Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Dec 29, 2008 20:28:21 GMT
I haven't seen any "Darwin Awards" this year so far and wondered if any fellow Tinpotters had any risible tales of harm inflicted through outstanding stupidity to share?
During the normal course of the Toyota working week we are briefed when members in other areas have met with an unfortunate accident or near miss. This is meant for our health and safety, but sometimes these raise an inadvertant chuckle or two.
My favourite this year happened to one of our so-called "Mail Specialists", ie, people who bomb around the place on pushbikes delivering things.
One morning, "Member X" found that there was only a three-wheeler available for use. Quite forgetting his change of steed, our hero attempted to take his habitual shortcut down a narrow walkway, the entrance to which was guarded by a set of 3ft high metal posts bolted into the floor at exactly the same width apart as the rear wheels of his vehicle...
The trike came to an immediate halt at this obstacle. "Member X" however did not and continued, airbourne, for a fair distance before hitting the hard, unsympathetic concrete face-first sustaining a broken jaw and several lost teeth.
The robust countermeasure taken to prevent this sort of thing happening again was to bolt a sign onto all 3-wheelers stating "THIS IS A TRICYLE."
During the normal course of the Toyota working week we are briefed when members in other areas have met with an unfortunate accident or near miss. This is meant for our health and safety, but sometimes these raise an inadvertant chuckle or two.
My favourite this year happened to one of our so-called "Mail Specialists", ie, people who bomb around the place on pushbikes delivering things.
One morning, "Member X" found that there was only a three-wheeler available for use. Quite forgetting his change of steed, our hero attempted to take his habitual shortcut down a narrow walkway, the entrance to which was guarded by a set of 3ft high metal posts bolted into the floor at exactly the same width apart as the rear wheels of his vehicle...
The trike came to an immediate halt at this obstacle. "Member X" however did not and continued, airbourne, for a fair distance before hitting the hard, unsympathetic concrete face-first sustaining a broken jaw and several lost teeth.
The robust countermeasure taken to prevent this sort of thing happening again was to bolt a sign onto all 3-wheelers stating "THIS IS A TRICYLE."
