Portugal
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, People with disabilities can obtain a driving license, as long as they are considered fit to drive after undergoing a medical examination. Restrictions and vehicle adaptation codes will be shown on the driving licenses.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, Modified transmission; modified clutch; modified breaking systems; modified acceleration systems; pedal adaptations and safeguards; combined service brake, accelerator and steering systems; modified control layouts; modified steering; modified rear/side view devices; driver seating position.
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
Yes, A person with a disability visiting Portugal in its own vehicle or using a rented vehicle must comply with the restrictions and adaptations recorded in his / her foreign driving license.
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: Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, I.P. Name of section responsible: Direção de Serviços de Regulamentação Técnica, de Qualidade e Segurança (as regards vehicles) and Direção de Serviços de Formação e Certificação (as regards driver licensing) email address for queries: [email protected] Phone number for queries: +350211068004 website (s):http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugues/Paginas/IMTHome.aspx
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, People with mental health issues, learning disabilities or Other (please specify): People with Autism Spectrum Disorders. People transporting or accompanying: A person with motor, physical or organic disabilities with a functional limitation of a permanent nature, of a degree equal to or greater than 60%, provided that such impairment makes it difficult for him to travel on public roads without the assistance of others or without recourse to means of compensation. Person with intellectual disability and with Autism Spectrum Disorder with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 60%. Visually impaired person, with a permanent change in the field of vision equal to or greater than 95%.
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): Shopping Centers, Hospitals, Hotels, Public Services / Entities.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking for users of public services, including entities in public-private partnership.
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): 1 - Parking cards issued by the authorities of the other EU member states that have adhered to Council Recommendation No. 98/376 / EC, of 4 June, are recognized in Portugal. 2 - Parking cards issued by the authorities of ECMT countries and their associates are also recognized in Portugal, in accordance with CEMT Resolution No. 97/4, approved on 22 April.
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes, Reserved spaces must have a minimum usable width of 2.5 meters and a minimum usable length of 5 meters. They must have a side access strip with a minimum width of 1 meter and be located along the shortest accessible route possible to the entrance / exit of the parking space. They should also have their limits marked by lines painted on the floor in a contrasting color with the rest of the surface; be reserved by a horizontal sign with the international accessibility symbol, painted on the floor in a color contrasting with that of the rest of the surface and with a dimension not less than 1 m on the side, and by a vertical sign with the accessibility symbol, visible even when the vehicle is parked. (Decreto-Lei n.º 163/2006, de 8 deagosto, whih established the accessibility regime for buildings and establishments receiving public, public roads and residential buildings)
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: Several entities are involved
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
http://www.inr.pt/perguntas-frequentes
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?
Yes
Where are such vehicles available?
At major airports, At city centre hire car outlets, Other (please specify): through online platforms
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
Name of ministry: Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, I.P. Name of section responsible: Direção de Serviços de Regulamentação Técnica, de Qualidade e Segurança email address for queries: [email protected] phone number for queries: +351211068004 website(s):http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugues/Paginas/IMTHome.aspx
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) of sections/organisations: Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, I.P. / Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação (INR, I.P.) email(s): [email protected] / [email protected] phone(s): (+351) 21 1068006 / (+351) 21 7929500 website(s): http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugues/Paginas/IMTHome.aspx