Difference between revisions of "Czech Republic"
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| − | Czech Republic is a in-transit country with dense traffic at main roads. Except native drivers you can find there many (especially truck drivers) from near-by countries and from west and east Europe. Local truck drivers are really friendly, though usually only speak Czech, and possibly a tiny bit of German. Younger | + | Czech Republic is a in-transit country with dense traffic at main roads. Except native drivers you can find there many (especially truck drivers) from near-by countries and from west and east Europe. Local truck drivers are really friendly, though usually only speak Czech, and possibly a tiny bit of German. Younger drivers can speak English very well. |
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| + | Hitchhiking is not allowed at highways and motorways and is quite dangerous because hitchhiker isnt protected by drivers insurance. Other main roads are safe, but be sure you are at transparent place - in summer there are many speeding mad motorcycle drivers in Czech Republic. | ||
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| + | [[Image:http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/mapa.gif]] | ||
| + | Hitchhiking is not allowed at dark green marked routes. | ||
| + | D - higway (for example D1) | ||
| + | R - motorway (for example R43) | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 8 August 2008
Czech Republic is a country in Europe, with borders to Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. It is a member state of the European Union as well as the Schengen Agreement. Hitchhiking is fairly doable.
Czech Republic is a in-transit country with dense traffic at main roads. Except native drivers you can find there many (especially truck drivers) from near-by countries and from west and east Europe. Local truck drivers are really friendly, though usually only speak Czech, and possibly a tiny bit of German. Younger drivers can speak English very well.
Hitchhiking is not allowed at highways and motorways and is quite dangerous because hitchhiker isnt protected by drivers insurance. Other main roads are safe, but be sure you are at transparent place - in summer there are many speeding mad motorcycle drivers in Czech Republic.
File:Http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/doplnky/mapa.gif Hitchhiking is not allowed at dark green marked routes. D - higway (for example D1) R - motorway (for example R43)
