Getting gasoline as a wheelchair user is a pain. Many pumps aren’t accessible, and if you need assistance, finding it can feel like a game of roulette where “winning” means accessing a service that everyone else takes for granted. The fuelService mobile app aims to remedy this situation by making it easier for disabled drivers to request pumping assistance from gas stations.
Full-service gas stations used to be common in our area. An attendant would come up to your car to ask if you needed help. Maybe they’d even wipe down your windshield for you while you wait. However, as several of you pointed out, that kind of service is harder to find, especially for people who really need it. Here’s one we’ve gotten from a couple of different viewers:
Ever try to buy gas when you can’t walk? Big problem, eh? Once upon a time we had what were called service stations.
For someone who uses a wheelchair, refuelling a car can be quite a challenge. That is where the fuelService app comes in, as Inside Energy reports.
Your car ran out of petrol and you need support refuelling it? The new app fuelService is about to help you find a petrol station where you get the help you need. The app is for free and globally available. App founder Niall El-Assaad told REHACARE.com how it works. [...] The app is available globally. It has already been introduced and is actually in use in various countries like the UK, The Netherlands, Canada and Germany. In Germany though, we are only at a pilot phase. Therefore, we only have a limited number of stations available, and limited to one brand (ARAL). The purpose of this initial phase is for the company to test the app ....
Sitting in the station sounding my horn and flashing my lights, to try and get the attendant’s attention. This motivated me to come up with a better solution that would make the task of filling up easier for disabled people.
Filling up the car is one of the biggest challenges for disabled drivers. But it’s also a challenge for gas stations to help, sometimes they have people available, but sometimes they are single manned and can’t help for security reasons.
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has decided to implement the revolutionary fuelService App across its 422-strong company station UK network...
The App helps the driver find a local petrol station and asks them if they will be able to assist before they drive there.
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is pleased to announce that it is adopting the revolutionary fuelService app across its 422-strong company station UK network.
The free fuelService App has been launched to enable disabled drivers to re-fuel their vehicles more easily.
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is adopting an award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling.
UK retailer Sainsbury’s is rolling out a new app, which enables disabled drivers to pre-book assistance when refuelling their cars at one of the retailer’s petrol stations.
Sainsbury’s has rolled out an app with not-for-profit organisation fuelService to enable drivers to pre-book assistance when refuelling their cars at a Sainsbury’s petrol station
An award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling is being rolled out at Sainsbury’s filling stations.
UK retailer Sainsbury's is rolling out a new app, which enables disabled drivers to pre-book assistance when refuelling their cars at one of the retailer's petrol stations
Sainsbury’s has rolled out an app with not-for-profit organisation fuelService to enable drivers to pre-book assistance when refuelling their cars at a Sainsbury’s petrol station.
Awards host Myleene Klass, and Charles Whitehead, head of client services at HIM (far left), present Shell's marketing manager Michael Homminick with the award for Best Oil Company Initiative for its Fuel Service App.
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Adrien Byrne, policy, governance and public affairs representative for Chevron, said the company jumped at the opportunity. It took just three months to get the app working at its retail sites in Langley.
The simple act of filling a gas tank can be an insurmountable challenge for people who use a wheelchair.
The Canadian Spinal Research Organization has released an app to help disabled drivers get fuel in their cars, and it has been released exclusively in Langley.
Shell has joined forces with not for profit organisation fuelService to help drivers with disabilities receive assistance at the majority of its service stations.
