Latvia
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?
Restrictions on obtaining a driving licence are accordance with Directive 2006/126 / EC. Medical staff will determine the needs for driver and in driving licence indicates the relevant code
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
If the person has a movement disorder than vehicle must customized
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
Restrictions on obtaining a driving licence are accordance with Directive 2006/126 / EC and if on driving licence are the code about disability then vehicle must be adapted to the driver's specific needs
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: The Ministry of Transport / Road Traffic Safety Directorate
Name of section responsible: -
email address for queries: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone number for queries: -
website (s): http://www.sam.gov.lv/sm/content/?cat=139 / https://www.csdd.lv/
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
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
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): All EU countries
What other proof of eligibility should a visitor with a disability carry with them? (Please give details): European Community model
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: The Ministry of Welfare
Name of section responsible: VDEAK
email address for queries: [email protected]
website(s): https://lvportals.lv/iestade/860-veselibas-un-darbspeju- ekspertizes-arstu-valsts-komisija
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
N/A
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?
N/A
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: we do not have Ministry that are responsible for hire cars. These are private companies and if a person cant get service then can turn to the Consumer Rights and Protections Centre website - https://www.ptac.gov.lv/en/services/submission-application-consumer-rig…