Republic of Slovenia
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?
No
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 restrictions due to the type of disability. For this purpose, a special medical commission is appointed, which proposes adjustments to the vehicle on a case-by-case basis.
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
No
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: Land Transport Directorate
Name of section responsible: Roads and Road Transport Division
email address for queries: [email protected]
website (s): https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-infrastrukturo/
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 Other:
1. Persons who have been diagnosed with at least 60% physical impairment due to loss, damage or paralysis of the lower or upper extremities or pelvis;
2. Persons with multiple sclerosis;
3. Persons with muscular and neuromuscular diseases with an estimated physical impairment of at least 30%;
4. Severely mentally handicapped persons who have been recognized as disabled as a result in accordance with the regulations on the protection of physically and mentally handicapped persons;
5. Persons who have at least 90% physical impairment due to vision loss;
6. Young people who are severely physically or mentally handicapped or who are unable to move due to loss, damage, paralysis of the lower extremities or pelvis
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
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Beneficiaries can park for free in car parks marked for the disabled.
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?
No
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, Dimensions (in metres) Rectangular 3.50 x 5.00 At an angle 3.50 x 5.30 Parallel 3.50 x 6.00
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: Municipalites
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
N/A
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
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: Ministry of Infrastructure
email(s): [email protected]
website(s): https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-infrastrukturo/