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now, the original morrisj type came out in 19118 alongside the classic morris minor, which was the first british car to reach a million sales. so, what we ve done is stuck some portable hand controls on the car so i can drive it with my. with my hands, and because it s a van and there s plenty of room in there, we ve just stuck my wheelchair in the back and away we go on our uk road tour for the travel show. there s more to the cairngorms than just walks and wildlife. adventure companies offer zip lining, canyoning and something called white water tubing riding one of these rubber rings downriver. i was hoping to give it a go, but the conditions were a little wild. so, what was the issue about the tubing today?
there s various levels of throttle you can apply there. 0n the other side is the brake paddle which works in exactly the same way, so you can modulate it. and then these grey buttons inside the steering wheel operate the gears. now, the way the car s set up, you have the up shift on the left side, so while you re on full throttle with your right hand, you ve then got your left hand to change the gears, and then it s vice versa for braking as well. so while you re braking with your left hand, you can go down the gears with your right hand. the key thing about these controls is that they re designed to be used by drivers with a range of impairments. these could be driven by someone with only the use of one arm, for example. aaron s team mate in this event is autistic and the car remains drivable by him in the usual way, as the adaptations coexist alongside the regular controls. hand controls per se aren t new i use them to drive my car but these are quite different to what you might
use of driven this and with only the use of one arm, for example. his team mate is autistic and the car his team mate is autistic and the car remains driveable by him the car remains driveable by him in the car remains driveable by him in the usual way as the adaptations coexist alongside the regular controls. hand controls, the regular controls. hand controls, per se, are not new. i controls, per se, are not new. i use controls, per se, are not new. i use them controls, per se, are not new. i use them to drive my car. but these i use them to drive my car. but these are i use them to drive my car. but these are quite different to what these are quite different to what you might find on a road car as what you might find on a road car as they are tuning for a racing car as they are tuning for a racing environment but a racing team racing environment but a racing team is racing environment but a racing team is more thanjust the drivers team is more thanjust the dr
aaron morgan is one of team brit s two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gtii. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they, and the other engineers within the team said, right, we ve got this problem. this is what we need to achieve and this is the solution they come up with, and it s by far the best in the world. the control s linked to a system of actuators and sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicle. so aaron, can you just explain to me a little bit about how the hand controls work and how you use them to drive the car? yeah, of course. so, with the accelerator, you just pull this paddle here and obviously, you know,
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