Finding Opportunities in Mobility
Scott Darnell loved driving big trucks and fast cars before a diving accident left him paralyzed. “When I woke up, they told me the only option for me was a full-size van,” Darnell said. “I was kind of bummed with that so immediately I started thinking about different ways that I could get myself in and out of different vehicles.” Darnell’s solution was the DMS series of wheelchair lifts produced by his company, Further Options in Greenville, Ill., that let anyone in a wheelchair drive whatever vehicle they’d like. “What we were running up against is I didn’t want a vehicle that looked like it was for the disabled, I wanted a vehicle that looked just like anybody else’s, that I could modify just like anybody else’s,” Darnell said. “My first truck [with the DMS] was a Dodge Ram that we had on airbags and everything else and it would drop down almost to the ground. Now I’m in a new full-size Chevy Silverado.” Regardless of how they were injured, disabled car enthusiasts and every-day drivers like Darnell are looking for products to help them with the mechanics of driving or riding in a vehicle, and to spiff those vehicles up. Aftermarket retailers are finding ways to meet all of those needs...
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