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Both-Brilliant-3433 t1_jcv3k91 wrote

Reply to comment by buzz_uk in TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle. by buzz_uk

ooks like the Invacar was too cool for the Ministry of Pensions to handle

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buzz_uk OP t1_jcv6hmm wrote

Having seen some of these up close I think it was basic requirements safety that was the end of them :), they did have some funky features such as to get in you could actually slide the seat towards the door once seated you could slide it back into the central position. They were driven almost exclusively with hand controls, a throttle like a motorbike, handle bars for steering and most amusingly you pushed down on the handle bars to brake.

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