Disability Motability Allowance

OrlyKlibansky

Hi all,

I am currently looking into getting a car under the Motability Allowance scheme. Does anyone have more detail about this scheme? I read somewhere that you have to live within the 5 miles of the disabled person?

Please help!

Thanks

intranicity

Do YOU get the Mobility element of DLA?

schrodie

OrlyKlibansky wrote: »

Hi all,

I am currently looking into getting a car under the Motability Allowance scheme. Does anyone have more detail about this scheme? I read somewhere that you have to live within the 5 miles of the disabled person?

Please help!

Thanks

Google came up with THIS

Richie-from-the-Boro

OrlyKlibansky wrote: »

Hi all,

I am currently looking into getting a car under the Motability Allowance scheme. Does anyone have more detail about this scheme? I read somewhere that you have to live within the 5 miles of the disabled person?

Please help!

Thanks

From January this year they were supposed to introduce new contracts which :

- limited the range of vehicles available to Advance Payment of £2,000 or less
- limited the nominated drivers to those who live within 5 miles of the customer
- no longer accept nominated drivers under the age of 21, unless they reside with the disabled customer
- restricted young drivers under the age of 25 to cars in Insurance Group 16 / or / a power output of 115 BHP or less
- and other things ..........................

Did you mean to say you are getting a motability car which you will not be driving yourself, and you wish to nominate a named driver or drivers who live more than 5 miles away from you ?

harveybobbles

The named driver has to live within 5 miles of the person who the car is intended for.

patd1967

And dont forget if you have a named driver on the motability contract and they are under 21,they have to live at the person with DLA claimants home

pstuart

harveybobbles wrote: »

The named driver has to live within 5 miles of the person who the car is intended for.

This is not written in stone.

It is possible to call them and make an individual case.

Spamfree_2

pstuart wrote: »

This is not written in stone.

It is possible to call them and make an individual case.

There must be a reason they have come up with the 5 mile rule in the first place?

Does anybody know what it is?

patd1967

The reason i was told when i ordered my new car was that you had older people getting motability cars and letting there younger children drive there car as it was cheaper than them getting car insurance.we all know how premiums have rocketed for younger drivers

Richie-from-the-Boro

patd1967 wrote: »

The reason i was told when i ordered my new car was that you had older people getting motability cars and letting there younger children drive there car as it was cheaper than them getting car insurance.we all know how premiums have rocketed for younger drivers

Despite meeting the mobility needs of disabled people for over 33 years, it is very important that we are not complacent. We must continuously strive for excellence by examining and refining all aspects of the Scheme. During 2011, we have reviewed a number of issues including the range of cars available on the Scheme and the clarity of our policies on how the cars are used and by whom. We are today announcing a number of changes following this review, specifically:
Although we know that 30% of our customers take cars with no Advance Payment and only 5% take cars with an Advance Payment of more than £2,000, over 50% of the models currently listed in the Price Guide have Advance Payments above this level. We have therefore decided to rationalise the range of cars available through the Scheme by offering only cars with an Advance Payment of £2,000 or less, approximating to a Recommended Retail Price limit of circa £25,000. These changes will be fully implemented in December 2011.

We will, of course, ensure that customers whose disability-related needs require a car above this level can be accommodated. This will simplify the Scheme and focus on those who most need our help but it must be remembered that the quality of the backup service required by disabled people is key to the success of the Scheme.
With regards to how the car may be used and by whom, the principle of the Scheme remains as it always has been - that cars must be used for the benefit of the disabled person. However, we have identified a need to refine our processes and communications around this principle, with clearer parameters so that customers can use the car appropriately and with confidence. In particular,

we will now only accept nominated drivers who live within 5 miles of the customer in order to minimise the risk of the car being used other than for the benefit of the disabled person


we will invest further in our capacity to investigate and act on allegations of abuse, as well as piloting new vehicle technologies to monitor how cars are used where we perceive the greatest risk of abuse

we will require a Statement of Responsibilities to be signed at the beginning of each lease by the customer and nominated drivers together with the supplying motor dealer to ensure that the key responsibilities of each party have been communicated and are clearly understood

As we all know, the cost of motor insurance has risen rapidly in the UK over recent years. In order to protect the Scheme from the most extreme costs associated with young drivers, we will no longer accept nominated drivers under the age of 21 on the Scheme from January 2012, unless they reside with the disabled customer. We will also restrict young drivers under the age of 25 to cars in ABI Insurance Group 16 or lower which also have a power output of 115 BHP or less.

Richie-from-the-Boro

pstuart wrote: »

This is not written in stone.

It is possible to call them and make an individual case.

The more interesting fact is that the O/P who is getting the car needs to live within 5 miles of the disabled person. I was not sure how to read / interpret that !