'Plump my ride': luxury car makers create bigger cars for fat drivers

[Jazzy]

Luxury carmakers have been forced to upsize their vehicles as a result of drivers and passengers becoming more overweight, it has emerged.

Typical family cars have become more than a foot wider and almost double the weight over the past 50 years as manufacturers struggle with the world’s obesity crisis.



Consequently some luxury manufacturers have begun road-testing the next generation of larger-sized vehicles.



Officials say will allow bigger people to maintain their comfort on the road.

In plans dubbed “plump my ride” – in a play of words from the television show Pimp My Ride – BMW has recruited 800 volunteers, ranging from the slim to the obese, for a study to gauge how obesity affects mobility while driving.



The unnamed volunteers were last week put through a series of tests designed in part to examine factors such as getting in and out of cars or looking over their shoulder while reversing.



Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...akers-create-bigger-cars-for-fat-drivers.html

 

[Evil Eye]

Huh, I never thought about it, but I suppose it's the sensible thing to do.