Speed limitCzechia
Traffic rules
Czechia
5. Speed limit
A speed limit is the maximum legal speed permitted on a road, lane or within a designated area. It may be established by general traffic law or indicated by fixed, variable or temporary traffic signs.
A speed limit is a maximum, not a target speed. Drivers must travel more slowly whenever traffic, visibility, weather, road conditions, vulnerable road users or the condition of the vehicle make the maximum permitted speed unsafe.
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Which general speed limits should car drivers know in Czechia?
For an ordinary car in Czechia, the general maxima are 50 km/h in built-up areas, 90 km/h on ordinary roads outside them, 110 km/h on roads for motor vehicles and 130 km/h on motorways outside built-up areas. The built-up-area motorway and motor-vehicle-road default is 80 km/h. Roads without directionally separated carriageways require a reduction to no more than 90 km/h. Authorised signed increases are possible under Section 18; obey the limit actually in force.
🔗 e-sbirka.gov.cz • Czechia, Road Traffic Act 361/2000 — sections 2(cc), 18; Decree Annexes 3 and 5
🔗 e-sbirka.gov.cz • Czechia, Decree 294/2015 — current sign and marking descriptions, annexes 1–10
May I drive at 150 km/h on every Czech motorway?
No. The D3 trial between approximately kilometres 84 and 131 permits 150 km/h only when the variable signs display it and the required conditions are met. The pilot is scheduled through the end of 2026; it is not a nationwide increase.
🔗 md.gov.cz • Czech Ministry of Transport, D3 pilot extended through 2026
Start of a speed limit.
English • Traffic sign B 20a • Maximum permitted speed. The sign prohibits drivers from exceeding the speed shown in kilometres per hour. Its effect also ends at the Motorway, End of motorway, Road for motor vehicles, End of road for motor vehicles, Built-up area and End of built-up area signs.
Čeština • Dopravní značka B 20a • Nejvyšší dovolená rychlost. Značka zakazuje řidiči překročit rychlost vyjádřenou na značce číslem v kilometrech za hodinu. Platnost značky je ukončena také značkami „Dálnice“, „Konec dálnice“, „Silnice pro motorová vozidla“, „Konec silnice pro motorová vozidla“, „Obec“ a „Konec obce“.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org • 🔗
🔗 E-sbirka.gov.cz • Vyhláška č. 294/2015 Sb. • B 20a • znění účinné od 1. 7. 2025
SVG source: มองโกเลีย๔๔ • CC0 • Original revision 2026-05-19. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Artwork verified against E-sbirka.gov.cz • official published diagram B 20a.
End of the speed limit.
English • Traffic sign B 20b • End of the maximum speed limit. The sign ends the effect of the preceding Maximum permitted speed sign. Warning: beyond it, the maximum speed under the general traffic rules or the relevant zone sign applies. If the preceding Maximum permitted speed sign was limited by a supplementary plate, the corresponding supplementary plate is also placed below this sign.
Čeština • Dopravní značka B 20b • Konec nejvyšší dovolené rychlosti. Značka ukončuje platnost předcházející značky „Nejvyšší dovolená rychlost“. Pozor: Za značkou platí nejvyšší dovolená rychlost vyplývající z obecné úpravy provozu nebo stanovená příslušnou zónovou dopravní značkou. Je-li platnost předcházející značky „Nejvyšší dovolená rychlost“ omezena dodatkovou tabulkou, uvede se pod značkou i příslušná dodatková tabulka.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org • 🔗
🔗 E-sbirka.gov.cz • Vyhláška č. 294/2015 Sb. • B 20b • znění účinné od 1. 7. 2025
SVG source: มองโกเลีย๔๔ • CC0 • Original revision 2026-05-19. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Artwork verified against E-sbirka.gov.cz • official published diagram B 20b.
Does a Czech motorway inside a built-up area have the ordinary rural motorway limit?
No. The statutory built-up-area motorway and motor-vehicle-road default is 80 km/h. Follow the actual signs and authorised exceptions; the motorway classification alone does not make every urban section a 130 km/h road.
🔗 e-sbirka.gov.cz • Czechia, Road Traffic Act 361/2000 — sections 2(cc), 18; Decree Annexes 3 and 5
🔗 e-sbirka.gov.cz • Czechia, Decree 294/2015 — current sign and marking descriptions, annexes 1–10
