As the main means of transportation for the elderly and disabled, its design speed is strictly limited. Some users will complain that the speed is too slow, so why is the speed so slow?
Today, the electric wheelchair manufacturer will analyze it for you as follows: The speed of the electric wheelchair is a speed limit set based on the specific characteristics of the user group and the overall structural characteristics of the electric wheelchair.
Due to the physical reasons of the elderly and disabled people, if the speed is too fast during the operation, they will not be able to respond in an emergency, which will often cause unimaginable consequences.
As we all know, in order to adapt to the needs of different indoor and outdoor environments, many factors such as body weight, vehicle length, vehicle width, wheelbase, seat height, etc. must be comprehensively coordinated to develop and design. Considering the vehicle length, width, and wheelbase restrictions, if the vehicle speed is too fast, there will be safety hazards when driving, and rollover and other safety hazards may occur.
Why are electric wheelchairs so slow?
To sum up, the slow speed is for the sake of safe driving and safe travel of users. In order to prevent safety accidents such as rollover and rollback, an anti-rollback device must be installed during R&D and production.
In addition, all regular manufacturers use differential motors. Careful friends may find that the outside wheels rotate faster than the inside wheels when turning, or even the inside wheels rotate in the opposite direction. This design greatly avoids rollover accidents while driving.
The above is the reason why the speed is slow. It is recommended that all users, especially elderly friends, should not pursue speed when driving. Safety is the most important thing.
Post time: Jan-12-2024