Handicap accessible vehicles are designed especially to provide handicapped passenger an access to vehicle or travel while sitting in the wheelchair. The main principle of handicap accessible vehicles is to provide the disabled person an access to the vehicles by lift or ramp through the side or rear of the vehicles.
Handicap accessible vehicles are commonly supported with a space for wheelchair passenger. It is also equipped with mechanisms to secure the wheelchair in place. In order to provide the best security, those specialty vehicles also have seat belt for the wheelchair passenger. It is also equipped with certain tool which is aimed to facilitate the disabled passengers to easily load the wheelchair in.
There are a lot of options of handicap accessible vehicles which you can consider to buy for your need. Most of them are the conversion of multi purpose vehicles (MPVs). Commonly, small MPVs are able to accommodate three passengers besides the driver as well as wheelchair passenger. Full MPVs have the same capacity as the small MPVs in the number of passenger accommodation. Some companies provide the middle row with more passengers’ accommodation.
Furthermore, the largest type of handicap accessible vehicles is able to accommodate six passengers along with one wheelchair passenger besides the driver. The arrangement of seating can be varied. Some of them can be customized to have two wheelchair passengers. Therefore, you have to consider the number of wheelchair passengers the van can accommodate beforehand.
2010 Honda Odyssey Ex
Honda Odyssey Ex 2010 can be one of the handicap accessible vehicles you can take into your consideration. It comes to you with power sliding door with the height of 52.5 inches. In addition, it also has interior passenger position and height driver with the height of 57 inches. Some other features include power foldout ramp, removable front seat bases, kneeling rear suspension, remote entry, and also wheelchair or securement system.
Some other features which are option of handicap accessible vehicles include Eng-3.5L V6 with 5 speed auto. It also has full power, tilt, cruise, tinted windows, keyless remote entry, rear a/c/heat, 6-disc CD changer, 8-way power driver seat, and 16 inches alloy wheel.
2010 Chrysler Town & Country Touring
Another option of handicap accessible vehicles which you can take into your consideration is Chrysler Town and Country Touring. It is a conversion of Amerivan with 56 inches power sliding door height, passenger and driver position with the height of 60 inches, 31 inch power foldout ramp, kneeling suspension, 14 inch lowered stainless steel floor, removable front seat bases, and also wheelchair or occupant securement system.
This option of handicap accessible vehicles is also equipped wit some great features to enhance the performance this vehicle can provide you. Those features include Eng-3.8 V6, power steering, 6 speed auto, power windows, power brakes, power mirrors, power locks, tilt, cuisine, tinted windows, a/c, rear heat, rear a/c, AM/FM, power hath, CD, keyless remote entry, roof rack, power driver seat, trailer tow, and 15 inches alloy wheels. The manufacturer offers this vehicle with 3 year manufacturer or 36,000 mile warranty.
