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I am in the avoid on principal camp. I reserve the right to have double standards when it's Infront of me though 😂

Not to my knowledge. I can't imagine how you would even engineer such a system to be frank. Not one that is safety critical anyway!

I dont think we actually disagree here Rob. The only difference in opinion *I believe* is you say ALL sizes, I say a defined range. Reading the thread back to be fair maybe I didn't communicate my frame of reference very well. When talking I had in mind making the maximum larger than it commonly...

Agreed.

I am not playing your games pal, find another target. No issue with rides being designed to accommodate a range of sizes. Again. The point being you can only go so large without having to push up the minimum size and that isn't right.

Nope, pure strawman at play (misrepresenting my point). That is your spin on it. I was responding to the point that because such a large percentage of the US is obese rides should be designed around that. What I think got lost in text was that the original point meant just generally as most...

Completely agree. In my mind I was taking exclusively about major manufacturers which as you point out have this covered quite well. Especially the more modern designs. There are limits though and we do see people turned away regularly. I agree that there is no reason that all rides built these...

Ha ha yeah I know. Yeah, I just meant in the context of people thinking this was a proactive act of love. But from the sound of it we all know the score.

Apologies I should have been clearer. Unfortunately from a pure engineering and physics point of view you need to pick a target size and height range. The more you push the upper end of that, the more you push up the lower end. There are practical limits to how much you can do that before you...

Chatting with somebody ... Let's say... Close to the situation. Apparently this is more of a need than a want to do.

I am not sure we can buy the argument that rides should be designed for overweight people. By doing that it makes them inherently unsafe for smaller (arguably correctly sized) people. Case in point my kids get moved out of the "big boy" seats on Icon at Blackpool Pleasure Beach because while...

Funny I came across this thread by complete coincidence after first day I have struggled at a park. Beautiful sunny day at towers, coasters walk on or close enough if you know how to play the crowds. I don't know if it's just age catching up with me (38) or it's related to POTS I have been...