Search
for the Fastest Disabled Drivers in the UK
24 January 2002 - To celebrate The Mobility Roadshow’s return to
Donington Park, a nationwide search is now on to find the fastest
disabled drivers in the country. If you drive an adapted racing or high
performance sports car, we want to hear from you.
The
charity Mobility Choice, organiser of The Mobility Roadshow is looking for
disabled people, who drive seriously fast cars, to attend this year’s Roadshow
at Donington Park, Derbyshire, as guests of honour. The event runs over three
days (20-22 June), with the high performance cars featuring on Saturday, 22nd.
The
Mobility Roadshow, which is a charity event and free to visitors, is well
established as the world's largest outdoor mobility show. Visitors are offered
the rare opportunity to test drive a huge range of adapted vehicles from the
major motor manufacturers. There is also a fully accessible exhibition featuring
over 200 companies showing all the latest mobility products and services.
If
you are interested in bringing your car to exhibit at the Mobility Roadshow
please contact Rosemary Vaux at the The Mobility Roadshow press office tel 020
8943 5343, fax 020 8614 8087 or e-mail mobility@ravenstone-pr.demon.co.uk.
Please supply vehicle and adaptation details (don't forget to include your top
speed) along with contact details. Check out the website: www.justmobility.co.uk/roadshow
for more information.
Disabled
Drivers Race to Donington Park
31 January 2001
- The world’s largest public mobility event of its kind, The Mobility Roadshow
2002, will take place at Donington Park, near Derby on Thursday 20th,
Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June 2002. This unique event
gives disabled drivers the opportunity to test drive a huge variety of vehicles
on the world famous racetrack.
Around
85% of the 8.6 million disabled people in the UK were not born disabled, but
became disabled at some point in their life through accident or illness. If you,
or a member of your family, are disabled or have recently become disabled, The
Mobility Roadshow is the single most useful event you can visit all year.
The
Mobility Roadshow is a free, charity event with two main goals:
·to
provide impartial information and advice about the latest mobility products
and services available
·to
provide a hands-on testing facility for visitors to try out mobility products
in a no-pressure environment.
You
will find everything you need to keep you mobile at The Mobility Roadshow 2002.
All the major motor manufacturers and over 200 exhibitors will present the
latest mobility solutions, products and services that are available to make life
easier for those who find it hard to get around. The
hands-on experience ranges from trying out simple gadgets to testing wheelchairs
on the special wheelchair test track or test driving fully adapted cars (from
little run-arounds to sports cars) on the world famous racetrack.
To
an able-bodied person, the opportunity to test drive a car isn’t anything special. For
a disabled person, it is a unique opportunity. Even though mobility vehicles
make up more than 10% of the UK car market, the range of adapted cars usually
available for disabled drivers to test drive from their local garages is either
extremely limited - or non-existent. In fact, most disabled drivers have to rely
on the car salesman driving them round the block for a ‘test drive’. They
then have to buy the car, have it adapted and are at last able to ‘test
drive’ it for themselves when it’s too late to change their minds.
The
Mobility Roadshow is the only place in the world where disabled people have the
opportunity to test drive such a wide range of cars and vehicles already fitted
with a variety of adaptations. This test drive opportunity is available to all,
whether you have a vehicle through the Motability scheme or as a private owner
(in fact, only 17% of all orange/blue badge holders are Motability customers).
You
simply need to bring your driving licence for the opportunity to drive around
the world-famous circuit. Non-drivers are also give the opportunity to be driven
by their carers, allowing them to check vehicles for passenger comfort and
accessibility.
For
further details and public enquiries please contact Mobility Choice tel 0870 770
3222, email choice@gtnet.co.uk or see the web site www.justmobility.co.uk/roadshow
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