• Persons who meet the relevant physical and mental requirements are qualified to operate motor vehicles.
• Applicants for a driving licence, however, need to meet the relevant physical and mental requirements (fitness or conditional fitness) to operate motor vehicles and may only operate a vehicle if precautions have been taken to ensure that they do not endanger other road users. The duty to take such precautions lies with the road users or with a person who is responsible for them.
• If the applicant is deemed to be only conditionally fit to operate motor vehicles for reasons of physical or mental impairments, the driver licensing authority shall issue the driving licence subject to restrictions or conditions if this guarantees the safe operation of motor vehicles.

• Section 2(4) of the Road Traffic Act (Straßenverkehrsgesetz, StVG)
• Section 2(1) of the Driver Licensing Regulations (Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung, FeV) – extract
• Section 11(1) of the Driver Licensing Regulations (Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung, FeV)
• Annex 4 or 5. Section 23(2) of the Driver Licensing Regulations (Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung, FeV)

• Driving licence may be limited to certain vehicle types or vehicles that are equipped with special technical devices. Applicants need to obtain a regular medical examination, medical report, and/or a medical-psychological report and/or a report by an officially approved expert or examiner for motor vehicle traffic.
• Driver fitness assessment guidelines and supplementary information

https://www.bast.de/DE/Verkehrssicherheit/Fachthemen/U1-BLL/BLL-Download.html?nn=1817128

• point 3 of Annex 4 to the Driver Licensing Regulations
• Federal Highway Research Institute (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, BASt)

• Driver Licensing Regulations concerning the fitness to operate motor vehicles generally also apply to holders of foreign driving licences who are only staying temporarily in the Federal Republic of Germany

• Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport email address for queries: ref-stv11@bmdv.bund.de
• Websites:https://www.bast.de/DE/Verkehrssicherheit/Fachthemen/U1-BLL/BLL-Download.html?nn=1817128

• Wheelchair users,
• People with walking difficulty,
• People with vision impairment,
• Whether people with a disability are eligible for the parking card decide the responsible authorities in individual cases.

• On street,
• In municipal car parks,
• Near the barrier-free entrances (for example of supermarkets or underground car parks)

• Free parking on-street,
• Free parking in municipal car parks,
• Extended time limit for on-street parking (please give details below),
• Park for up three hours on roads or inzones where waiting is otherwhise prohibited, upon showing the time of arival with a parking disc.
• Park in parking places reserved for residents up to three hours, upon showing the time of arrival with a parking disc.
• Park in pedestrian zones if local concessions explicitly allow it. Park in pedestrian zones, where loading and unloading is allowed during specified times, please check locally regulations in car parks vary, please check park notices or ask an attendant.
• Note: These parking concessions only apply if there is no alternative parking option available nearly. The maximum time limit for parking cannot exceed 24 hours.

• The same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting Germany. EU-model parking card is recognised

• Parking spaces for persons with reduced mobility at rest areas along federal motorways are to be dimensioned in accordance with the recommendations for rest areas along roads (Empfehlungen für Rastanlagen an Straßen (ERS)) of 2011.
• Accordingly, parking spaces for passenger cars must have a width of 3.5 meters. Road and Transportation Research Association

• Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport email address for queries: ref-stv11@bmdv.bund.de
• website: www.bmdv.bund.de

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