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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.
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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:
Even though gas is very expensive right now, most people take for granted the simple act of going to the gas station and quickly filling up, but for those in the disabled community, getting gas is more than just a quick trip. It requires plenty of planning.
Apco Service Stations is rolling an app out to its stores across NSW and Victoria, which will assist drivers living with a disability to refuel their cars.
CITGO Petroleum Corp. is making it easier for drivers with disabilities to locate gas stations that offer assistance to fuel up.
CITGO Petroleum Corp. is taking steps to assist drivers with disabilities, making it easier than ever for them to locate and fuel up at gas stations where assistance is available to them.
Many people with disabilities say driving is a key part of their independence, but what about having to refuel?
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.
There are a range of products and services available to ensure you can move from A to B with ease
Moto is rolling out a mobile phone app specifically aimed at helping drivers with disabilities across all 48 of its sites.
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wie finde ich heraus, ob es an der nächsten Tankstelle Personal gibt, das mir beim Tanken behilflich sein kann? Wenn Menschen, die einen Rollstuhl nutzen, sich diese Frage stellen, würde Niall El-Assaad ihnen wie folgt antworten: mit der fuelService-App! Wie genau diese funktioniert und warum auch Tankstellen davon profitieren – wir haben beim App-Erfinder nachgefragt. [...]
My wheelchair accessible vehicle has given me an incredible amount of independence, but like many disabled drivers, fuelling my car is one of the biggest challenges I face.
Anyone with a disability knows the struggle of going to the fuel station to top on on petrol or diesel. Trying to fuel up independently can be a difficult task and asking for help at the station takes ages, taking a large chunk of your time.
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 ....
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.
Weil Niall El-Assaad von der Situation an Tankstellen für querschnittgelähmte Fahrer frustriert war, entwickelte er die App fuelService. Derzeit ist die Anwendung nicht nur in Großbritannien, sondern in der Testversion ebenfalls in Deutschland und den Niederlanden verfügbar. [...]
Ihr Auto hat kein Benzin mehr und Sie brauchen Unterstützung beim Tanken? Die neue fuelService-App soll Ihnen dabei helfen, eine Tankstelle zu finden, an der Sie die Hilfe bekommen, die Sie brauchen. Die kostenlose App ist weltweit verfügbar. Der Entwickler Niall El-Assaad erklärte REHACARE.de, wie die App funktioniert. [...]
Eine neu entwickelte, kostenlosen Smartphone App hilft z. B. Rollstuhlfahrern beim Tanken. Anbieter ist eine Non-Profit Organisation, die von einem querschnittgelähmten Rollstuhlfahrer aus England gegründet wurde...
Disabled drivers in Wicklow will find refuelling their vehicles a little bit easier with the help of a new app.
Did you ever consider how difficult it is for a wheelchair user to put fuel into a car at a filling station? Just think about it for a minute.
Disabled drivers in Kilkenny will, hopefully, find filling up their cars a bit easier from now on.
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.
Reportage over fuelService in Nederland
Met de app fuelService kunnen bestuurders met een beperking eenvoudig hulp regelen bij het tanken.
Twintig geselecteerde benzinestations van TOTAL hebben zich aangesloten bij de gratis ‘fuelService’-app waarmee gehandicapte bestuurders eenvoudig hulp krijgen bij het tanken. Er waren al 270 Shell tankstations aangesloten. Bij de twintig stations van TOTAL is het voor het eerst mogelijk om via fuelService hulp te krijgen én mobiel te betalen. Voor TOTAL Nederland is dit de eerste fase van een bredere uitrol. Na de lancering van fuelService in Oktober had Ieder(in), de overkoepelde organisatie voor alle gehandicapten, alle brandstof-distributeurs opgeroepen zich aan te sluiten bij fuelService.
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 adopting the fuelService app across its UK network.
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.
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.
Following a successful trial in 58 stations, Sainsbury’s is working with Fuelservice to roll the service out to over 300 petrol stations across the UK, including London, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
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.
Voor mindervalide autobestuurders was het altijd een gedoe om te tanken. De Eindhovense Corinne Jeanmaire komt met een app die het probleem oplost.
Corinne Jeanmaire uit Eindhoven is vanaf haar middel verlamd. Ze zit in een rolstoel, ze kan wel autorijden. Maar benzine tanken is een lijdensweg. Als ze niet zelf kan tanken duurt het soms twintig minuten voordat een pompbediende zelfs maar in de gaten heeft dat er een gehandicapte om hulp gebaart. Corinne heeft samen met anderen een app ontwikkeld waarmee dat probleem wordt opgelost.
Wie in een rolstoel zit, kan met de app fuelService gemakkelijk hulp regelen bij het tanken.
Met de app fuelService kunnen bestuurders met een beperking eenvoudig hulp regelen bij het tanken.
Dankzij de gratis ‘fuelService’-app krijgen gehandicapte bestuurders voortaan eenvoudig hulp bij het tanken. Op dit moment zijn 250 tankstations in de app te vinden. Shell heeft zich als eerste Nederlandse energiebedrijf aan de app verbonden. “Wij verwachten echter dat andere benzinemerken gaan volgen. FuelService is namelijk erg simpel in gebruik, zowel voor de bestuurders als voor de stations”, zegt de Eindhovense Corinne Jeanmaire, de initiatiefnemer van fuelService in Nederland en zelf rolstoelgebruiker.
De bestuurder die de aandacht van de pompbediende probeert te trekken door met zijn of haar gehandicaptenparkeerkaart te zwaaien of te toeteren behoort binnenkort tot de verleden tijd.
Fraser Focus - Drivers with Disabilities
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.