she shouldn’t have been riding. She was to large and you can’t get the bar over you being that large. I am a bit overweight(not as large as this woman was) and rode this in December last year. That bar was tight on me, but I made sure if it couldn’t go all the way on me I was getting off. It was tight, but I was secure. No way this woman was secure. NO WAY!
You are right. My home park (Cedar Point) has strict requirements when it comes to their rides. They have a staffer and a test seat at the entrance to each major ride, if you look like you might be too large to ride they make you try the test seat before you get in line.