Crashes permitted but no passengers allowed! Invalid Carriages - Disability Cars (Behindertenfahrzeuge) of the UK A historic dichotomous anomaly!

This book chapter considers the role and history of the British Invalid Carriage, often a Government supplied vehicle, which in the 1970s provided liberation, isolation and danger in one 'blue' bundle of care. Taking a journey through his families past, vehicle design and motor history, and disability studies, McKeown questions why Government ministers and scientists felt able to design and supply vehicles that were already at the time deemed unfit for purpose by the intended users.