Who Remembers Riding in the Bed of a Pickup?….. Sweet Memories or NO?

One of the best parts about country living in the 1960s and 1970s was the freedom to ride in the back of a pickup truck. Parents allowed it, especially if they were driving down a back road with little traffic and no police officers. Although it was fun to ride on the wheel hump or to dangle your legs off the tailgate, most parents made their kids sit on the floor of the truck bed so they wouldn’t bounce out if the truck hit a pothole. We are sure this practice still goes on to some degree, but child seat belt laws passed in 1985 cut down on the number of pickup truck riders.