Automotive
Technical Paper

Adapting Vehicles for the Disabled Driver

2002-01-2082

07/09/2002

Event
International Body Engineering Conference & Exhibition and Automotive & Transportation Technology Congress
Authors
Dave Elvin Motability
Paul Gambrell Motability
Abstract
Content
The paper reviews the current technologies employed to assist a person with a disability to drive a car and meet the legislative requirements to be able to do so. The paper examines how these assistive technologies are used in three specific areas:
  • Access systems
  • Primary controls
  • Secondary controls
The paper also reviews safety implications involved with adaptations and also where there may be conflicts between systems fitted as standard to the car and the adaptations.
Meta Tags
Topics
Vehicle accessibility
Affiliated or Co-Author
Motability
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2082
Pages
5
Citation
Elvin, D., and Gambrell, P., "Adapting Vehicles for the Disabled Driver," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2082, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2082.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Jul 9, 2002
Product Code
2002-01-2082
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English