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HOUSTON (NEXSTAR) – There are a whole lot of causes one would possibly journey at the back of a truck, particularly since it could really feel liberating to take action. However is it authorized? Texas regulation supplies that reply.
Texas regulation doesn’t forbid anybody over the age of 18 from driving within the open mattress of a truck or trailer.
Nonetheless, the identical can’t be mentioned for Texans youthful than 18. Drivers caught with a minor within the mattress of a truck or on a trailer can face a nice between $25 and $200.
There are notable exceptions to the rule, together with:
- working the automobile to move farmworkers from one discipline to a different discipline on a farm-to-market highway, ranch-to-market highway, or county highway outdoors a municipality
- working the automobile on a seaside
- working a automobile that’s the solely automobile owned or operated by the members of a family
- working the automobile in a hayride permitted by the governing physique of or a regulation enforcement company of every county or municipality by which the hayride will happen.
One final notable exception to the rule contains, “working or towing the automobile in a parade or in an emergency.”
No matter age, the danger of touring with out a seatbelt nonetheless exists, and drivers ought to concentrate on how harmful touring with riders at the back of a truck or trailer may be.
(KXAN contributed to this report)