4:30pm Friday 5th February 2010
By Richard Gurner
A former newsagent shed three stone after being told he was too heavy to drive a bus.
21 stone Sean Morgan, 44, from Seaford, impressed bosses at Brighton and Hove Buses after applying to become a driver with the firm.
But under new guidelines set by manufacturers of bus driver seats, those sitting behind the wheel need to be under 19 stone or the seat could collapse.
That spurred Sean on to meet the challenge of shedding the pounds and he lost three stone in eight weeks after going on a diet of pasta and fruit.
Sean has now been driving buses for about two months and said it was worth the wait.
In September The Argus reported how drivers weighing more than 19 stone faced being moved to another department unless they lost weight.
The order came following a warning from manufacturers of bus driver seats who said they could break if heavy drivers sat on them.
Brighton and Hove Buses said they offered about half a dozen bus drivers help with losing weight.
Roger French, the managing director of the firm, added that they were doing “alright”.
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