# Have you ever ridden in the back of a pickup truck? (uncapped pickups only)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 30, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ridden-in-the-back-of-a-pickup-truck-uncapped-pickups-only/767258 "2016-09-30T00:14:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ridden-in-the-back-of-a-pickup-truck-uncapped-pickups-only/767258/61 "2016-10-03T08:14:02Z")

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Yep, as a kid, and we were standing up all of the way as the pick up was loaded with topsoil and manure.

Later on, many times, with friends as we got a lift into town.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ridden-in-the-back-of-a-pickup-truck-uncapped-pickups-only/767258/62 "2016-10-03T11:43:52Z")

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> [@campp](#):
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> Here in red Arizona, there is no prohibition about passengers (adult OR minor) or animals riding in truck beds.

…And watching the news last night, there was a local wreck with a bunch of kids riding in the back and a drunken morning idiot. One child was tossed from the wreck and killed. :mad:

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