The Beijing Winter Paralympic Games are about to open. The reporter learned from beiqi Foton Company, which provides support vehicles for the Winter Paralympic Games, on the 28th that the 40 welfare vehicles produced and provided by it have added a number of barrier-free measures. When a disabled person in a wheelchair gets on and off the vehicle, the vehicle can adjust the suspension airbag, tilt to the ground, and is equipped with pedals and auxiliary ramps to facilitate wheelchair access while ensuring safety.
Welfare vehicle - wheelchair for the disabled
Welfare vehicles are mainly for people with disabilities with reduced mobility. The 40 welfare vehicles provided by BAIC this time are actually no strangers, and they are transformed from the main models of daily buses. "The interior of the bus is designed according to the bus, but in order to adapt to the Winter Paralympic Games, the wheelchair area in the car has been increased from 1 in the past to 6." Wang Lei, vice president of Beiqi Foton Ouhui Bus Research Institute, introduced.
Welfare vehicle - disabled persons ride
Adding a wheelchair area is not simple, and it is necessary to consider how to fix the wheelchair to ensure the safety of the disabled. To this end, in the process of transformation, the vehicle in the past in the low floor area of the car seats are all removed, many armrest rods are added, and the floor is lifted to increase the burial plate to ensure that the wheelchair is foolproof in the process of travel; the three rows of seats at the rear of the carriage are retained to facilitate the accompanying service support personnel.
A branch and a leaf are always concerned. During the renovation process, the welfare car considered many details in advance. Four of the six wheelchair areas are backwards and two are forward-facing. Under normal circumstances, the wheelchair area has a backrest, and when braking sharply, the backward-facing wheelchair area can just use the backrest and seat belt to stop the wheelchair without danger. However, if the wheelchair is facing forward, there is no obstruction in front of the passenger, and the passenger can only rely on the seat belt, which is a certain risk.
"With these details in mind, we added ground fixtures under the two forward-facing wheelchair areas, and when riding, the wheelchair was secured front and back with a special hook." Wang Lei said that when encountering sharp brakes, the two hooks can firmly bind the wheelchair without violent movement.
Welfare - Exhibition of residuals
The front and rear doors of the welfare car are located in the low floor area of the car, about 32 cm from the ground. "But the body of this car can be tilted, and after tilting, this distance can be reduced to about 27 centimeters and 28 centimeters." Wang Lei explained that this is because there are 4 suspension airbags in front and behind the welfare car, when the athletes get on and off the bus in a wheelchair, the airbags on the side of the door are deflated, and the airbags on the other side are inflated, and the body can begin to tilt under the premise of ensuring safety, and the whole process takes only a few seconds.
The car is also equipped with pedals specially designed for people with disabilities, and when the door is opened, the pedals can flip down from the car and fall onto the walkway, forming a ramp. Considering that there may be no trails in some areas, the welfare car is also equipped with an auxiliary ramp, and the pedals can be put on the auxiliary ramp, and getting on and off the bus will be smoother.
Welfare car - rear view inside the car
Welfare vehicle - wheelchair guide
It is worth mentioning that the welfare car has a "pager" in the wheelchair area and other locations. This kind of communication device and the driver dashboard linkage, when the passenger presses the pager, the dashboard will immediately display a "wheelchair"-like icon, prompting the driver to have passengers calling at the moment, convenient to understand the needs in time.
Welfare car - wheelchair area
The reporter learned that during the Winter Paralympic Games, Beiqi Foton Ouhui provided a total of 560 service vehicles. Among them, 300 vehicles in beijing, including 40 welfare vehicles, 140 in Yanqing, all of which are hydrogen fuel buses; and 120 in Zhangjiakou, all of which are hydrogen fuel buses. Previously, since January 21, Ouhui's 1,223 buses have been responsible for transporting athletes, referees, officials and staff of the Winter Olympics participating in the Winter Olympics in Beijing and Zhang, accumulating more than 180,000 trips, arriving safely and on time, achieving zero roadblocks; of which 515 hydrogen fuel buses have traveled a total of 1.3252 million kilometers, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 751 tons.