Inspector:One in four Czech lifts not safe

One in four elevators in the Czech Republic are not safe, according to the results of an inspection of the country’s 135,000 lifts. According to inspector Vlastimil Graca from Bureau Veritas a full quarter of the country’s elevators need replacing or at least modernizing. Many of them lack regular maintenance and in their present state they present a serious health hazard, particularly lifts installed before 1993. 95,000 of the 135,000 lifts are for transporting people.