Sentence examples for adapted car from inspiring English sources

But in 2007, Mr Onwubiko was sentenced to five months in prison for driving while disqualified after twice being convicted of careless driving in his specially adapted car, once after jumping a red light.

Because PIP is defined as a "gateway benefit", if a disabled person is deemed ineligible it can mean they also have their adapted car or powered wheelchair removed or their family loses the carer's allowance.

When I was struggling in the mid-1990s to parent my young boys while coming to terms with a progressive, painful and debilitating condition, my adapted car enabled me to take them to playgroup, nursery, school, out-of-school activities, medical appointments and play-dates.

One of the problems, she says, is that despite years of underfunding for adult social care, people assume the state's support for disabled and chronically sick people in receipt of DLA is much more comprehensive than it is, and that "we all have a nice bungalow and an adapted car".

"If you have a disability or are elderly, it can be extremely difficult to find accessible accommodation or a host of related travel services such as medical equipment hire, adapted car rentals and specialist insurance," Madipalli tells TechCrunch.

Image caption Charlie Evans said his car "was his independence" A disabled man was left feeling "suicidal" after he had his adapted car taken away following changes to disability benefits.

"There wouldn't have been the Thalidomide Trust; adapted cars wouldn't have happened as quickly.

Between 400 and 500 adapted cars, powered wheelchairs, and scooters are being taken away from disabled people every week.

New, stringent eligibility criteria, for example, mean that Motability (specially adapted) cars are being withdrawn in ever greater numbers, causing some disabled people to lose jobs that they loved.

It plans to carry out tests of automated passenger shuttle vehicles as well as autonomous valet parking for adapted cars.

The mobility element often goes towards specially adapted cars, scooters or wheelchairs, paid for via the Motability scheme.