He hoped it would be ideal to move around the beach or countryside with his kids. But the DVLA say the Tank Chair cannot be classed as an invalid buggy as it is too wide and too heavy.
They say he must apply for a Category H driving licence which allows people to drive tracked vehicles such as tanks on public land. Jim, a former landscape gardener from Dorchester, Dorset said: “It is a fantastic machine that can take me anywhere I want to go.
“It is ridiculous that I should have found a chair that could help me, only for the authorities to say I’d be doing something illegal.” The DVLA said Jim needed an “appropriate licence”.
You can see the wheelchair in action here.
3 comments:
Omg! That's one freaking cool wheelchair! Want!
My first thought was that he was compensating for something. And not just the inability to walk...
If it's that important to him, why doesn't he just get the license? (And some good liability insurance, because I'm sure he'll probably squish someone's poor chihuahua with that thing!)
i have parkinsons and still drive but they will stop me before long as they did with my class 1 hgv just discided to withdraw it after22 years .i started gamekeeping then farming then i joined the army and went long distance lorry driving ,i love the outdoors and used to disapear into the wilds in my landrover thats all stopped now because of my illness,does anyone know how hard it is to get a track laying license because ive had my eye one one of these buggys for some time, i also wonder if the manufacture does or would do a different machine that can pass the dvla stricked laws
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