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While having a car could easily make you believe there’s no limit to what you could transport in it, you have to draw the line when it comes to your and other people’s safety.
In fewer, simpler words: no, stuffing a mattress in your car is not ok. Nor is it legal. Even if you have a convertible, which means you have more space available.
The West Midlands Police came across one such situation a few days ago, and are using it as a clear example of what not to do. They posted a photo of a convertible Opel Astra with the top down, and a mattress stuffed in the passenger seat, between the windshield and the seat. It happened in Billesley, the UK, and it sounds as funny as it was potentially dangerous.
“This brings a whole new meaning to a mobile home! The driver was suitably advised,” the police department writes on Twitter, urging drivers not to pull a similar stunt.
It is illegal to overload your car, just as it is illegal to transport unsecured furniture, as was the case with this mattress. Heavy or unsecured loads pose a danger to yourself and to other drivers, affecting braking and stopping distances, and risking to fall out when you make a sudden stop or a lane change.
That’s drivers who transport cows or other large animals in their small cars are tracked down by the police and fined for overloading, just to give you a “for instance.”
Just recently, an 800-pound boulder fell from a pickup truck and rolled down a car traveling behind the truck, smashing it throughout. The rock wasn’t properly secured, and it killed a woman and her daughter. The pickup driver fled the scene, knowing too well he had failed to take all measures to prevent such a situation.
In fewer, simpler words: no, stuffing a mattress in your car is not ok. Nor is it legal. Even if you have a convertible, which means you have more space available.
The West Midlands Police came across one such situation a few days ago, and are using it as a clear example of what not to do. They posted a photo of a convertible Opel Astra with the top down, and a mattress stuffed in the passenger seat, between the windshield and the seat. It happened in Billesley, the UK, and it sounds as funny as it was potentially dangerous.
“This brings a whole new meaning to a mobile home! The driver was suitably advised,” the police department writes on Twitter, urging drivers not to pull a similar stunt.
It is illegal to overload your car, just as it is illegal to transport unsecured furniture, as was the case with this mattress. Heavy or unsecured loads pose a danger to yourself and to other drivers, affecting braking and stopping distances, and risking to fall out when you make a sudden stop or a lane change.
That’s drivers who transport cows or other large animals in their small cars are tracked down by the police and fined for overloading, just to give you a “for instance.”
Just recently, an 800-pound boulder fell from a pickup truck and rolled down a car traveling behind the truck, smashing it throughout. The rock wasn’t properly secured, and it killed a woman and her daughter. The pickup driver fled the scene, knowing too well he had failed to take all measures to prevent such a situation.
This brings a whole new meaning to a mobile home! The driver was suitably advised. #PCWebb #PCGriffiths @WMPRHRT @Trafficwmp @InspMurrinWMP pic.twitter.com/0M3O8sjmYG
— BillesleyWMP (@BillesleyWMP) August 1, 2018
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