Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

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Wheelchair accessible vehicles make travelling easier – you can access the vehicle via a ramp or lift and remain seated in your wheelchair as a passengers – or if you wish drive from your wheelchair. There are also other options such as transfer seat and ride up front – findawav.com enables you to do exactly that, find wheelchair accessible vehicles that meets your needs.

There are different sizes of wheelchair accessible vehicles depending on how many passengers plus the wheelchair user your require. A small WAV, for example a Renault Kangoo, will be suitable for 3 passengers (including the driver) plus the wheelchair user. Some conversions of small WAVs enable an extra seat in the rear but if this is going to be suitable depends on the wheelchair, a large electric wheelchair will mean a 4 seat conversion may not have enough room. Medium sized wheelchair cars, for example a Volkswagen Caddy, have the extra room and the conversions allow 4 or 5 passengers plus the wheelchair user. With small and medium sized WAVs the access is usually via a ramp at the rear, although a winch is a popular addition to help assist and take the weight of the wheelchair user. For more than 5 passengers or if you require room for 2 wheelchair users then a large WAV, for example a Renault Boxer, would be needed, with access being a powered lift. There is wide choice and different sizes and conversion and we can help you find a suitable WAV.

Wheelchair Adapted and Accessible vehicles

There are also a number of adaptations available that can assist and further help as the driver or passenger – these include hand controls which can be fitted to most automatic cars and mean that you can drive the vehicle with your hands. They are very safe and it is a popular way of driving for those that have limited or no use of the legs. A ‘push pull’ hand control is the most common and consists of a unit under the steering wheel which attaches the the pedals, the pedals stay in use and the car can be driven ‘normally’ using these, but the hand controls can be ‘pulled’ to accelerate and ‘pushed’ to brake. It’s worth looking into the different adaptations available and speaking to a specialist wheelchair vehicle dealer to see if there are any that will benefit you.

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