Republic of Korea
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, Road Traffic Act: Article 82) 1. a mentally ill or epilepsy patient who can cause traffic risks and obstacles. 2. Deaf and Blind people 3. A person who has lost elbow joint abnormalities in both arms or who cannot use both arms at all. However, this is not the case if the vehicle can be driven normally by a motor vehicle that is designed to suit the degree of one's physical disability.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, Persons with disabilities shall operate automatic transmission and specially operated vehicles according to the degree of disability.
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, Under Article 96 of the Road Traffic Act, drivers can drive with an international driver's license, but they must receive the same aptitude test (Article 97) as disabled people in Korea by applying the same standards as disabled people in Korea. However, it may be difficult to drive in Korea even with an international driver's license if the vehicle is not available in the country.
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: Departments in charge of vehicle registration, such as the transportation administration departments of each city, county, and district office.
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
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): According to the Traffic vulnerable Act and the Parking Lot Act, it is mandatory to install parking lots for the disabled when constructing public and private buildings.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking in municipal car parks, Other (please specify): in street parking is not free. Parking fee discount: 40-50% discount on public parking lots according to the ordinance.
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?
No
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?
N/A
If you have answered yes to the above question, please tell us
N/A
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes, width: 3.3 m, length: 5 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 Health and Welfare Department of Human Rights and Interest Support for the Disabled
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
There is no official website of the government and it is posted individually on the websites of related ministries such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
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?
N/A
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
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) of sections/organisations: The Korea Transport Institute email(s): [email protected] phone(s): 1-44-211-3214