Driver obligations, documentation and administrative rules
This domain is about the paperwork and duties that surround a tractor journey: what group T entitles you to drive, what must be carried in the vehicle, how alcohol and phone rules apply, and what to do - administratively - after an incident.
Licence and documents
Group T covers tractors and the trailers and implements attached to them; it does not authorise driving a car. Carry your driving licence, the vehicle registration certificate (osvědčení o registraci) and evidence of compulsory third-party insurance (povinné ručení). The green card is not required for travel within the EU/EEA, but proof of cover must still exist. A reflective vest must be in the vehicle and worn when you leave it on the road outside a built-up area in poor visibility or darkness.
Behaviour duties
- Zero tolerance: any alcohol is an offence, and refusal of a breath or blood test carries heavy consequences.
- No handheld phone; no driving under drugs or when unfit through illness or fatigue.
- Seat belt where fitted; children according to their height and weight rules.
- Give way to emergency vehicles with sirens and beacons; stop when instructed by police.
- The penalty-point system applies; accumulating points can lead to loss of the licence.
After an accident
Stop, secure the scene, give first aid and exchange details. Report the incident to the police where someone is injured or where damage to a third party's property is likely to exceed the statutory threshold (currently CZK 100 000), or where no agreement is reached. Then notify your insurer.
Worked example
A police patrol signals you to stop on a village road and asks for documents and a breath test. Reasoning: you must stop, produce the licence, registration certificate and insurance evidence, and submit to the test. Refusing is treated far more harshly than a positive low reading. If a document is missing, say so plainly rather than searching the cab while the officer waits - and remember that a tractor used for a business trip still needs the same documents as any other vehicle.
Traps that cost marks
- Assuming group T lets you drive a car or a lorry.
- Treating one beer as acceptable because the machine is slow.
- Believing a small collision with a barrier needs no report because "it's only a field track".