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What weight of driver is crash tested in Peugeot's larger models?

In today's Telegraph there is a very short article about an inquest on the death of a heavy woman in a 107. If Peugeot only test crash 107s to 78kg it begs the question to what weight of drivers do they test their bigger models.

Asked on 14 October 2010 by CS, via email

Answered by Honest John
78 kilos is a reasonable weight for a driver of a light car. But you make a fair point. Overweight people should be sensible and buy cars capable of carrying their weight, just as they should be weighed before they get on an aircraft and be charged accordingly. Anyone over 90 kilos travelling economy class should be treated as excess weight and the excess should be subtracted from their baggage allowance. No one morbidly obese should be allowed to sit in an economy class aircraft seat where their flesh encroaches on the next passenger and can inflict DVT. Fat Donalds has a lot to answer for.
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