Keyboard first
Every link, button, menu and form works from the keyboard. A “Skip to content” link comes first, and the phone menu closes with Escape.
Accessibility
Accessibility statement
Throttle should work for everyone who wants to buy or sell a car, however they use the web. Here’s what we aim for, what’s in place, what isn’t yet and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
Our aim
WCAG 2.2, level AA.
We aim for this site to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. We build to that standard and check the site with a keyboard, at phone widths down to 320 pixels, with reduced motion turned on and with JavaScript turned off.
This statement covers throttlemarketplace.com. The Throttle app for iPhone and Android is covered in its own section below.
What’s in place
Built in, not bolted on.
A focus ring you can see
The element you’re on is always outlined: green on light backgrounds and white on the green band at the top of each page.
Readable contrast
Text is designed for at least 4.5:1 contrast against its background, and icons and borders that carry meaning for at least 3:1.
Motion you can turn off
Sections fade up once as you scroll. If your device asks for reduced motion, they don’t, and page scrolling doesn’t animate either.
Words for every image
Every app screenshot has alt text that says what’s on the screen. Decorative graphics, like the wheel watermark, are hidden from screen readers.
Works without JavaScript
Every page reads fine with JavaScript off. The menu and the questions and answers open as plain HTML, and the launch list form still sends.
Clear structure
Each page has one main heading, headings in order below it and landmarks for the header, the main content and the footer.
Fits small screens
Pages reflow down to 320 pixels wide without scrolling sideways, and buttons and menu links are at least 44 pixels tall.
No PDFs
The terms, the privacy policy and every other document are web pages you can zoom, search and read aloud, not downloads.
Known limits
What isn’t there yet.
- App screenshots are images. The alt text describes them, but the words inside them can’t be selected, resized or translated on their own.
- The site uses a light theme only, even when your device is set to dark. The app has both.
- Email is the only way to reach us right now. There’s no phone line or live chat.
- This site hasn’t had an independent audit. We check it ourselves, so we don’t claim full conformance.
The app
The app follows the same rules.
The Throttle app is built on the same design system as this site, with the same colors, type and contrast floor. It adds the things a phone needs.
- Light and dark themesFollows your phone’s setting, or pick one under You › Appearance.
- Large touch targetsButtons, rows, filter chips and the save heart have a hit area of at least 44 points. A few small controls, like the X that removes a photo, are smaller.
- Status in words, not only colorBadges like Sale pending and Price dropped say what they mean.
Feedback
Tell us about a barrier.
If something on this site or in the app is hard to use, email support@throttlemarketplace.com with the subject “Accessibility”. Tell us the page or screen, what you were trying to do and what you use, such as a screen reader, zoom or voice control.
We aim to reply within two business days. If you need something from this site in another format, ask and we’ll send it. For everything else, see the contact page.