Since when can't you ride on the back of pick up trucks ???

When I was a kid, after every little league game we would jump on the back of my step dad's pick up truck, and go over to Friendly's for ice cream. Nearly the whole team would pile in for the ride.

When we won the Championship, he drove us around town and through downtown honking his horn while we waived to everyone. Nobody got hurt. Nobody got sued. It was just a great time for us kids.



My how times have changed. I heard that it is now illegal to ride in the back of a pickup truck. When did this happen? Who the hell would pass such a law?

I know who, the same people who were riding on the back of the pick up truck with me. All of us now are in our late 30's or early 40's. And somehow, what was perfectly okay for us as kids, now is considered dangerous to kids. They are missing out on so many fun things by having their parents "protect" them every second of the day.

Can we make the bubble any bigger around kids today?  Are they still allowed to sharpen pencils at the window sill in school like we did?  Or is that also against the law. I don't dare ask.