Quality of Life Technology: The State of Personal Transportation

Roosmalen, Linda van; Paquin, Gregory J.; Steinfeld, Aaron

doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2009.07.009

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“…Instead, standard production vehicles must be specially modified to cater for drivers and passengers with disability. Modifications can range from simple additions (e.g., steering wheel spinner knob) to more complex modifications to the vehicle body structure, such as extending a vehicle's length or altering its roof line (Roads and Traffic Authority, 2007;van Roosmalen, Paquin, & Steinfeld, 2010). The cost of such modifications varies from a median as low as $US50 for a steering wheel spinner knob, $US2,600 for a roof mounted hoist, to $US25,000 for body modifications.…”

Section: Automobility For Pwdmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With respect to benefits derived from personal transportation, some studies have linked mobility among PWD to a range of improvements including quality of life stemming from a sense of freedom, and the control over their participation in the community (van Roosmalen et al, 2010). Among drivers, Ellaway et al (2003) found higher levels of benefits relating to perceptions of protection, autonomy and prestige in their mobility over those who were passengers or public transport users; a link between PMV ownership, longevity of life and better health was also found (Ellaway, Macintyre, Hiscock, & Kearns, 2003).…”

Section: Automobility For Pwdmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As this paper has shown, people have rated the benefits of PMV ownership more highly for social and recreation, and independence over employment. While employment has been shown to be an important outcome for many, those without employment can contribute in many other ways to society and provide a higher quality of life (van Roosmalen et al, 2010;Park et al 2002;Petry et al 2005). For example, within a social and recreational context recognising the importance of creating social capital through their social engagements can be a starting point to leading onto other opportunities (Schwanen et al 2015).…”

Section: 4implications For Policy and Practice And Disability Citmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

Darcy

Burke

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Section: Automobility For Pwdmentioning

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Section: 4implications For Policy and Practice And Disability Citmentioning

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On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

Darcy

Burke

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…Crucially, independent driving opens up new vistas of employment opportunities. Commuting to work independently enables disabled individuals to pursue careers and attain economic self-sufficiency (Van Roosmalen et al 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental Study of Persons with Disability, Wheelchairs, and Car Interaction

Sydor,

Wieczorek,

Hitka

et al. 2023

SLW

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Driving a car independently significantly enhances the quality of life, particularly for individuals with mobility disabilities. Wheelchair users face several challenges when loading and unloading their wheelchairs into and from vehicles, hindering their personal transportation independently. The influence of wheelchair design on the wheelchair and car compatibility for self-loading and unloading hasn't been fully explored in the scientific literature; therefore, this study investigates the impact of various design features found in modern wheelchairs on their suitability for disabled drivers. Four types of wheelchairs were compared in this study; two participants with paraplegia, one male and one female, participated in the tests. Video recordings captured the procedures for getting in and out of the vehicle. Subsequent results analysis involved breaking down these procedures into steps and comparing them. The study demonstrated that times of independent entry into a car and loading of a wheelchair ranged from 48 to 74 seconds, while exiting the vehicle and loading a wheelchair phase took between 56 and 86 seconds. A key takeaway from this research is that dividing the wheelchair frame, the largest and heaviest component, into two parts facilitates loading and unloading processes. However, this may slightly increase the duration of these activities. Detaching the seat aids more individuals with limited upper body strength.

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“…Independent driving can be described and viewed as the Activities for Daily Living (ADL) most important aspects, particularly for the person with disabilities (PWD). The ability of a person with disabilities towards using a vehicle was found to be an important aspect to address the activities for daily living (Boyce et al, 2013), community integration (Prasad et al, 2006), and also employment opportunity (Roosmalen et al, 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors, Effects, and Preferences on Vehicle Driving Modification for the Malaysia Independent Disabled Driver

Dahuri

Hussain

Jalil

2017

JSAEM

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Assistive driving was known to be the important aspect in addressing the mobility limitation, particularly for a person with disabilities. Assistive product modification for vehicle driving, ranging from hand control, secondary control, foot control, and also the wheelchair assisted vehicle developed towards addressing the driving limitation differences according to a person types of disabilities. A pilot survey was conducted to 50 Malaysia independent drivers in Kuala Lumpur. The components evaluated during the survey include, types of modification used, aspects influencing the vehicle modification decision, problem occurrence when in use, as well as to understand the preferential decision differences. The Likert scale (1 to 5) will be used as the rate score given by the responses for each question within the component in the survey. The survey was used as the approach to gather the responses from the respondent. From the survey, it was discovered that aspect such as the disability condition, safer driving, and information availability are several major factors influencing the driver to make modification for independent driving purposes. The major factors were also discovered to influence the modification origin as preferences for driving assistance. The certain least important factors such as the involved body part movement limitation and price range must not be ignored as they also contribute to the improvement for the independent disabled driving.

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Quality of Life Technology: The State of Personal Transportation

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

Experimental Study of Persons with Disability, Wheelchairs, and Car Interaction

Factors, Effects, and Preferences on Vehicle Driving Modification for the Malaysia Independent Disabled Driver

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