Estonia
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?
Yes,
Restrictions have been adopted from Annex 3 of DIRECTIVE 2006/126/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (Recast)
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes,
Restrictions are adopted from Annex 1 p 12 of DIRECTIVE 2006/126/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (Recast)
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
Yes,
There is no difference, rules also apply to those from other countries.
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: Transportation and Traffic Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Name of section responsible: Pille Ossul
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: (+372) 639 7692
website (s): https://www.mkm.ee
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
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,
Other (please specify):
private car parks, shopping center car parks, hospital car parks etc
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
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,
Width 3,5m, lenght 5m; Standard EVS 843 „Urban streets“
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: Social Welfare Department, Ministry of Social Affairs
Name of section responsible: Berit Rohtjärv
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: (+372) 626 9157
website(s): https://www.sm.ee/et
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.riigiteataja.ee/akt/130062020019?leiaKehtiv Traffic Law § 68
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 Economic Affairs and Communications
Name of section responsible: Pille Ossul
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: (+372) 639 7692
website(s): https://mkm.ee/