Peugeot Partner Disabled Vehicles

Improve Your Mobility With Peugeot Partner Disabled Vehicles

Health conditions or accidents may lead to mobility impairment that can make you dependent on others and affect the quality of life. Fortunately, you can regain your independence with the numerous wheelchair accessible vehicles such as the Peugeot Partner. Many of these cars are available as used or new on eBay.

Can a mobility-impaired person drive?

Yes, many disabled people can drive, some in regular vehicles while others need specially adapted cars such the Peugeot partner disabled vehicles. People with mobility impairments can get their driving licences while a year younger than the necessary age limit for the other people. It is because they often have a greater need of being able to get around.

Is there a difference between a WAV and a mobility vehicle?

Many people use these terms interchangeably, but to some people, they do not have the same meaning. The issues come from the general classification of cars that people with mobility impairment can use or drive. They fall in three categories, namely:

  • WAV: This is a wheelchair accessible vehicle and is usually a van-type vehicle with a loading ramp at the rear. The wheelchair user can access the vehicle and fit into the place where a seat has been removed. The wheelchair will lock into place, allowing the wheelchair user to sit securely while being driven.
  • Drive from Wheelchair WAV: As the name implies, these vehicles allow wheelchair users to drive themselves, from the comfort of their wheelchair, locked into place with easy access to the controls, which can be adapted for hands-only use.
  • Mobility vehicle: This phrase tends to refer to a car given to a disabled person under a scheme to enable disabled people to get around. The vehicles help them to enjoy a better quality of life than they otherwise might do, if reliant on other people to ferry them. It can be referred to as a WAV, or it could be a regular car
Common adjustments on wheelchair accessible vehicles

Depending on a person's disability, they may be able to drive regular vehicles. Otherwise, adjustments and adaptations need to be undertaken before the disabled person can drive safely and confidently. For example, someone with an arm amputation will probably need a foot-operated gear system, an automatic vehicle, or steering-wheel-mounted switches and levers. Some vehicles even have foot-guided steering. In short, there are many adaptations that can be made to ensure the safe commuting of a disabled person.

Some Peugeot Partner wheelchair accessible vehicles

The Peugeot Partner Tepee WAV is a very popular WAV. It can be adapted further into the Peugeot Horizon, which offers even more comfort. So popular is the model that it is the most common model amongst taxi companies that offer services for the mobility impaired. You can find several Peugeot Horizon and Peugeot Partner wheelchair accessible vehicles on eBay.