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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2026 · 38 MIN

Motability to give black box monitors to under 30s

from Access All: Disability News and Mental Health · host BBC Sounds

From 13 April, Motability customers who start a new lease, including drivers under 30, will get weekly traffic light scores via a black box, like those used for younger drivers to get cheaper insurance. If you don't drive smoothly you could have your car taken away. Northern Ireland has been trialling the Drive Smart technology since last year and one recipient, Eva, 21, says her scores are bad - red and amber - because the gadget doesn't understand that her hand controls create a different driving experience. Actor Keron Day, 25, will be one of the first to have a box fitted when the new scheme goes UK-wide. He's campaigning to change the rules before his new wheelchair accessible van arrives because he dislikes the fact that insurance companies offer boxes to under 24s yet, because he's disabled, he will have one until he's 30. A number of other changes have been drip-fed by Motability recently. They include lowering the mileage cap from 20,000 per year to 10,000 and charging 25p per extra mile, up from 5p per mile. Nigel Fletcher CEO of the Motability Foundation tells us why. Elle McNicoll is best known for kids book and TV show A Kind of Spark and now she's written a romcom for adults. She tells Emma why she likes writing all her books with neurodivergent lead characters and why seeing yourself in a story can be life-changeing. Her book Unapologetic Love Story is out on World Autism Day, 2 April. Emma Tracey presents, Dafydd Evans mixed the sound, Beth Rose (who can be heard on the programme this month) is the series producer and the editor is Damon Rose. Access All is now a monthly podcast. Say to your smart speaker "Ask the BBC to play Access All" for the very latest edition. It's on Radio 5 live in the early hours of a Sunday morning at the beginning of each month, and it's here as a podcast. Emma and Beth are part of the BBC News team who bring you disability headlines to online, TV and radio.

From 13 April, Motability customers who start a new lease, including drivers under 30, will get weekly traffic light scores via a black box, like those used for younger drivers to get cheaper insurance. If you don't drive smoothly you could have your car taken away. Northern Ireland has been trialling the Drive Smart technology since last year and one recipient, Eva, 21, says her scores are bad - red and amber - because the gadget doesn't understand that her hand controls create a different driving experience. Actor Keron Day, 25, will be one of the first to have a box fitted when the new scheme goes UK-wide. He's campaigning to change the rules before his new wheelchair accessible van arrives because he dislikes the fact that insurance companies offer boxes to under 24s yet, because he's disabled, he will have one until he's 30. A number of other changes have been drip-fed by Motability recently. They include lowering the mileage cap from 20,000 per year to 10,000 and charging 25p per extra mile, up from 5p per mile. Nigel Fletcher CEO of the Motability Foundation tells us why. Elle McNicoll is best known for kids book and TV show A Kind of Spark and now she's written a romcom for adults. She tells Emma why she likes writing all her books with neurodivergent lead characters and why seeing yourself in a story can be life-changeing. Her book Unapologetic Love Story is out on World Autism Day, 2 April. Emma Tracey presents, Dafydd Evans mixed the sound, Beth Rose (who can be heard on the programme this month) is the series producer and the editor is Damon Rose. Access All is now a monthly podcast. Say to your smart speaker "Ask the BBC to play Access All" for the very latest edition. It's on Radio 5 live in the early hours of a Sunday morning at the beginning of each month, and it's here as a podcast. Emma and Beth are part of the BBC News team who bring you disability headlines to online, TV and radio.

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