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PART 1 - DRIVING WITH A DISABILITY
Regulations for people with disabilities to obtain driving licences
People with disabilities can obtain a non-professional driving licence for one vehicle. The vehicle needs to have all the suitable adaptations to ensure safe driving.
The applicant for driving licence needs to obtain a medical test, regulated by Supreme Decree N°170 of 1985, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication.
The test evaluates both the coordination and reaction skills of the applicant. It is important to note that the test does not have adaptations that can be used by a person with disabilities.
Vehicle type and adaptation to controls
In obtaining the medical test for driving licence, the doctor in charge has to indicate which vehicle could be driven by the applicant, or the adaptations the vehicle must have.
Application to foreign driving licence holders
There is no regulation regarding these situations.
Responsible Agencies
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
Name of section responsible: Regulation and Operations Division and National Road Safety Commission
PART 2 - PARKING CARDS
Eligibility for disability parking cards
Wheelchair users
People with walking difficulty
People with vision impairment
All people registered in the National Disability Registry that have an identification card that accredits his/her condition.
Reserved parking space availability
On street,
In municipal car parks,
Commercial establishments, industrial and services areas, whether they are public or private; those that hold artistic, cultural or sport events;
All buildings designed to any use with the attendance of public, and spaces of public use.
Apartment buildings
Parking concessions for people with disabilities
Free parking on-street,
Free parking in municipal car parks,
The concession of using reserved spaces for people with disability only. However, charge for parking is left to municipalities responsible for the public space.
https://www.senadis.gob.cl/pag/188/734/preguntas_frencuentes (relating to disability credential and how to obtain it)
https://www.minvu.cl/marco-normativo/ (sets construction standards for parking spaces)
https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=215581&r=1 (Transit Law that sets mandatory parking)
Disability parking spaces
Disability parking spaces must have 5 meters long by 2.5 wide plus a circulation strip of 1.1 meters wide.
https://www.minvu.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/OGUC-Mayo-2020-D.S.-N%C2%B01-D.O.-29-05-2020.pdf (page 105, title2, chapter2; and on page 123, title 2, chapter4)