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HELP ME PLEASE
Natalie29190
Member Posts: 24 Listener
I am 27 years old and a dwarf, i stand at 4ft5.
I have been wanting to drive for so long but i know it is not going to be as easy as it will be for everyone else.
I am in receipt of standard daily living PIP and that is all.
I have had a driving assessment in August with QEF in Carshalton, i drove a car which was fully adapted and it was amazing...
I have looked around to see if there is any driving instructors that are able to teach me and their are none
the route i have to go down is to buy an automatic car and have pedal extensions and a duel brake fitted so i can take driving lessons in that car and eventually do my driving test, Problem with that is it will set me back over £6000 just to have a car to be able to start to do driving lessons.
That is a lot of money.
Does anyone know of anyone who can advise me or anyone know anyone who has a specially adapted car fitted that i could use, I have searched on google and people with my condition are in receipt of higher rate mobility PIP so they had a car and adaptions paid for them.
Please help
Regards,
Natalie
I have been wanting to drive for so long but i know it is not going to be as easy as it will be for everyone else.
I am in receipt of standard daily living PIP and that is all.
I have had a driving assessment in August with QEF in Carshalton, i drove a car which was fully adapted and it was amazing...
I have looked around to see if there is any driving instructors that are able to teach me and their are none
the route i have to go down is to buy an automatic car and have pedal extensions and a duel brake fitted so i can take driving lessons in that car and eventually do my driving test, Problem with that is it will set me back over £6000 just to have a car to be able to start to do driving lessons.That is a lot of money.
Does anyone know of anyone who can advise me or anyone know anyone who has a specially adapted car fitted that i could use, I have searched on google and people with my condition are in receipt of higher rate mobility PIP so they had a car and adaptions paid for them.
Please help
Regards,
Natalie
Replies
Do you think you'd be eligible for enhanced PIP mobility?
There are some on the market that can be installed and removed in minutes.
This would enable you to "convert" a normal dual brake automatic driving school car for the lesson period if you found a willing instructor
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