Motability car use…

[TheSecondMrsMoorcroft]

Posting here for traffic.

I have a 22yr old son who’s in receipt of PIP. We have a Motability car FOR HIS USE.

I have applied for a nursing post (community based) and need use of a vehicle. It’s part time and so, work use will be strictly limited to around 10-12hrs a week only. However, I’m thinking I can’t use this car for this purpose. It will not affect my using the car for my son. It is his vehicle (he doesn’t drive and has difficulty crossing the road, even) and my hours must work around him.

Does anyone know? AIBU to even consider using “his” car for my work use?

My son has “free transport” post 16 and post 19. Post 19 he too was at college an hour away and the first year he was a day student. He had a taxi and escort there and back. However we’d just been through tribunal for college funding so I think The LA realised they’d put us through enough shit already and cost us enough money in legal fees that asking for a contribution would have been the last straw !

It is the blue badge that carries the restriction - the disabled person must be in the vehicle.

Not necessarily. It is perfectly legal to park in a disabled space without the badge holder bring in the vehicle when it parks if the driver is picking up the badge holder.

If you are using a Motability car for business use (not commuting) you have to upgrade the insurance to business use. It clearly tells you that on your lease agreement and RSA documentation. Every time ive picked a new car up, the salesperson has explained all this too

This is my experience too

"It is the blue badge that carries the restriction - the disabled person must be in the vehicle."

Use for dropping off or picking up is fine. It can't be used when only running errands for the badge holder.

Yes, but that's pretty much the same thing. The disabled lesson is actually using the vehicle. The blue badge is "attached" to the disabled persons use, and doesn't extend to being for the benefit of the person.

No they dont.

No it’s not the same thing. The badge holder is not in the vehicle when parking. Many people don’t realise the badge can be used to pick the badge holder up.

You can ask for business use to be added to the insurance

I'd be honest and say you need the job to help support your family financially
They might say no and If they do get a little runabout but id say just be honest

Hello all.

I’ve spoken with Motability. I can use the vehicle for work as long as this doesn’t mean it’s not available for my son. I’ll be doing very few hours initially and so absolutely not, he will not be affected at all.

I do need to notify the insurance and organise business use but apparently, there is usually no fee for this addition.

Have also removed my soon to be ex husband from the named driver status.

Thank you all.

@softpilllow, I drive foster son with complex SN to his college every morning then return home 3 hour round trip on 3 days each week. Then repeat in the afternoon another 2 1/2 hours. Other 2 days he goes to a centre so only 2 hour trip morning and evening with DH collecting him on Fridays. For all these trips over 500 miles each week I use motability car. For anything else I use my own car. Once every 4 or 5 weeks on a Wednesday, I go to see my family 200 miles away. DH drives foster son on that day in motability car and I drive my own car. My SW told me under no circumstances can I risk foster son losing his motability car. I did not argue with her I just accepted it was what she wanted.

I did say it was different in your case though?

The idea of a family having a second car simply because the motability car belongs to the DC is usually not sensible. One of the other, because under usually circumstances you can use the motability car as your family car and nobody needs a second expense, be it the private or motability car.