Poland
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 license?
Yes, depends on result of medical examination done by doctor
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 you have answered yes to the above question, do the same restrictions apply to a person with a disability visiting your country in their own or a rented vehicle? Please give details
N/A
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
Name of section responsible: Department of Road Transport
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: +48 22 630 12 40
website (s): www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura
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, People with vision impairment
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 parking lots
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking on-street
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 the above question, 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 the above question, please tell us
Which countries' parking cards are recognised (please list): European Union member states
What other proof of eligibility should a visitor with a disability carry with them? (Please give details): National parking card for people with disabilities
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes, length 5 m width 3,6 m
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
Name of section responsible: Department of Road Transport
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: +48 22 630 12 40
website(s): www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/uzyskaj-karte-parkingowa
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?
Some adapted cars are available
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
Name of ministry: Ministry of Infrastructure
Name of section responsible: Department of Road Transport
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: +48 22 630 12 40
website(s): www.gov.pl/web/infrastruktura
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.
N/A