced by new ones, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes. Licences issued before January 1, 1994 will only be valid until the end of the year. Drivers who fail to have their expiring licence replaced can face a fine of up to 30,000 crowns (around 1,500 USD). In Prague alone, one fifth of all drivers' licences, 176,481 in all, still remain to be replaced. The daily says the authorities are unable to cope with the situation.