New Concept - cars for elderly with the seat that slides out of the car booth.

[Anonymous]

There are no cars that accommodate elderly and aging population. I often see people in parking lots older person struggling with getting in and out of the car. It is such a painful view. Slow, painful struggle.

What if there would be a car designed to make it super easy. The door would slide to the side like in the case of minvans.. and then the driver and or passenger seat just slides outside of the car booth, and a person just seats on it, presses button and it takes them into the car. woosh.. the door closes, off they go. Once arrive, the car door opens. the seat is pushed outside and they stand up straight onto the road using some sort of side bar that is attached to the seat for support.

With the baby boomers generation aging so fast, there should be someone making a cars like this.

Babies have their car seats, families with small kids have their minivans but elderly has NO specialty car.

[Anonymous]

If you can’t get in the car, you shouldn’t be driving. Too many elderly people are on the road and it’s very dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Something like in the picture below but waaaaay more advanced. This one has not much to offer because an elderly still need to open the car door which is in the way of getting out or in. If the door would slide to the back and if the car woudld just slide out instead of rotating it would be a game changer. An elderly car also should have a height adjusted to such
that getting up or down would not be an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t get in the car, you shouldn’t be driving. Too many elderly people are on the road and it’s very dangerous.

+1, if you’re struggling to get in and out of the car, you shouldn’t be driving...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something like in the picture below but waaaaay more advanced. This one has not much to offer because an elderly still need to open the car door which is in the way of getting out or in. If the door would slide to the back and if the car woudld just slide out instead of rotating it would be a game changer. An elderly car also should have a height adjusted to such
that getting up or down would not be an issue.

If you do not have the coordination/ strength to open a car door you don’t have the ability to safely control the steering wheel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no cars that accommodate elderly and aging population. I often see people in parking lots older person struggling with getting in and out of the car. It is such a painful view. Slow, painful struggle.

What if there would be a car designed to make it super easy. The door would slide to the side like in the case of minvans.. and then the driver and or passenger seat just slides outside of the car booth, and a person just seats on it, presses button and it takes them into the car. woosh.. the door closes, off they go. Once arrive, the car door opens. the seat is pushed outside and they stand up straight onto the road using some sort of side bar that is attached to the seat for support.

With the baby boomers generation aging so fast, there should be someone making a cars like this.

Babies have their car seats, families with small kids have their minivans but elderly has NO specialty car.

You mean like this? It already exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4pyLcExbQ

[Anonymous]

Instead of building these contraptions, we should be looking into more shared van services, etc. that serve the elderly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t get in the car, you shouldn’t be driving. Too many elderly people are on the road and it’s very dangerous.

+1, if you’re struggling to get in and out of the car, you shouldn’t be driving...

There are plenty of people with disabilities that involve their legs, that don't impact someone's driving ability. However, the OP hasn't mentioned driving. Elderly people, including those who can't drive, still ride in cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instead of building these contraptions, we should be looking into more shared van services, etc. that serve the elderly.

Elderly people would still need to be able to get into those vans too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t get in the car, you shouldn’t be driving. Too many elderly people are on the road and it’s very dangerous.

+1, if you’re struggling to get in and out of the car, you shouldn’t be driving...

Uh, what about riding? Are old people allowed to do that? Geez, not everyone in the car is a driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something like in the picture below but waaaaay more advanced. This one has not much to offer because an elderly still need to open the car door which is in the way of getting out or in. If the door would slide to the back and if the car woudld just slide out instead of rotating it would be a game changer. An elderly car also should have a height adjusted to such
that getting up or down would not be an issue.

If you do not have the coordination/ strength to open a car door you don’t have the ability to safely control the steering wheel.

If you notice, that seat is on the passenger site. That's probably a bigger barrier to driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of building these contraptions, we should be looking into more shared van services, etc. that serve the elderly.

Elderly people would still need to be able to get into those vans too.

Uh, Those vans already have lifts, ramps, special seats. etc for people in wheelchairs and people who are not in wheelchairs but have limited mobility. For more sophisticated than what you’re proposing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of building these contraptions, we should be looking into more shared van services, etc. that serve the elderly.

Elderly people would still need to be able to get into those vans too.

Uh, Those vans already have lifts, ramps, special seats. etc for people in wheelchairs and people who are not in wheelchairs but have limited mobility. For more sophisticated than what you’re proposing.

I'm not the OP, so I'm not "proposing" anything, primarily because it already exists. But I ride on those vans pretty regularly for work, and have friends with the auto access seat linked above. They don't have some magic sophisticated system. Someone who uses a mobility device other than a chair needs to either climb stairs, or ride up standing on a shaky lift. Compared to that, the auto access seat is much smoother.

More to the point, people with disabilities, age related or others, need both options for traveling with alone (a need that can be served by the shared van services), but also for traveling with friends and family members. The idea that something like Metro Access is a substitute for being able to get in a car driven by a family member, and go somewhere with them, is a little weird.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a bad idea, OP.

[Anonymous]

OP here.. well.. I was mainly thinking about the passengers but frankly people nowdays loose walking fist long before mental capacities because of all the hip issues and knee issues so they are totally capacitated drivers but they have trouble walking. You know the kind I am talking about. YOu can find even 50 and 60's who have issues.. how many people with bad hips do you know that are otherwise just fine drivers?

Well love, it hate it. I just throw the idea in hope that maybe it can help someone out there.