Well over 100,000 people have lost their motability car under the new PIP rules, this high figure alone should have been enough for changes to be made to PIP as this would have meant that the predecessors to PIP (DVLA) was one of the most incompetent bodies ever in this country – or could it be that PIP has just got its “rules” wrong and that the people that support it just don’t care as they are so heartless and uncaring about the thousands of lives that they have ruined (and the countless deaths that their policies have caused).
It is no wonder that Motability want to increase their numbers again as I would assume that more members means more power to Motability? I just had a quick look at the advert and it is in conjuntion with Vauxhall – a “British” car manufacturer (a car company that at least still makes cars in this country) and so I guess it benefits the UK as a whole. Maybe their could be some extra discounted scheme purely for cars manufactured in this country – although that would really limit the choices perhaps!
The advert will of course give angst to those ignorant people who still seem to think that a motability car is free. I remember taking the tough decision to get rid of my car before we went onto the scheme, knowing that we would be spending thousands each year with nothing to show for it and once you are on the scheme it is difficult to get off it as you no longer have a car to trade or sell.
Countless times I have done the sums to look at coming off the scheme but the initial cost of having to buy a reliable car (and pay for that somehow) makes it practically impossible to come off the scheme, so I can understand why people might be reluctant to join.
Maybe there should actually be more help for those that want to get off the scheme? I know that you can purchase your car after your 3 year lease (apparently VAT free according to my previous calls to Motability), however, I guess this might lead to even lower numbers on Motability?
I just hope that they are monitoring the response to the advert but I think it could maybe show how out of touch Motability is with the real financial difficulties that many disabled people are having and that given the chance maybe more would like the help to purchase a car and get off the scheme?