It Might Be Legal But Would You Transport Your Kids This Way?

It's a threat every parent has made at least once: If you don't pipe down back there, I'll make you ride home on the roof. A viral video from earlier this month appeared to show one pickup driver in Kansas make good on the promise, hauling down the highway with two young kids strapped to rear-facing car seats in the bed, wind and road noise blissfully drowning out their complaints over not stopping at McDonalds. A bit shocking, yes—but a closer look reveals those are no ordinary car seats, and the whole scene is in fact perfectly legal.

Wichita what’s wrong with your people? pic.twitter.com/V2DtgKOPp3

— Dimitri ?? (@yungiccyd) September 2, 2019

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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/24/2019 2:08:19 PM

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Only in America.

TomM - 9/24/2019 6:52:35 PM

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Nope - there are idiots all over the world and seeing them in "seats" is a lot better than seeing dozen kids back there in the bed on a dirt road somewhere on a safari.- It is not unusual to see this type thing on a farm - especially during hay season. But - I would not do that at highway speeds on Public roads with the kids in my family.

But when you think about it - who is safer - these kids - or a Driver and mechanic In a small Convertible sports car on a road race - 75 years ago before even seat belts.?

MDarringer - 9/25/2019 8:23:22 AM

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@Canadiancomments Your comment was bigotry and hate speech.

LexSucks - 9/25/2019 12:45:44 PM

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In mexico they do that without the seats.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/25/2019 10:17:42 PM

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While there are a lot of tough takers on this thread I bet nobody would be stupid enough to let there own kids ride in the bed of a truck like this EVER.

MDarringer - 9/25/2019 11:18:11 PM

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@CC On this we AGREE.

countguy - 9/24/2019 2:24:22 PM

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If you love your kids you won't.

vdiv - 9/24/2019 2:33:27 PM

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Gotta toughen them up, life ain't easy.

atc98092 - 9/24/2019 2:40:07 PM

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These seats are designed and federally approved for this use. There's nothing wrong with riding in the bed of a pickup if the weather is nice. I did it many times as a kid. This particular picture shows them on the freeway, which I might not do myself. But in-town I see no problem.

PUGPROUD - 9/24/2019 3:07:07 PM

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No worse than six of us without seat belts in the back of dad's station wagon.

cidflekken - 9/24/2019 4:16:41 PM

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These look like federally approved adult seats. Not child seats.

skytop - 9/24/2019 7:03:22 PM

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See the USA, in your Chevrolet (truck bed)....

Truthy - 9/25/2019 11:15:21 AM

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Red state parents.

MDarringer - 9/25/2019 11:18:37 PM

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#Bigotry
#Intolerance
#HateSpeech

skytop - 9/25/2019 12:44:32 PM

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Years ago, I had a Suburu Brat mini truck that had two factory seats reverse mounded in the cargo box.