PEDAL GUARDS
Fact Sheet Number 5
If you have a car fitted with hand controls you may also need to have a pedal guard fitted. A pedal guard covers the foot control pedals and it is an essential safety feature for anyone whose legs or feet may go into involuntary spasm or who has limited or spasmodic control over, or feeling in, their lower limbs (including artificial limbs). It is very easy for a foot to knock against or press onto the foot pedals. This could lead to an accident. It is also possible for the foot to get jammed under the foot pedals. If this happens then the controls could not be used and, again, an accident could be caused.
Pedal guards are very easily fitted and can be removed when the car is being driven with standard foot controls.
Most major suppliers and fitters of hand controls would also supply and fit pedal guards. See the section "Useful Contacts" on this web site - where you will find details of Hand Control and Car Adaptation Conversion Specialists, giving you the names and addresses of car control manufacturers, suppliers and fitters.
MARCH 2008