Essential Car Accessories For Disabled Drivers | Mobility in Motion x MotaClarity (2025)

• Adaptive Driving Solutions

  Driving aidsarespecially designed systems that can be fitted to a vehicle to help people overcome a host of driving challenges.

  These are particularly beneficial for people with reduced mobility, limited dexterity, physical disabilities, or limb amputations who find it uncomfortable, painful, or even impossible to operate the original functions. Popular driving adaptations include:

  • Hand Controls that transfer the acceleration and brake function from the foot pedals to your hand.
  • Left Foot Accelerators can be fitted to the left of the brake pedal to allow operation with your left foot inautomatic vehicles.
  • Pedal Modifications can benefit individuals with a range of disabilities that affect their ability to use conventional pedals.
  • Steering Aids enable the one-handed operation of a vehicle’s steering wheel; these simple adaptations are often used in conjunction with hand controls.
  • Remote Control Devices allow drivers with limited mobility to steer the car and operate a range of secondary functions, such as the indicators, horn, headlights and wipers.

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  Electronic Hand Controls

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  Pedal Modifications

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  Remote Control Devices

• Easy Access Transfer Aids

  Car accessibility aids can be installed to aid drivers and passengers when getting seated in and out of a vehicle. These products are designed to facilitate easy access to a car, whether from a wheelchair or mobility device.

  • Transfer Plates provide a temporary stable platform on which to pause and pivot either from standing or a mobility device.
  • Person Hoists lift you via a fitted sling and hoists you out of your mobility device and into a standard car.
  • Swivel Seats enable easy access by turning up to 90 degrees outside the vehicle, lowering, and even transferring from the vehicle entirely onto a wheelchair frame.

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  Transfer Plates

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  Person Hoists

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  Swivel Seats

• Supportive Accessories

  Ensuring an accessible driving experience is one thing, but it’s also important to optimise your comfort whilst driving, particularly if you’re taking longer journeys on a regular basis. There are several additional adaptations that prioritise your comfort:

  • Seat Extensions are extended runners that increase how far a seat can slide backwards and forwards, creating more room in the footwell for a comfortable sitting position.
  • Seat Buckle Assist offers an improved grip over the buckle and reduces the uncomfortable twisting often involved in fastening a seatbelt.

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  Seatbelt Buckles

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  Boot Hoists

• Mobility Device Storage

  Mobility devices such as a wheelchair, powerchair or mobility scooter are often very heavy and cumbersome. This can make it difficult to physically lift and load the device into a car, particularly for someone who has reduced mobility. Loading and stowage equipment is designed for independent use and therefore eliminates the requirement to rely on someone else being with you to lift your mobility device into the car.

  • Car Boot Hoists will lift your mobility scooter or wheelchair and load it into the boot of your car via lifting points and a button remote control.
  • Rooftop Stowage can lift, stow and retrieve a manual wheelchair in less than 90 seconds.

• Car Safety Enhancements

  There are many other car accessories that can increase safety and ensure a secure driving journey. For example. there may be instances where you are travelling with a passenger who can be physical (which could be a dangerous distraction) and therefore requires a safe solution. Or you if are unable to move your neck and shoulders to perform blind spot checks, you may need an adaptation to overcome this.

  • Plastic Shields fitted between the front and rear seats allow drivers to maintain communication with the rear passengers, without the risk of unwanted physical contact.
  • Panoramic Mirrors extend your field of view, reducing the need to turn to check blind spots which is crucial when switching lanes and entering slip roads.

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  Panoramic Mirrors

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• Assistive Car Technology

  Technological innovations have improved the overall user-friendly design of standard vehicles. Features such as adjustable seating controls, in-car voice assistance, automatic sliding doors and automatic boot opening/closing functions all enhance the accessibility and convenience for disabled passengers and drivers.

• Contact Mobility In Motion

  As always, thank you MotaClarity for allowing us to share our helpful tips and advice with your community.

  Find Out More About Mobility in Motion Car Accessibility Aids

  If you’d like to know more about Mobility in Motion’s range of car adaptations and how they can help you,contact the teamof friendly mobility experts online.

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