Philippines
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 Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (Republic Act No. 7277, Chapter VI, Section 26) provides that disabled persons shall be allowed to drive motor vehicles, subject to the rules and regulations issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) pertinent to the nature of their disability and the appropriate adaptations or modifications made on such vehicles. Pursuant to the Implementing Rules andRegulations of the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, the LTO issued guidelines for the issuance of a driver’s license to disable persons (Memorandum Circular No. 94-188) in 1994.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons states that all disabled drivers/applicants may use a customized vehicle provided that it meets the standard/specifications set and duly requested at LTO. However, the LTO Guidelines simply provides that orthopedically impaired applicants should only drive the customizable vehicle duly inspected and registered with the LTO and duly indicated in the driver’s license.
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.
Yes. A disability is specific to the person concerned; it is not a standard condition among disabled persons. Thus, the car must be custom-designed for the needs of the individual driver.
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.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277 . AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REHABILITATION, SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-RELIANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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 user
People with walking difficulty,
People with vision impairment,
People with mental health issues, learning disabilities or other hidden disabilities
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): Establishments with carparks.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking in municipal car parks
Extended time limit for on-street parking
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 include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277
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, none are available
Where are such vehicles available?
N/A
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.
Name(s): Cynthia Reyes
email(s): [email protected]
phone(s): +639985848321
website(s): www.aap.org.ph