Fat car share damaged wife's car?

[un1corn]

Get a motorcycle.

Get three burly members of the Wehrmacht to act as counterbalance.

[Laser Sag]

Bonefish Blues said:

AndrewIC said:

Pretty sure if Fatty Fat fk can't get the seat belt on that you could refuse to take them, legal requirement is on the driver to make sure passengers wear a seatbelt. Plod would take a pretty dim view on it if the mrs was pulled over.

No it's not. We learned/were reminded of that earlier in the thread. Table on final page refers: http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/seatbelt_law....

Irrespective of the legal implications I would suggest you get your wife to talk to HR about her concerns that in the unfortunate event of an accident that as the car share can't get the seatbelt on they could be injured.
Point out that the guilt feelings could potentially have a serious effect on your wife's mental state.
If HR are any good at their job they wont want the increased chance of 2 people off on sick pay that could be avoided by putting the car share in a more suitable vehicle, avoid references to trucks and trailers at this point

[Bonefish Blues]

I think we'd be more concerned about issues such as Corporate Manslaughter than a bit of sick pay, and that's got to bring H&S back into the frame, or maybe the Company Insurance Team shirley

[AndrewIC]

Bonefish Blues said:

No it's not. We learned/were reminded of that earlier in the thread. Table on final page refers: http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/seatbelt_law....

Didn't have time to read every thread page, just the first. Interesting to read that, but I expect you would get a rollocking anyway.

[austinsmirk]

can we have an update, this has been one of the best threads yet !

[s3fella]

austinsmirk said:

can we have an update, this has been one of the best threads yet !

She's still a huffer.

[wolfracesonic]

Regarding the weight of your wife's co-worker: Could you persuade your wife to visit a local weigh bridge in her car, on her own, then get her to go another time with twinkle toes on board, just so we know what we're dealing with?

[Regiment]

Laser Sag said:

Irrespective of the legal implications I would suggest you get your wife to talk to HR about her concerns that in the unfortunate event of an accident that as the car share can't get the seatbelt on they could be injured.
Point out that the guilt feelings could potentially have a serious effect on your wife's mental state.
If HR are any good at their job they wont want the increased chance of 2 people off on sick pay that could be avoided by putting the car share in a more suitable vehicle, avoid references to trucks and trailers at this point

And what are HR going to do, all she can do is see if she can find someone else to car pool with. I presume she doesn't have to take the large lady to walk as long as she car pools with someone else?

[derin100]

JamesW said:

Back in the eighties my mother saw our neighbour waiting at the bus stop and felt obliged to give her a lift - she weighed 26 stone at the time.

2 year old Capri 2.0s - Car was noticeably lower on the front passenger side when she finally got to work - the shocks needed replacing.

And back in the 80s that WAS fat...and rare. Not now.

[DervVW]

Hub said:

RDJ said:

Those suggesting she sit in the back have grossly underestimated the size of person we are talking about here.

It's a 3 door hatchback and the opening offered up by the front door is barely large enough to admit her. The possibility of her squeezing in to the gap betwixt front seat and door pillar is zero.

Chuck a Twix and I'm sure she'll get betwixt.

thanks - now I have this image of a huge backside sticking out of the doorway of an A3, wiggling and struggling to get to the twix whilst said car is rocking and bouncing!

[Bungleaio]

What car does your wife drive OP. I've been out in my sisters Hyundai i30 this evening and I noticed that the rear seatbelt was very short.

Yes I am powerfully built but I'm only an apprentice director

[Laser Sag]

Regiment said:

Laser Sag said:

Irrespective of the legal implications I would suggest you get your wife to talk to HR about her concerns that in the unfortunate event of an accident that as the car share can't get the seatbelt on they could be injured.
Point out that the guilt feelings could potentially have a serious effect on your wife's mental state.
If HR are any good at their job they wont want the increased chance of 2 people off on sick pay that could be avoided by putting the car share in a more suitable vehicle, avoid references to trucks and trailers at this point

And what are HR going to do, all she can do is see if she can find someone else to car pool with. I presume she doesn't have to take the large lady to walk as long as she car pools with someone else?

And is that not going to be a result as far as the OPs wife is concerned, keeps the parking space and doesn't have to take a future contestant in the biggest loser to work anymore.
From the OPs original message the wife was given the car share heffer, don't imagine she would have a problem taking someone in who doesn't require strenghthened suspension to be fitted to her Polo.

[corozin]

This thread needs the help of the legend that is John Waters.
http://youtu.be/aO3oEsdyfHs

Edited by corozin on Friday 1st August 23:07

[anonymous-user]

You have met the long lost Miss Creosote, she was very upset at the loss of her brother Mr Creosote in a restaurant many years ago. Suggest she is consoled with a very large meal and a wafer thin mint.

[shep1001]

As funny as this thread is, I can't see it going down too well with HR, dignity in the workplace and all that if you rock up and try the can I have a lighter car share buddy rather then the salad dodger I am currently partnered with.....

[Bungleaio]

I agree apart from the fact she can't put her seatbelt on, thats the key point that needs to be made with HR.

[shep1001]

Bungleaio said:

I agree apart from the fact she can't put her seatbelt on, thats the key point that needs to be made with HR.

You can get an exemption from wearing a seat belt on medical grounds, weight being one of them so that might not fly

[mft]

PowerslideSWE said:

Very very funny topic this, however I call BS. The car in question ia an Audi A3 right, not the biggest car out there I admit, but I'm pretty sure it's contructed to carry four average adult german men. Have you seen the average german man? 2 meters @ 120 kilos of sauercraut und bockwurst munching lederhosen und moustache wearing awesomeness . If they can fit in said Audi and not having it collapse under it's own weight to form a black hole I'm pretty sure that one albeit fat women can fit in it without causing structural damage to the thing unless she's weighs in the neighborhood of 500 kilos and it's a one million mile commute each way.

Edit: Having said that, if fatty can't wear a seatbelt she wouldn't get in if it was my car.. Well, she wouldn't get in at all. Period.

Lurking to the tune of 23 posts in 22 months, and this is the thread you choose for this month's post?

[TheHound]

Any update on your wife and the Elephant she takes to work?

[Mark A B]

It's too late! they were stuck in traffic one day and she ate his wife!