Posted on 03/03/2017 12:03:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
A woman filmed driving without a seat belt says it wasn’t her fault because the belts are ‘racist to fat people’.
The anonymous woman from New Zealand said she finds it difficult to strap herself in because she is overweight.
She tells others in the car: ‘I can’t fit it, so what’s the point in wearing it if I can’t fit it. If they’re going to give me a fine for not fitting my seatbelt, that’s just being racist, to the fat people.’
‘They’re just being racist, like what do they think the whole world is skinny or something? What about the big people?’
One of the passengers points out seat belt sizing is not racist as ‘fat people’ are not a race.
However, the driver insisted: ‘I could actually sue, like what if I crash, and something happens to me because the seatbelt couldn’t go around me.’
The video is believed to have been made last June but the footage has only recently come to wide attention, being viewed half a million times.
People commenting pointed out that it is possible to buy a seat belt extender so drivers can keep within the law whatever their size.
Hey Tubby - check out Amazon for seat belt extensions. They’ve been around for a long time.
It’s racist against stupid people, too.
We should have a say in this, since we are paying for her food, her car, and her plus size dresses made by Omar the tentmaker.
“Looks Maori. She got the Pacific islander fat gene.”
I wouldn’t say that to one of them. I believe a better choice of words is “thick.” That can actually be taken as a compliment.
If someone told her to haul ass, she’d have to make three trips.
LOL, if stupidity is a race, then we’re ALL racists (at least on some occasion!)
Heh, who HASN’T uttered “Man, I can’t stand stupid people!”
LOL. I don’t know about car seats, but plane seats definitely are racist to fat people.
I once lit a match to see if there was a gas leak...the OSHA inspector who found me at fault was racist to idiots.
It’s NOT racist! Fattist, maybe, or Obesaphobic.
Not if he is holding a spear or a sharp knife...
You skinny folks are just white privileged. Stop mansplaining.
You skinny folks are just white privileged. Stop mansplaining.
“Not if he is holding a spear or a sharp knife...”
I hear that...and this is a *wedding* party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUbx-AcDgXo
Interesting set of vids.
she could have a seat belt extender.
Somebody tell them that there is and has been such a thing as seatbelt extensions, and oh yeah.........THAT’S A MAN, BABY!!!
Yeah, you can spend some time going through all the haka vids.
The Maori women are pretty, but I don’t know if I would want to be married to a woman from a real warrior culture.
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