- Invalid carriage
An invalid carriage was a low cost, low maintenance vehicle, designed specifically for people with physical disabilities.
Makers of invalid carriages included
AC Cars in England, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050628/ai_n14693862 MOTABILITY 2005: Opening doors] Independent, The (London), Jun 28, 2005 by Andrew Jeffrey - accessed 10 July 2008.] Fend inWest Germany , [cite journal| quotes = no| last = Wagner| first = Carl| date = Second Quarter 1973| year = 1973| title = "Ist das nicht ein Kabinenroller?" "Ja! das ist ein Kabinenroller!" Carl Wagner takes off on Messerschmitt| journal = Automobile Quarterly| volume = 11| issue = 2| pages = 164| publisher = Automobile Quarterly Inc.| location = 40 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017 USA| id = Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 62-4005| language = US English] andVelorex inCzechoslovakia . [ [http://www.velorex.com/td_oskar54.htm TECHNICKÁ DATA - OSKAR 54] ] ] [ [http://www.velorex.com/mainframeset.htm VELOREX TEAM ZLATÁ RŮŽE BOSKOVICE] ]In the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, invalid carriages were provided as a subsidised, low cost vehicle to aid mobility of people with disabilities.
Vehicles supplied by the
National Health Service had 3 wheels, were very lightweight, and therefore their suitability on roads amongst other traffic was often considered dubious on safety grounds.In the United Kingdom today, people with disabilities can now obtain modified normal vehicles at low cost through the motability scheme. [ [http://www.motability.co.uk Motability] ]
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