Police reinforcing traffic patrols

The Czech Police are reinforcing patrols on Friday in anticipation of heavy traffic on the last weekend of the summer holidays. They have planned some 110 road checks during which they will be focusing on drinking and driving and speeding. Officers will also check the technical state of vehicles. The start of the summer holidays in the Czech Republic brought the highest number of road deaths in months; 21 people died in traffic accidents over the first holiday weekend.