The study examined various forms of personal road transport for the disabled. Particular attention was paid to problems involved for those changing from three-wheel invalid carriages to modified four-wheel production saloon cars. Data were drawn from a sample of 1055 invalid carriage drivers and 322 drivers of modified four-wheel production saloons. Major problems in the saloons were inadequate door height and insufficient room in the footwells. Ten per cent of potential candidates for the modified saloons were estimated to need extra power assistance to the steering and/or brakes and some of these might need a joystick control for steering. Many drivers of small motorized tricycles were considered unsuitable as potential drivers of production saloons. Assessments were made of a variety of experimental and prototype invalid cars from the U.K. None seemed destined for wide acceptance. Attention was drawn to the need for a European center for information, advice and assessment.


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    Title :

    Personal Transport for Disabled People


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    247 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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