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You are driving a pickup truck to a friend's house in town. Your 12-year-old son and his 14-year-old friend want to ride in the open cargo bed. No adult will ride back there, and the bed has no seat belts. What does North Carolina law say?
Correct answer: They may not ride in the bed, and you, as the driver, are responsible for obeying this rule.
Why
An open bed has no roof or other permanent structure overhead to keep a rider in the vehicle in a crash, a hard stop or a sharp turn. The law puts the duty on the person driving, not on the children. A trip to a friend's house is not one of the listed exceptions.
Verified against North Carolina Driver Handbook · Law on Transporting Children in the Back of a Pick-up Truck · p. 47, 48
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