06/10/2026
I KNOW PEOPLE USED TO DO THIS YEARS AGO, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT SAFE.
I was driving on a main road when I saw a pickup truck in front of me with two kids riding in the back.
They were just sitting in the open bed while the truck moved through regular traffic.
No seatbelts.
No protection.
Nothing between them and the road if something went wrong.
I honked and tried to get the driver’s attention because the whole thing looked incredibly dangerous.
But the kids just waved, and the truck kept going like it was no big deal.
This was not a slow ride around private property.
There were cars everywhere.
There were stoplights.
There were drivers changing lanes and braking.
It only takes one unexpected moment for a harmless-looking ride to become a serious emergency.
People can say, “We survived doing that as kids.”
But surviving something does not automatically make it a good idea.
I reported it because basic safety should come before convenience.
Would you have called it in?
Or do you think people are making too big a deal out of it?