I have already introduced my car customized with hand throttle and wheelchair loading system (see older blogpost).
With a wheelchair loading system with sliding door you always have to consider how long the wheelchair is, otherwise it doesn’t fit into the car lifted upright (see older blogpost).
My wheelchair is rather short, and there is maximum 1 cm space left at the upper door edge when pulling the wheelchair in, otherwise the Astra would have been out of question as vehicle.
Therefore many wheelchair users have a minivan, like for example a VW Caddy.
An alternative is a wheelchair loading system on the roof, this looks a bit like a ski box.
A friend has such a box on his car, have a look yourself:
I have the yellow PLEASE-KEEP-DISTANCE-SIGN at the driver’s door as well!!!
A Jeep Commander is quite unusual on a disabled parking place, but with the wheelchair loading system it hypnotizes each pedestrian in passing.
You should see him jumping back into the car, he would easily win “Germany’s Got Talent”, wheelchair high jump unfortunately is not a Paralympics discipline
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Tags: Car and Hand Throttle, Technical Aids, Wheelchair Loading System