Driving in a wheelchair
Driving while sitting in a wheelchair
Wheelchair users who are transported by vehicle or who drive themselves must be secured appropriately. Getting into a minibus or a wheelchair transporter is possible with an access ramp or a lifting platform. The wheelchair is fixed to the floor of the vehicle. The wheelchair user is secured using a special back rest with an integrated or original seatbelt.
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Rear cut floor and high-roof estate cars
Ford Tourneo Custom with a lowered floor plan all the way to behind the driver and passenger seats
The floor pan has been lowered in the rear of this vehicle. This provides an interior height of up to 145 cm, which means that people sitting in a wheelchair also have enough head room. This uniquely long floor pan enables the wheelchair user to move up to behind the front seats This is a considerably better position than the usual one in the rear of the vehicle. In addition to the discernibly improved driving comfort, it is also easier to have conversations with the other people in the car. The wheelchair is correctly restrained and secured with two electric belts at the front and two retractors at the back. In order to ensure that the wheelchair user is ideally restrained, a permanently installed three-point safety belt system offers the highest possible level of safety. This system is completed with a swivel-mounted headrest and backrest, which additionally increase the safety of the wheelchair user.
To make it easier for the wheelchair to access the car, the vehicle is equipped with an electric winch. The vehicle can optionally be equipped with rotating fold-up seats in the third row in the passenger compartment.
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VW Caddy with a rear cut floor
The rear cut floor combined with a lowered floor pan increases the interior height up to 145 cm. This means that people in an electric wheelchair also have enough head room in the back. Using a non-slip access ramp that can be conveniently unfolded and folded up makes it is easy to push/drive the wheelchair into the passenger compartment. There, the wheelchair is correctly restrained and secured with two electric belts at the front and two retractors at the back. In addition to the basic safety features, the professional FutureSafe restraint system with a headrest and backrest is also available Both rests can be swivelled and locked independently of each other, which means they can be ideally adjusted to the back and head. The person is additionally secured using the diagonal shoulder belt and the lap belt. The access ramp can be folded forwards completely to allow the boot to be used for shopping, etc.
Bus with a Smartfloor
The Smartfloor aluminium floor consists of various aluminium profiles that are bonded onto the floor of the vehicle. It complies with all the requirements for certified seats in vehicles of all makes, is individually planned and allows unlimited flexibility in the configuration of wheelchairs and individual seats.
In addition, electric or manual access steps make getting into the vehicle easier. Handles around the door provide additional safety.
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