Recemmend a vehicle with most driving assist.

[Raizinman]

A handicapped person asked me the other day what I would recommend to him for the best vehicle that would assist him in driving. He only has one arm and one eye. So he is looking for features that would have a backup sensor, blind spot sensor, parking assist, etc. With only one eye, depth perception becomes a problem, so a frontal sensor would be nice. What vehicle would have all these without having to make modifications.

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

 

[Doppel]

Bus?

I'm somewhat surprised a person with one eye is actually able to get a license.

 

[jlee]

Bus?

I'm somewhat surprised a person with one eye is actually able to get a license.

The biggest issue would be no peripheral vision on one side...other than that, I don't see much of a problem.

A lack of depth perception isn't as big a deal as those of you who have it think it is. Well, unless you're trying to catch a baseball...then it's a PITA.

 

[Raizinman]

The biggest issue would be no peripheral vision on one side...other than that, I don't see much of a problem.

A lack of depth perception isn't as big a deal as those of you who have it think it is. Well, unless you're trying to catch a baseball...then it's a PITA.

The peripheral vision is a problem. He is blind in his left eye. When making a lane change from the right lane to the left lane he must turn his head all the way to his left shoulder to make sure nobody is in his blind spot.

As for depth perception, when traffic is slowing up ahead of him or at a stop, without depth perception, it is very difficult to judge the amount of space between your car and the car ahead of you. Trying to judge the slow down rate of the car ahead of him is very difficult and has almost caused an accident.

Because I don't have any vision problems, I was not quite sure how his vision affected his driving, so I did ask him. Likewise, with just one eye, it is much more intensive and tiring. Much more head turning and requires much more concentration.

He is looking for a new car that can assist him as much as possible with driving. And yes, a person with just one good eye can obtain a drivers license.

 

[Howard]

Any manual transmission car.

 

[Eli]

The peripheral vision is a problem. He is blind in his left eye. When making a lane change from the right lane to the left lane he must turn his head all the way to his left shoulder to make sure nobody is in his blind spot.

As for depth perception, when traffic is slowing up ahead of him or at a stop, without depth perception, it is very difficult to judge the amount of space between your car and the car ahead of you. Trying to judge the slow down rate of the car ahead of him is very difficult and has almost caused an accident.

Because I don't have any vision problems, I was not quite sure how his vision affected his driving, so I did ask him. Likewise, with just one eye, it is much more intensive and tiring. Much more head turning and requires much more concentration.

He is looking for a new car that can assist him as much as possible with driving. And yes, a person with just one good eye can obtain a drivers license.

Those with poor depth perception learn other methods to compensate, especially with things like driving.

I'm extremely good at judging distance and speed, yet have terrible depth perception.

 

[jlee]

The peripheral vision is a problem. He is blind in his left eye. When making a lane change from the right lane to the left lane he must turn his head all the way to his left shoulder to make sure nobody is in his blind spot.

As for depth perception, when traffic is slowing up ahead of him or at a stop, without depth perception, it is very difficult to judge the amount of space between your car and the car ahead of you. Trying to judge the slow down rate of the car ahead of him is very difficult and has almost caused an accident.

Because I don't have any vision problems, I was not quite sure how his vision affected his driving, so I did ask him. Likewise, with just one eye, it is much more intensive and tiring. Much more head turning and requires much more concentration.

He is looking for a new car that can assist him as much as possible with driving. And yes, a person with just one good eye can obtain a drivers license.

Interesting. I don't have depth perception and don't find it to be an issue driving (daily, emergency vehicle, autocross, or road course racing), but parallel parking is annoying. I could definitely see the peripheral vision being an issue, though - that'd be cause for a LOT of head turning.

 

[HarryLui]

The peripheral vision is a problem. He is blind in his left eye. When making a lane change from the right lane to the left lane he must turn his head all the way to his left shoulder to make sure nobody is in his blind spot.

Everybody is suppose to check their blind spot by turning their head and look over their shoulder before lane change.

 

[jlee]

Everybody is suppose to check their blind spot by turning their head and look over their shoulder before lane change.

Next time you're in your car, close your left eye and check your left blind spot. You'll have to turn your head a lot further than you'd expect.

 

[Monster_Munch]

In before M3 / CTS-V

 

[hans007]

i'm assuming he'd have to look at the luxury cars since those tend to have more of those type of features.

i know infiniti's someo fthem have lane departure warning sytsems, and some lexus and mercedes cars have radar cruise control which will hit the brakes automatically if you are getting too near the car ahead of you. but yeah the cars with all those assist things tend to be more expensive.

 

[sdifox]

There are customised vehicles for disabled people.

 

[jlee]

i'm assuming he'd have to look at the luxury cars since those tend to have more of those type of features.

i know infiniti's someo fthem have lane departure warning sytsems, and some lexus and mercedes cars have radar cruise control which will hit the brakes automatically if you are getting too near the car ahead of you. but yeah the cars with all those assist things tend to be more expensive.

The Hyundai Genesis sedan can be had with adaptive cruise - it's pretty awesome, actually.