I have a back problem that prevents me from sitting for more than a few minutes. I love to drive, but this puts severe limits on how and where I can go. Is there any vehicle that one can drive while standing up? Or, is there any way to retrofit a vehicle for stand up driving that would be street …

There might be a vehicle out there you can drive standing up, but I doubt it would be road legal to do so. Airbags are designed for a seated occupants and if you’re standing, then that changes the whole design of the car.

Old milk trucks and UPS vans. Or a Segway or T3motion.

Let’s invent and market one :slight_smile: I can envision a vehicle about the size of a smart car but taller. You’d essentially stand but lean back against a ‘‘standing seat’’ which would allow proper belts and head restraint. And, unlike the Segway and T3, this could be a four-wheeled enclosed v…

Modifying anything would take a tall vehicle like the vans mentioned. Then think in terms of the stand-up amusement park rides when thinking about the seat size, shape, and construction. It sounds doable. Check with mobility mod shops like those who fabricate damn near anything for adaptation. Fr…

A company that modifies Vans for the disabled could do this for you. A stand up seat used in offshore racing boats would be what to use. Hand controls on the steering wheel would be needed. Room for you to stand will be the only problem to over come.

How retro cool would that be. Restore and modify a vintage milk truck Got Milk ?

Thanks Triedaq,couldnt think of Divco to save my self esteem-Kevin

As I remember, the Divco milk trucks used a Continental Red Seal engine which was also used the the Checker commercial vehicles until Checker switched to Chevrolet engines in the late 1960s.

An old school box van is probably your best bet, unless you could find a shop that will modify a car/truck for you to kneel in. That would give you a lit of options

Is there a vehicle you can stand up to drive?

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The Divco milk truck allowed the operator to stand up and drive. The accelerator could be operated by a knob on the column mounted gearshift. I am not certain whether there was a hand mounted brake or not. I don’t think these trucks have been produced for years. I assume, however, if you could find one, that it could still be licensed for road use.

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Is there a vehicle you can stand up to drive?

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