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First share a cold knowledge. If the elderly in Aichi, Japan give up their driver’s license, they can get a 10% discount on a ramen shop.

The reason why this kind of security for the driver of the old age is just to persuade the elderly to give up their driver’s license, and don’t drive on the road again.

The refusal of the elderly to return the driver’s license has caused a lot of traffic accidents. In the Japanese variety show, “Can you go back to your home?”, an uncle’s daughter from high school was killed by an 81-year-old man. The judge demanded that the old man serve a sentence of one and a half years, but during the probation period, the old man has passed away. The father’s experience in the variety show has caused many people to cry, and the more and more frequent elderly driving in recent years has also caused everyone to pay attention to the issue of “silver hair killer”.

It is a problem for the elderly to be unable to take care of themselves. It is a problem for the elderly to refuse to accept the old.

The Japanese government’s White Paper on Senior Ageing shows that nearly 60% of Japanese people over the age of 60 are driving by themselves, and the proportion of self-driving cars over 80 years old still reaches 26.4%.

In order to solve this problem, the government intends to issue special car licenses to the elderly, so that they can only use emergency stop.In the car of the car device, various safety devices are added to the elderly car, and the safety performance requirements for the elderly car are increased. Of course, there is also an overwhelming mass media campaign, all just to make the elderly want to give up their driver’s license.

These actions are indeed effective. More and more old people have handed in their own driver’s licenses under the influence of family persuasion and public opinion. But as some older people turn in their driver’s licenses, new problems arise. For the elderly living in the city, transportation and public transportation with cars and borders are available, but for some elderly people living in the countryside, once they don’t have a driver’s license and can’t drive, the shopping will be extremely inconvenient.

Also advise the elderly to give a driver’s license while designing a viable travel plan for the elderly, Electric wheelchairs is one of them.

Suzuki Motor Co. is one of the largest electric wheelchair manufacturers in Japan. The company’s flagship model, the ET4D, is priced at 368,000 yen (24,110 RMB) and has a comprehensive safety function that can even issue an exit command when approaching a steep slope. The space left by the front basket can also satisfy the daily life shopping of the elderly.

The ET4D has a maximum cruising range of up to 31 km when fully charged, ensuring safety while meeting everyday needs.

Startup company Whill Inc. sells a manually controlled electric wheelchair. Its main model Model C is priced at 450,000 yen (29,482 RMB), The new wheelchair, which looks like a traditional wheelchair, can be disassembled into three parts for easy carrying.

Model C has a top speed of 4 miles per hour. Although there is no way to catch up with runners running, it is easy to keep up with the fastest pedestrians. The wheelchair’s operational control is also very simple, and complex operations can be performed without guidance in a matter of minutes.

The designer said that users feel that they are driving when they use a wheelchair, which will cause a large number of users to reduce the psychological pressure of use.

At WhIll Inc. It seems that this wheelchair has a wider audience. Satoshi Sugie, CEO and Designer of Whill Inc., said automatic driving of wheelchairs Function means more possibilities. When common vehicles are not available, people may choose wheelchairs. People may even call an electric wheelchair as easily as Uber.

Our company’s vision is to provide fun and innovation for everyone, regardless of their age, condition or country.

But electric wheelchairs are still not the first choice for the public. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association in 2017, only 3% of respondents chose electric wheelchairs as their alternative means of transport after returning the driver’s license.

At present, the Japanese Ministry of Welfare is working with the private sector to consider how to promote electric wheelchairs as a means of transportation for the elderly.

There is still a long way to go to make electric wheelchairs the same way as bicycles and cars, but with the rapid development of European scooters, we may also expect wheelchairs not only as a means of transportation for disabled people, but also More possibilities.