TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Toll motorway accessibility for wheelchair users: a survey
JO  - Clinical rehabilitation
A1  - Prigent, Hélène
A1  - Roche, Nicolas
A1  - Guillon, Bruno
A1  - Hurand, Anne
A1  - Moreau, Bernadette
A1  - Dufresne, Jean Pierre
A1  - Ravaud, Jean-Francois
A1  - Lofaso, Frédéric
SP  - 812
EP  - 815
VL  - 22
IS  - 9
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-2155
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215508091454
ID  - ref1
ER  -