The Netherlands
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, the national regulations (Regeling eisen geschiktheid 2000) describe the requirements with regard to physical and mental fitness to drive a motor vehicle. Some conditions are subject to a limited period of validity of the driving license and / or certain conditions. The requirements and the exact conditions can be found in the Annex to the regulation:
https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0011362/2019-11-23
The national licensing authority (CBR) inform the public on the regulations and conditions: https://www.cbr.nl/nl/rijbewijshouden/nl/hoe-kan-ik-rijden-met/een-beperking-ofhandicap/kan-ik-rijden-met-een-beperking-of-handicap.htm
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, drivers with disabilities must meet exactly the same driving skills requirements as other drivers. But they are also entitled to the same safety requirements. This is often possible with the help of an adapted vehicle. For those who want to drive on the road in a responsible and safe manner, a disability does not have to be an obstacle. Technical adjustments to the car allow persons with a physical disability to drive responsibly. It is also sometimes possible to drive a modified motorcycle. Experts from CBR determine the necessary adjustments to the vehicle if necessary. If needed a driving test is conducted.
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 regulation is a national one and applies only to owners of Dutch drivers licenses.
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 Infrastructure and Water Management
Name of section responsible: Road Safety section
website (s): https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0011362/2019-11-23
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?
Wheelchair users People with walking difficulty
You are also eligible for a parking card if you have a demonstrable (assessed by a medical examiner) due to a condition or defect.
Are there parking spaces reserved for people with a disability?
Yes
If you have answered yes, where are the reserved parking spaces?
On street
In municipal car parks
Other (please specify): Private car parks
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Each municipality (township) has its own policy, so this differs
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 cards of countries of the European Union, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. And cards, issued by the competent authority outside the Netherlands, insofar as the symbol on the front of the card contains the below symbol or an almost identical symbol.
What other proof of eligibility should a visitor with a disability carry with them? (Please give details): No other proof
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 Infrastructure and Water Management
Name of section responsible: Road Safety
website(s) https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-ofinfrastructure-and-water-management
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
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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?
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Please give details of the section responsible in your Ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
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Part 4: Further information
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.
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