Alfred Bekker manufacture a wide range of hand controls to suit many disabilities. Our Simple Selector Guide will help you select the right controls for you.

Background Information

An automatic car does away with having to change gear. In addition the complexity of hand controls are being removed with the new era of drive by wire. However, in some countries there are no modern and affordable automatic cars available. On the other hand some disabled prefer a manual car and spend in excess of £1,400 on an electronic clutch conversion whereas an automatic gearbox could be obtained for a great deal less.

For the last 50 years or so many active lower limb disabled have driven and still drive, very competently and often are in more control of their car than most able bodied. In fact some of my double leg disabled customers have outperformed the best, driving on bargain basement adaptations.

I, therefore, believe it a sad thing that in recent years able bodied, with little or no disabled driving experience but simply because of the new found position they now hold, appear to know best and are determent to ban proven concepts and enforce their views and in so doing taking away the disabled driver’s freedom of choice and making them use adaptations they are not familiar with.

There is no doubt in my mind that the modern automatic car is so much easier in use than a manual car, but this is of little or no use to a newly left leg disabled driver who is on a low income, does not qualify for disability/mobility allowance and who barely can afford to run his 6 year old manual car.

For this reason I will continue to manufacture and offer bargain basement hand controls, including my left/right hand clutch control, for the not so privileged, as well as offering drive by wire arrangements for those in a position to being able to pay for same or being the recipients of a Mobility Grant or other financial help.

Our Simple Selector Guide will help you select the right controls for you.