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Nissan NV200 Mobility Taxi Shows It Is Wheelchair-Friendly at NY Show



It seems that Nissan is trying to place itself in the background of two of the most iconic postcards one can hope of ever sending: from New York, and London. They want to replace the familiar shape of cabs in the two cities with their NV200, which has been modified and fitted out like a taxi.

Now, on the occasion of the 2013 New York International Motor Show, they are showing that their "Mobility Taxi" is also engineered with care for the disabled, hence it has a folding ramp in the back, for easy wheelchair access.

While you may think this is nothing to write home about, Nissan would be quick to contradict you, and commence a lengthy explanation of how the ramp works and why they think it's so great. For starters, it is placed at the back of the NV200, which means passing traffic should not be a problem, and it is actually stowed underneath the last row of seats. The seats lift and fold away, and the ramp can then be raised.

As a person in a wheelchair is traveling in the back, the ramp remains in an upright position, and the chair itself is strapped in with a few hooks – the wheelchair passenger also gets his or her own seat belt, which works because it is strapped in tightly.


http://www.carscoops.com/2013/03/nissan ... it-is.html

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
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Passing traffic is never a problem. The problem is the traffic that rather than pass, runs into your ar5e whilst you are dealing with your disabled passenger!

I strongly believe that no "Rear Loader" should ever be licensed as a Taxi or Private Hire.

This was on my list for my next Taxi - if the side loading facility has gone, it is off my list.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

it no 8 seeter so it good if all get imo

Same here I need 8 seats loads of luggage space and side loading wheelchair access

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Despite the fact that almost all (non taxi) WAVs load wheelchair punters via the rear?

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IDFIMH

A passing truck will remove that rear door for you whilst you are loading your wheelchair passenger.

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Former taxi driver

Exactly how many taxis or private hire cars have been shunted from the rear whilst a passenger was being loaded from the side?

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Grandad,

The London model is side loading.

It's getting a new front as well.

I think it'll be a winner for its simplicity and fuel consumption.

1.5 no guts and brake easy i think

this what you want realy

http://www.skoda.co.uk/models/new-octavia-hatch/default

Have you ever seen a London plated hack go above 60MPH ? they are always the slowest vehicle on the motorway when you encounter them and for that matter where in London can you get above 30MPH other than the middle of the night I think fuel consumption will matter more the London boys than performance

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Injured Kim in taxi safety call

Mar 4 2006 By The Journal

Actress Kim Tserkezie has called for rear-loading taxis to be banned from carrying wheelchair users after she was injured while using one.

The star of BBC children's programme Balamory was thrown from her wheelchair to the floor when the vehicle stopped suddenly on Tyneside.

She fractured her knee when she hit the floor and pulled ligaments and suffered cuts and bruising.

The mother-of-one, who was in plaster for seven weeks, is backing a campaign by Taxiwise for new rules to stop converted vans and MPVs being licensed to carry wheelchair users.

Kim, 32, who plays Penny Pocket in the television show, says: "For years I have expressed concerns about rear-loading vehicles."

Kim was making a short trip from Gateshead to Newcastle with her 10-year-old son and her secretary when the accident happened. Her wheelchair had been secured to the floor of the Ford Connect but a seatbelt to hold her in was not fitted.

Minutes from home, the driver braked suddenly and Kim was catapulted out of her seat, landing heavily on her knees and twisting a leg underneath herself.

A spokesperson for Taxiwise said: "This demonstrates how dangerous these vehicles can be even when an actual collision has not taken place."


I have to wonder why she wasn't wearing a seatbelt. It's required by law. If there wasn't one fitted to the cab, there damn well ought to have been.

Taxiwise - weren't they they funded by and a mouthpiece for LTI?

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That wasn't the question that I asked. Also to my mind, this is the fault of the driver for failing to secure the passenger with a seat belt. My vehicle has the clamps for the wheelchair and a 3 point seat belt for the passenger.

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Grandad,

A properly strapped in wheelchair won't budge a millimetre but there are risk takers out there and the above sounds like one of those

it may take 2 or 3 minutes to secure a wheelchair passenger properly but if you do so it is unlikely you would ever have a serious injury unless the vehicle was hit hard by another vehicle or even a tree/level crossing gate or market cross jumping out into the road at you whilst having a sneezing fit (20 winks) !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

they're basically deathtraps - cut and shuts - but then again I might just be saying that to annoy gus

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin