Some lifts could now be unsafe as manufacturers have failed to adjust their stated capacities in line with soaring obesity rates, experts warn.
I’ve yet to be in a lift where the sign has any bearing on reality!
Elevators are required to display signs showing the maximum number of people they can carry but these have not been updated for over two decades. It means they are increasingly at risk of being overloaded even when they are transporting the number of passengers they have supposedly been built for, a conference heard.
Manufacturers' assumption that each person fills a floor area shaped like a small oval is also outdated as bulging waistlines mean many are now big and round, he added.
The lifts in my building claim 24 as maximum capacity, but even for normal sized people, that could realistically only be achieved by several of us sitting on the shoulders of others! Why is it a subject of concern for a conference, anyway?
'What's more, suggesting more people can fit in a lift than is comfortable is stigmatising people living with obesity.'
*sigh* I might have known…bet they didn’t serve carrot sticks and water for lunch at this conference!
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