Switzerland
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, in order to obtain a driving licence, all applicants need to go through the same steps: First of all, the criterias for issuing a trainee driving licence have to be given. People with disabilities have to go (in addition to the general conditions required for all people) through the following further steps in order to obtain a driving licence: 1. To obtain a (trainee) driving license a special medical examination implemented by a doctor (who is recognized by the Road Traffic Office) to determine driving capacity is needed 2. Driving practice has to be completed with a driving instructor who has vehicles with appropriate modifications 3. Once a person with disabilities successfully passed the examination the Road Traffic Offices can impose individual restrictions on driving licences. In particular the restriction that only vehicles with special devices or modifications may be driven by the person with disbilities. Please note: The respective cantonal Road Traffic Office is responsible for issuing driving licences.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, those mentioned above.
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,
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.
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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
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):
All public parking facilities (cities and villages) have reserved parking spaces for persons with disabilities, marked in yellow with a wheelchair symbol.
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking on-street,
Free parking in municipal car parks,
Extended time limit for on-street parking
Other (please specify):
Switzerland has various parking zones, which means the following for people with a disability parking card:
- blue zone: basically unlimited parkingtime
- white zone: unlimited parking time (unless there are chargable)
- Paid parking spaces: Fees are usually paid also with a disability parking card
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?
Yes
If you have answered yes to Question 14 above please tell us:
Which countries' parking cards are recognised (please list): All residents of member states of the International Transport Forum (ITF) and who has a valid disability parking card issued by residence country
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
Yes
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
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Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
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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.
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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: Federal Roads Office FEDRO
email(s): [email protected]
website(s): https://www.astra.admin.ch/astra/en/home.html