@article{ref1,
title="Toll motorway accessibility for wheelchair users: a survey",
journal="Clinical rehabilitation",
year="2008",
author="Prigent, Hélène and Roche, Nicolas and Guillon, Bruno and Hurand, Anne and Moreau, Bernadette and Dufresne, Jean Pierre and Ravaud, Jean-Francois and Lofaso, Frédéric",
volume="22",
number="9",
pages="812-815",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify difficulties encountered by wheelchair users who travel on toll motorways, with the goal of defining areas for improvement. DESIGN: Survey. After observing a wheelchair user travelling on a toll motorway and using the associated services, we designed a self-questionnaire on perceptions by wheelchair users of toll motorway accessibility. SETTING: Toll motorway and rehabilitation hospital in France. SUBJECTS: We recruited 167 wheelchair users by advertisement and, to assess selection bias, 19 consecutive outpatients who visited our hospital's wheelchair showroom. INTERVENTION: None. RESULTS: Of the 186 included subjects, 91 (49%) were used to driving independently on toll motorways. Among them, only 16% used automatic toll booths and 32% reported difficulties at toll booths. Furthermore, 53% routinely asked for help at filling stations, and only 27% were aware of the availability of a free-of-charge assistance service for disabled people at some filling stations. Among the 186 toll motorway users, only 84 (45%) reported never encountering difficulties in lay-bys; 162 (87%) felt that toilet accessibility was the most important feature of lay-bys and 143 (77%) preferred the locked toilets reserved for disabled people.Conclusion: Wheelchair users reported difficulties on toll motorways that could be corrected fairly easily.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-2155",
doi="10.1177/0269215508091454",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215508091454"
}