Finland
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,
A person has to pass the drivers examination. Presuming that the person meets the standard health requirements laid down in the annex 3 of the driver licence directive, a person with disabilities can perform the test with special vehicle adaptations. For further information, see annex 1 of the directive on driving licences (2006/126/EC).
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes,
For further information, see annex 1 of the directive on driving licences (2006/126/EC)
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,
The requirement for a person to drive a vehicle in Finland is that the have been issued a driver licence that is in force by a country that is either part of the European Union or a Member State of the The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968 or the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic. In other cases, the driver has to be able to prove (if demanded by eg. police), that he or she meets the health requirements for driving.
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 and Communications
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: 0295 16001
website (s): https://ajokortti-info.fi/en/maintaining-drivingskills/driving-health
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
The Mobile and Touring club of Finland is undertaking a project, where you can see the Disabled Parking Spaces beforehand, and navigate to them via google maps.
You may view the map from their homepage (https://www.autoliitto.fi/liikkumisesteisille) or download their mobile application from Google Play or App Store with a search word Autoliitto or DPS (stands for Disabled Parking Spaces).
The Application may be downloaded and the DPS-section can be used free of charge.
Currently the mapping has been done for over 40 municipalities, and the project is ongoing.
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):
The parking space is either totally blue with a white International Symbol of Access (ISA), or only the ISA (white).
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability? (Please tick all that apply)
A disabled person's parking permit or an equivalent permit issued by the relevant foreign authority with an international disabled person's symbol may be used to park a vehicle: 1) for a paid parking space without payment; 2) to an area where parking is prohibited by traffic signs; 3) for a parking place where the maximum parking time is limited by traffic signs, for a longer period than the restriction. However, parking in a private area without the permission of the property owner is prohibited.
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?
No
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Transport and Communications
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: 0295 16001
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.traficom.fi/en/services/applying-parking-card-people-disabi…
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.
N/A
Part 4: Follow up
Please give contact details (email, phone, weblinks) for any sections or organisations which have supplied information for your response to this survey if they are not already listed.
Name(s) of sections/organisations: Ministry of Transport and Communication
email(s): [email protected]
phone(s): 0295 16001
website(s): https://www.lvm.fi/en/home