The development of adaptive driving modifications for the disabled vehicle: a review

Abstract

Restriction and inability to drive a vehicle are known to be the biggest factors limiting mobility, in particular for the person with disabilities. This review identifies the development of adaptive driving modifications and its use for the disabled driver in a comprehensive approach. By far, assistive aids variations have managed to improve the disabled person activity for daily living limitation. Some of the assistive aids reported manage to address the issues on mobility for the person with disability from its use. Even so, it was discovered that some of the modification used resulted with the risk of injuring the user. The discovery from this review is hoped able to help in justifying the necessities in using assistive aids, allowing the person with disabilities to drive independently. Nevertheless, important summaries and the conclusions will be presented based on the gathered data.

Keywords: Modification Development, Adaptive Driving, Disabled Vehicle, Usability, Effects