Liechtenstein
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 on obtaining a driving licence for people with certain types or levels of disability (please give details): International Law: EEA Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licenses and amending acts Traffic licensing Ordinance (Verkehrszulassungsverordnung, VZV)
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, depending on the grade of the disability and according to the national and international EEA legal framework there can be restrictions on the type of vehicles or the technical set up of the adaptions to control. The exact restriction on the type of vehicle is noted in the vehicle registration/license form.
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
In general yes, especially from drivers who are residents of EEA states. Concerning rental cars additionally the rules of the company may apply. Generally the technical restrictions noted in the driving licence must be provided by the company and the rented car has to be technically equipped accordingly.
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: National Roads Office
Name of section responsible: Section Administration
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: 00423 236 75 01
website (s): www.asv.llv.li
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,
Walking difficulties relating to a direct or indirect disability (for example locomotor system or breathing or cardiac problems) Parents, relatives and other caretaking persons may also apply for a parking card of a disabled person in order to to help them in their everyday life.
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,
State facilities (for example town halls, sporting facilities)
Various businesses (i.e. supermarkets, stores, restaurants)
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,
Special parking lots close to entrances
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)
EEA Member States
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: National Roads Office
Name of section responsible: Section Administration
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
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
At city centre hire car outlets
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
Name of ministry: National Roads Office
Name of section responsible: Section Adminstration
website(s): www.asv.llv.li
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: National Roads Office
website(s): www.llv.li