How disabled do you have to be then?

[ubersonic]

Any idea what the cost of having a car adapted with these is?

Nope sorry, well the Steering ball is ~£5 and the hand throttle about £90 but the rest I'm unsure.

 

[stuman]

they should pay for the adaption, not the whole entire car.

and on a less serious note...

if i was in her shoe i would forget it all by having a few beers and getting legless.

 

[Glaucus]

So because one person can manage, the rest should be able to too?

Nope, I said on the face of it. But not having a lrg. Doesn't automatically say you need a modified car. I also said the current test is stupid.

 

[robfosters]

Are they saying she cannot have adaptations or have they taken her car away full stop?

 

[Gilly]

They are taking away her motability car. The money she is trying to raise is to purchase the car.

 

[Raggs]

it's says here she has appealed against it

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/keep-olivias-wheels

seems harsh to me poor lass

 

[JoeF1]

Why? A) people drive normal cars with one prosthetic leg, depending where its amputated. 2) an automatic only requires one leg to controlled.

Why would she need, voice, steering ball etc, she hasn't lost am arm.

On the surface of it, this is exactly the stuff we should be cutting back on.

I agree, although on the other hand compared to all the "back" problem people sponging maybe she should be more entitled.

Very harsh though.

 

[robfosters]

They are taking away her motability car. The money she is trying to raise is to purchase the car.

Well that's just wrong in my opinion.

She would win an appeal.

 

[Gogl]

Nope sorry, well the Steering ball is ~£5 and the hand throttle about £90 but the rest I'm unsure.

Ahh I just wondered because I though you might have encountered those things. I wonder will they say she's ineligible for the £2000 payment mentioned in the article and if that would be sufficient either way.

 

[NexusK]

Well that's just wrong in my opinion.

She would win an appeal.

Her crowdfunding page says "Olivia has already appealed to no avail.".

 

[Werewolf]

The changeover to PIP was never intended to help people, but to cut costs
Surprised she didn't appeal the decision TBH, but I think they dramatically cut the distance down that you can walk without discomfort from what it was on DLA.
She was probably trying to do the right thing and being honest. Or naive.

Even if you appeal the car goes :/
It's what happened with my mum years ago on DLA, they sent out a doctor (it later turns out agreed she should get it), they then decided she didn't need it, and the car went back a few weeks later despite it awaiting an appeal/tribunal.

They'll stop the money by a set date, even if you've got a "look again" or "appeal" outstanding, which given how long it can take means the car is likely to go back before the new decision is made
So the car goes back because under the motorbility scheme you're only eligible if you're in receipt of the benefit, so you can't even continue the payments yourself (assuming you can afford it) to keep the car running if the benefit is stopped half way through.

 

[stopper]

It's not based on one thing like how far you can walk,

So how do you explain the growing number of fat people on Obesecycles

 

[Terminal_Boy]

It seems to be her right leg that is gone, so driving an unadapted automatic car would be a struggle.

That would depend if she has the flexibility to move her right leg out off the way and use her left leg.

If not, moving the pedals over to the left and having the foot rest on the right would make more sense than adding hand controls and/or voice controls.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

if i was in her shoe i would forget it all by having a few beers and getting legless.

 

[i5aces]

I know someone who has lost their right leg above the knee,
They have an auto with a throttle on the left of the brake and one on the right, they can be flipped up out the way so disabled and non-disabled drivers can drive, apparently it wasn't that expensive to do.

 

[Threepwood]

Her crowdfunding page says "Olivia has already appealed to no avail.".

Oh pants.

Best remove this foot, and put my money where my mouth is.

Spoiler

 

[atpbx]

Problem is, it's pretty short sighted to think that just because you've seen one guy who can take his disability like a champion, that everyone else can.

We're humans, not machines. We've all got our limits and this kind of system sounds like it is shafting those who can't 'man up' for x amount of reasons.

No, that's not what I've said.

Read it all, digest, comprehend.

I'm not saying everyone else can, I've said I've always believed that walking with one is certainly not impossible, just awkward and uncomfortable.

 

[Redz]

Some brutal people in this thread!

True, some of the comments make me hopping mad.

 

[PooKer]

The cost of adapting a car is one thing. what they charge for adapting the car is usually out of control. Mobility down here tend to just throw all the cars into auction when they get them back. So only get back a fraction they spend on them.

My only concern is how many other people have lost cars they genuinely deserve. It shouldn't be down to the public to fund all these cars via just giving pages.

 

[Uther]

My only concern is how many other people have lost cars they genuinely deserve. It shouldn't be down to the public to fund all these cars via just giving pages.

Yes, but it appears that is what it has come to now.