Mobility Car Rules - is this genuine?

tomstickland

I'm not spiteful. I'm just curious. If motability is profitable, why can't they widen it out to anyone?

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

mspig wrote: »

I do know that you are not allowed to use a mobility car for a partner to go to and from work, it has to be used to help the disabled person, or something that will help them or be for them.

Also we were told that as my son(5) has ASD and had mobility problems we would have to wait to see if we qualified for higher rate mobility before we would be allowed a mobility car, we can't get one for the care part of DLA or the lower rate of mobility.

I understood this to be the case but when i received the keys to my car the salesman told me that if i had a partner that motabillity fully understand that the main wage earner is entitled to go to work in the car. As far as I am concerned the car is for my disability no one else's and does not go to work with anyone else. What the exact rule there is does sem to be confused.

bestpud

KellyWelly wrote: »

Well that was why I pointed out that the price on the Panda was the RRP. Frankly, anyone who walks into Fiat and pays that price is a born idiot because as we all know, when buying a brand new car you never pay the RRP and you always get free servicing/free insurance or some other freebie thrown in to sweeten the deal.

And if you figure in the price of the servicing and the cost of the fleet insurance Motability will still be making a profit due to the advance payment and the resale value after the 3 years.

And maybe people are getting defensive because they are being brought into question over claiming a sum of money they are perfectly entitled to because of great difficulties in their life. A lot of disabled people find it impossible to use public transport and cannot walk or cycle and would be permanently housebound without a reliable car to get out and about. And the DLA money won't just go on transport, it will be spent on things like personal care provided by a carer or very expensive specialist equipment and aids which make their lives a little bit easier.

I find it sad that people get so upset that Jo Bloggs might be getting a few quid more than. I imagine if you ask the same person if they would support doing away with the welfare system to save them a few hundred a month (or probably even less) but they would have to beg or starve if they fell on hard times they'd say no.

The [big] difference here is you are talking about a car being used to support a disabled person and we are talking about a car being used (solely it seems) for the benefit of a non-disabled household member.

Of course there is the argument that they are supporting the disabled child by working but then every working parent is supporting their child (disabled or not).

There is a difference in the example given here and that is what people are questioning. Plus, it seems the rules are no clearer than the debate opening up on here!

There is no need to be defensive as nobody is saying people should not have what they are entitled to. It is whether or not the family in the OP are entitled that is being questioned. I am very aware that DLA is intended to cover a variety of costs too.

I don't think anyone on here has suggested doing away with the welfare system either. It is perfectly acceptable imo to support the system and yet acknowledge it has loopholes.

Pete268

tomstickland wrote: »

I'm not spiteful. I'm just curious. If motability is profitable, why can't they widen it out to anyone?

As for profit and Motability - taken from:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/MotoringAndTransport/Yourvehicleandlicence/DG_10028000

The Motability Scheme - run by the independent not-for-profit organisation Motability - gives disabled people the opportunity to own or lease a car at an affordable price.

Other searchres on google also state it is a 'not for profit company'

One presumes this to be after building/staff costs etc.

Peter

tomstickland

Earlier in this thread someone said that Motability Operations was a profit making company.

calleyw

Again there seems to be two parts and you are sort of right Pete268 but no cigar.

1) mobility is a charity but they don't supply the cars.

2) Mobility operations actually deal with the leasing of the cars are a business. Direct quotes below from the website.

"Motability Operations is a private business that provides a range of affordable cars to disabled people through lease and hire purchase schemes."

"As operators of the Motability Car Scheme, our activities are regulated and overseen by the charity Motability."

The webpage is here

Yours


Calley

tobyc_2

i am getting worried here, i have just been awarded high rate dla for both mobility and care. I am a single parent and have been working full time until december when my 14 year old son was diagnosed with a sudden severe neurological disease. Apart from the devastation, i have reduced my hours at work to 2 half days so that i can still be there for my son but have the release from the madness in my brain. Yesterday i had to scrap my car as it had given up the ghost and i intend to use part of the dla to get a mobility car. Does this mean that i cannot drop my son to school, go to work and then return home and pick him up. There is no public transport nearby to my work and if the school need me to get him early i wont be able to get there. Some people may say that i shouldnt work and maybe further down the line i wont be able to but for now it is keeping me sane. This is a grey area and i think i will need to discuss this with the people at the motability.

black_paw

Very Grey area i think

black_paw

could start world war 3 .... better go to bed now ..check out tomorrow...

PolishBigSpender

tobyc wrote: »

Does this mean that i cannot drop my son to school, go to work and then return home and pick him up. There is no public transport nearby to my work and if the school need me to get him early i wont be able to get there. Some people may say that i shouldnt work and maybe further down the line i wont be able to but for now it is keeping me sane. This is a grey area and i think i will need to discuss this with the people at the motability.

Unless you negotiate an exemption (and this is very unlikely!) with Motability and the DVLA, you cannot use the car to commute to/from your workplace. The car is for the use of the child, not to drive the parent to/from work.