Cars, Driving and Motability
My Mum once said to me that driving was one of my biggest achievements. At the time I can remember feeling disappointed that she didn’t rate all the hard work I had put in to get my degree in Health Sciences, though thinking about it, I can see she is right. Driving for me requires a lot of mental and physical concentration. So much so that I only drive places within 45 minutes of my house. That doesn’t sound far but this alone affords me so much more independence and opportunity from socialising with friends to shopping at Tescos! I started my first full-time working position in 2001 moving down to part-time in 2003. Every day I would rely on taxis to take me to and from work and although I enjoyed the company of my taxi drivers who were both very nice, I became taken with the idea that I could be yet even more independent. So in 2006 I applied to Motability to help me get an adapted car. When applying for a Motability vehicle, it is ...