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Introduce measures to ensure the safety of wheelchair users when in vehicles.

Submitted on Wednesday 5th June 2019

Published on Monday 8th July 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 37

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Petition Action

Introduce measures to ensure the safety of wheelchair users when in vehicles.

Petition Details

We have found that even the larger retailers of wheelchairs don't know if a wheelchair has passed a crash test. Retailers often fail to check and subsequently sell people wheelchairs that aren't crash tested.
Wheelchair users assume that they will be sold the correct, safe type by the retailer.

Additional Information

When we buy a wheelchair we should be as protected as we are when we buy a baby or child seat for a car.
We feel that wheelchairs which have been crash tested MUST be marked VERY CLEARLY by means of a simple, protected and easily understood badge or symbol to show that this is the case and that they are safe to travel in when properly constrained (usually using straps and clamps) in a vehicle designed or modified for the purpose of carrying disabled people when travelling in their wheelchairs.


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