I was looking at a Peugeot 206 Convertable the other day and the shape sort of reminded me of the blue fibreglass 3-wheeled cars that used to be given to disabled people back in the '60s and '70s. The ones with handlebars instead of a steering wheel. They sounded like lawnmowers but you could get 60 out of them.
Then I realised they all seemed to disappear at once.
What happened to them?
2007-02-03 06:40:50 · 5 answers · asked by Bum Gravy. 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
There was a few accidents involving them so they where deemed to be unsafe .the government introduced the motobility allowance so that disabled people could buy a normal car of their choice many where unhappy when they where taken out of service but soon realised the benefit of the new scheme as they could now drive family,friends or carers around with them I believe many had to take a new driving test though as the three wheeler only needed a motorcycle licence to drive it
2007-02-03 13:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by techno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I was told by a person in the trade was, they were taken off the road as they were unstable and unsafe. There is a place near Stanstead Airport on the main road to harwich, I think they have kept some models.
2007-02-03 14:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by DIAMOND_GEEZER_56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were deemed unsafe so they were scrapped,Disabled people were given a grant instead to buy four wheeled cars.
2007-02-03 16:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember them from when I was a kid. Why were they all the same colour, it was like being stigmatised as disabled as everyone knew why you had one.
Maybe they melted them down to built the Peugeots........
2007-02-03 20:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were all turned into Peugeot 206 convertibles........
2007-02-03 16:36:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋