It's not illegal in Oregon to have humans in the back of a pickup. A 16 year
old boy died here last month because he was thrown from the back of a truck. I
believe that you are required to have dogs tied up while riding in the back of a
truck, but no law that prevents humans from riding back there. Along with my
Dakota, I also own a "beater" Subaru Brat 4x pickup. First thing I did was
remove the little jumper seats in the back, didn't want my daughter thinking she
could ride back there.
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Subject: Re: Sliding Rear Window: Yes or No?
Author: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu> at Internet_Gateway
Date: 9/19/97 3:01 AM
At 02:50 AM 9/19/97 -0400, Dick Campagna wrote:
>Thanks for the info, but be aware that placing anyone . . . human or animal
>. . . in the bed can invite problems due to carbon monoxide. In one
>particular case, parents went to take their children out of the bed when
>they arrived at their destination, but the children were dead (from CO
>poisoning).
>
You wouldn't happen to know the specifics of that case, would you?
I wonder if the children were in the truck while it was idling? I
should think that a truck moving at any speed over a crawl would have
sufficient airflow to blow the fumes away... Its definitely something to
think about though! (Especially if you've got a cap.)
Also, speaking of putting humans in the bed of a truck (as the above
parents did), this is illegal in New York state, and probably some
others too, I would suspect. (Lack of proper restraint systems, I think
is the rationale there.)
-Jon-
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