Hungary
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,
They have to submit a special medical opinion made by an expert or by a doctor committee with the application for issuing a driving license/ renewing it. (The vehicle adaptations and other ascertained restrictions are printed on the driving license as international codes for driving.) Otherwise, the same rules apply to them.
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 an adaptation is necessary in the particular case, then a vehicle technical expert is added to the team who gives the medical opinion for the client.
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 for Innovation and Technology for vehicle adaption issues and Ministry of Interior for driver licensing issues
Name of section responsible: Road Vehicle Transport Authority / Department of Transport Administration and Registration
email address for queries: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone number for queries: +36-1-477-1551 / +36-1-455-6802
website (s): www.nyilvantarto.hu/hu/parkolasi (only in Hungarian)
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,
They can park in a special parking lot.
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 (please describe)
Other (please specify):
autist, blind and institution whose main task is caring for them/educating them
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):
shopping centers, office buildings, health centers etc. At every 50 parking lots started must be one designated for people with disabilities, of which a maximum of four can be placed directly next to each other.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability? (Please tick all that apply)
Free parking on-street,
Other (please specify):
They can park on the pavement even if the stop is not allowed by a traffic sign or a road sign. They can wait in a place where waiting is prohibited by a traffic sign. They can wait in a restricted waiting area and in a waiting area without operating the parkometer or a ticket vending machine - for a maximum of an hour long. Exception: the designated loading area.
The vehicle in which the disabled person is can be driven to and wait in the "pedestrian zone" and "pedestrian and bicycle zone" areas.
The vehicle in which the disabled person is in can enter into the "living-rest area". The vehicle in which the disabled person is in can drive at a maximum speed of 20 km / h passing the following traffic signs if their destination is on the road marked with that traffic sign and can be only approached on this road.
The traffic signs are the followings:
“It is forbidden to drive from both directions"
"It is forbidden to drive with a motor vehicle, agricultural tractor and slow vehicle"
"It is forbidden to drive with a motorcycle"
"It is forbidden to drive with a vehicle combination"
"It is forbidden to drive with a moped"
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?
Yes
If you have answered yes to Question 14 above please tell us
Which countries' parking cards are recognised (please list) The ITF member states. What other proof of eligibility should a visitor with a disability carry with them? (Please give details) A document proving the person's identity (with ID or passport) and if she/he is the driver, then the driving license (and for the vehicle the registration certificate and insurance certificate - if applicable: vehicle lending contract)
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes,
Its size is bigger than the usual parking lots. According to our national rules the minimum width of the parking lot for disabled people is 3.6 meter. (According to a current road technical standard the length of the parking lot for disabled people should be between 5.50 and 6.50 meters.)
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry Ministry for Innovation and Technology / Minitry of Interior
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
www.nyilvantarto.hu/hu/parkolasi - available in Hungarian only
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
Some adapted cars are available in city centres
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: Department of Transport Administration and Registration, Ministry of Interior
email(s): [email protected]
phone(s): please ask via e-mail
website(s): www.nyilvantarto.hu/hu/parkolasi