On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:49 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 6/18/2012 9:16:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> georgejoann@GMAIL.COM writes:
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> _http://www.autosafety.org/node/73450_
> (http://www.autosafety.org/node/73450)
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> they didn't give details... the "consumer" could have been a 400  lb
> "consumer"   LOL..

I once saw one with the front bar bent. The owner said that his "portly" adult daughter was getting out and bent the front bar. I think she was ~300#-ish. I myself am 200# and try to not sit too close to the middle for fear of doing the same thing someday.