Argentina
Part 1: Driving with a Disability
Are there any laws or regulations in your country that restrict whether people with disabilities can obtain a driving licence?
No
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
No
If you have answered yes to Question 4 above, do the same restrictions apply to a person with a disability visiting your country in their own or a rented vehicle? Please give details
No
Please give details of the section responsible in your Ministry for driver licensing and vehicle adaptations for people with disabilities. Please also include any websites which give details of the official national policy.
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Transport
Name of section responsible: National Road Safety Agency
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: +54 11 52952400 - 1198
website (s): https://www.argentina.gob.ar/seguridadvial
Part 2: Parking Cards for people with a disability
Does your country have a national scheme of parking concessions for people with a disability?
Yes
Which categories of people with a disability are eligible for the parking card? Please tick all that apply
Wheelchair users, People with walking difficulty, People with vision impairment, People with mental health issues, learning disabilities or other hidden disabilities
Are there parking spaces reserved for people with a disability?
Yes
If you have answered yes, where are the reserved parking spaces? (Please tick all that apply)
On street, In municipal car parks
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability? (Please tick all that apply)
Free parking on-street, Free parking in municipal car parks, Exclusive parking sites
Are there any regions or cities in your country that do not recognise the parking card, or which have their own, different system?
No
Are the same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting your country?
Yes
If you have answered yes to Question 13 above, please tell us if there is a formal system of reciprocal recognition of parking cards from other countries?
No
If you have answered yes to Question 14 above please tell us
N/A
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes,
National Decree No. 914/97 establishes the "special parking modules": 6.50 meters long by 3.50 meters wide, for the exclusive parking of cars carrying or driven by persons with reduced mobility. http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/45000-49999/4581…
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: National Disabilities Agency
Name of section responsible: National Road Safety Agency
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: +54 11 5295-2400
website(s): https://www.argentina.gob.ar/andis
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/justicia/derechofacil/leysimple/libre-tran…
Part 3: Hiring a car if you have a disability
Does your country have any laws which require hire car companies to make adapted vehicles available for people with disabilities to rent?
No
Where are such vehicles available? Please tick all that apply
N/A
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
Name of ministry: Ministry of Transport
Name of section responsible: National Road Safety Agency
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: +54 11 52952400
website(s): https://www.argentina.gob.ar/seguridadvial