Agree, we have a car for our son and take him too and from college every day racking up 300+ miles a week. We are very strict about the use being for him and we have another car for all our other jobs. However, I do travel home without him in the car and may deviate by one mile to pick up some shopping. This isn’t an abuse as far as I can see but maybe some will disagree. It is a shame , much like the abuses of the Blue Badge scheme that some will take the micky and tarnish genuine recipients of help. Skoda Enyaq
Same here, we have a car for our daughter and have taken her to and from school ever since she lost school transport, which amounts to around 400 miles per month and the council pay for petrol. Due to her profound learning disabilties and severe behaviour challenges, she isn’t suitable for the big shops and would have a melt down or drop to the floor and wont budge, so we go the shops etc, whils’t she is in school or a GP appointment for me, as this is all to her benefit, that she has food and a healthy(ish) dad to look after her. I visit my family in england once month sometimes by myself and sometimes with my daughter, either way its deemed to be to her benefit, as I/we often comeback with shoes & clothes (too many😂). 7/10 I make this journey in my own private car, simply because its more peaceful than the bing bonging heap of crap I have on the scheme!
My daughter will soon be going through the PIP procedure and if everything goes as expected, I shall be upgrading my own car (not that its old) and handing back the Motability car. I fear the scheme is going to get progressively worse over time and lifes hard enough without the DWP saying you mistreated the scheme and your face gleefully all over the daily fail’s or do I want a tracker on vehicle at nearly 60 years of age!
To minimise price rises caused by new taxes, Motability is considering adjustments to:
mileage allowances
overseas breakdown cover
telematics use for insurance purposes
other included services
Proposed changes to the leasing package will undergo disability impact assessment by the Motability Foundation before any changes are approved, announced and implemented.