Passenger in your 5er
While I know it is illegal (at least in most states) is there any logical reason that passengers should not be allow to ride in a 5er while going down the road ? Sure, they need to be seated in a wel...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
I was watching an rerun on television just a couple days ago. Remember the TV show CHiPS? (California Highway Patrol?) With Ponch and Jon?
In this episode, a truck camper with husband and wife were in the cab of the truck. The two kids, boy and girl, were riding in the truck camper. The truck was in an accident, rolled over an embankment. Camper separated from the truck, truck all smashed up, the dad ended up having a broken back, the mom was thrown out of the truck when flinging over the embankment. (yes, long before the days of seat belts)...
The two kids landed safe. Not even a scratch! They were yelling and screaming because the door of the camper was jammed. Now imagine that, it rolled down an embankment, separated from the truck, flipped over, and landed almost right side up... yea .. television dramatics ... I know.
They finally forced the door of the camper open and the kids were fine, except the girl got hugs and lots of attention.
I know ... Hollywood theatrics. Still, when I saw that, I thought of this thread.
Hell, when that show was made, the TC probably =could= have survived as it was likely built a whole lot better than what's built today.
Lyle
