Use of Motability car

Fin53

We are considering getting a car from Motability. My husband drives...I don't. He takes me to doctors, hospital etc. He does all the shopping & picks up prescriptions for me. All sounds fine right? But.... & it's a big but .... his Family live 150 miles away. His Dad is 80 & not in the best of health. What happens when he wants to use the car to visit his Dad & I'm not well enough to travel? We have talked to our local dealer & have an appointment to go to talk about getting a car, but we've just come up with this situation. I'm thinking we should cancel the appointment to apply. Any advice appreciated...

Fin53

Just found this...

Do I have to be in the car when it is being used?

The car must be used by, or for the benefit of the disabled person . This does not mean that the disabled person needs to be in the car for every journey. In practice, this means that other named drivers in the same household can use the car for shopping, visiting family and other routine activities, so long as the disabled customer will benefit.

Well yes I would benefit by knowing that my Father in Law is ok...

Richie-from-the-Boro

Fin53 wrote: »

Just found this...

Do I have to be in the car when it is being used?

The car must be used by, or for the benefit of the disabled person . This does not mean that the disabled person needs to be in the car for every journey. In practice, this means that other named drivers in the same household can use the car for shopping, visiting family and other routine activities, so long as the disabled customer will benefit.

Well yes I would benefit by knowing that my Father in Law is ok...

- no it would not and you must know that's true, its of no benefit to your mobility whatsoever
- you can not possibly get any benefit from the use of the car if its 150 miles away from you
- everyone will find a self-serving way to justify the misuse of the vehicle and its accompanying blue badge
- it is not, and never was intended for anyone else, the truth is its the disabled themselves that are complicit
- I have long wished that contract rules were changed to bring in an offence of 'allowing the car to be used in a criminal act'
- report misuse here

The disabled should keep their own house in order, everyone knows the difference between right & wrong. You want to be treat by society in the right way, but bend the rules and warp the intended meaning of """disabled only person the benefit of the car""".

Misuse clearly includes:

• Not giving the disabled person the benefit of the car
• Driving whilst uninsured or banned
• Using the car in a criminal act
• Lending, sub-leasing or selling the car
• Using the car for unauthorised business purposes, for example, as a taxi or delivery vehicle
• Not taking proper care of the car

Fin53

We've decided against the Mobility car. As my husband is the main driver, it seems a bit daft to have a car that he can't use for himself, so we're looking into finance to buy. Thanks for your reply Ritchie

sandy_smith_2

Fin53 wrote: »

We've decided against the Mobility car. As my husband is the main driver, it seems a bit daft to have a car that he can't use for himself, so we're looking into finance to buy. Thanks for your reply Ritchie

Strictly speaking it's the zero rated disabled road tax/ved which means the car should only be used for your own needs. If you ring them motability are reasonably relaxed about such use (up to a certain extent) however it's not solely their decision to make because the government have their own guidelines (See below).

Eligibility

You can apply for exemption from paying vehicle tax if you get the:

• higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• enhanced rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement

The vehicle must be registered in the disabled person’s name or their nominated driver’s name. It must only be used for the disabled person’s personal needs. It can’t be used by the nominated driver for their own personal use.

https://www.gov.uk/financial-help-disabled/vehicles-and-transport

MrSweet1991

Hello,

The car is to be used for the benefit of the disabled person, motability examples include running "errands". This creates a huge problem and I'll explain why.

You phone who ever your planning to meet and tell them " if you ever get questioned as to why x was visiting, tell them he/she was collecting money on my behalf"

You (the disabled and person) keep to that story so that in the event that the person driving is stopped and questioned he/she gives the same story. If they decided to contact either you (the disabled person) or the person you're visiting they will both give the same story that you was driving the car to collect money on your behalf there for complying with motabilities rules.

No this is in no way right morally or legally as you are misusing completely. But this is the reality and why so many people can have cars on motability and the named drivers can drive to their hearts content.. Go shopping for yourself and get questioned.. You're getting shopping for the disabled.person, go to a relatives .. Your collecting money for the disabled person and providing the disabled person and relative are happy to lie then thats it.

I'm in no way encouraging what so ever but I don't think many people on motability who have a names driver just leaves the car 3 years straight and never uses it for there own at some stage and missuse it a heck of a lot more than what your describing .

rogerblack

MrSweet1991 wrote: »

Hello,

The car is to be used for the benefit of the disabled person, motability examples include running "errands". This creates a huge problem and I'll explain why..

Also, a motability car is convenient for transporting dead bodies.