Please Don’t Make Us Drive These Again
What the Motability Scheme changed — and why the Budget risks turning the clock back My driving life began in a three-wheeled blue “Noddy car”. It had the turning circle of a shopping trolley and the crash protection of a biscuit tin. More than that, it announced “this driver is disabled” to the world at full volume. It got me around, but it never let me forget I was different. Then the Motability Scheme arrived — and everything changed. Suddenly, disabled people could drive the same cars as everyone else. Not a special version. Not a compromise. Just… a car. That may sound ordinary, but it was quietly revolutionary. Independence without stigma. Normality delivered without fuss. And let’s clear up one myth straight away: these cars are not free. Disabled people pay for them by assigning their mobility benefit every month. We invest our own money in our ability to live, work and contribute. This isn’t generosity; it’s a practical exchange that recognises the extra cost...