Adapting Conventional Car Controls for Disabled People: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Guidelines

The number of disabled people driving cars in Britain is increasing steadily, as is the number of disabled passengers. Over 500,000 disabled people receive Mobility Allowance to help them with the costs of transport. The number of disabled drivers is not known, but it is believed that some 60,000 to 100,000 cars have been modified to better suit disabled drivers. Additional cars have been modified to suit disabled passengers. There are a very few anecdotal reports of accidents being caused by these modifications, but there are many reports of modification to car controls that make the control of the car unnecessarily difficult because of faulty design, that restrict the movement of the original controls or that would be prone to failure because of poor engineering design, manufacture or installation. These problems were usually seen on conversions made by amateurs or by inexperienced garages; there are many professional conversion companies that work to high standards.

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  Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite (INRETS)

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• Authors:
  • Mitchell, C G B
• Conference:
  • The 6th International Conference. Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Eurexpo-Lyon , France
  • Date: 1992-5-31 to 1992-6-3
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 740-743
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Automobiles; Control devices; Design; Guidelines; Motion; Persons with disabilities
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Professionalism; Restrictions; Vehicle modifications
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087716
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2857823479
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 7:35AM