{"id":2896,"date":"2008-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t896b47|9"},"modified":"2022-11-17T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T08:54:46","slug":"tip-driving-a-car-for-people-with-disabilities-896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-driving-a-car-for-people-with-disabilities-896","title":{"rendered":"Driving a car for people with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/896_47_bil1_600.jpg\" alt=\"User at the wheel\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption>User at the wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">The user drives a car with an automatic transmission, extra heater, and power adjusted driver&#8217;s seat. Telephone (on\/off), radio (volume and pre-set channels), cruise control, and the navigation system are all controlled with buttons that sit in the wheel.<br \/>\nAll of these functions are standard in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Model: Volvo Cross Country, V 70<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user kept the car he had from before he was injured. He is satisfied with the driver&#8217;s seat and with the control buttons on the wheel. However, he does not feel that the car heater is adequate in winter to melt snow and ice. He plans to build a carport.<br \/>\nThe buttons for the lights are controlled by a switch that sits next to the wheel. They are difficult to reach and the user plans to apply for a car allowance to pay for voice control for the headlights and blinkers. He will also choose a car that is somewhat higher, since it is difficult for him to climb in and out of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Bekostad\"><strong>Paid for by<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/896_47_bil2_600.jpg\" alt=\"Power adjusted driver's seat\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption>Power adjusted driver&#8217;s seat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/896_47_bil3_600.jpg\" alt=\"User gets into car\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption>User gets into car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A car that is suitable for persons with impaired gait and impaired function in hands and arms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":51701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-driving-a-car-102","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/896_47_bil1_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}