traffic question for Texas LEO's.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - traffic question for Texas LEO's.

Posted: 8/24/2004 7:08:07 AM EDT

Here are my questions;

1. Is it legal to allow people to ride in the back of a Pickup truck?
2. As the driver/owner of my Pickup, am I legally responsible to ensure that all adults have their safety belts on?
3. If marijuana is found on my truck, can the police confiscate my pickup?

thanks for your answers.

Posted: 8/24/2004 7:20:17 AM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Here are my questions;

1. Is it legal to allow people to ride in the back of a Pickup truck?Generally no, but there are exceptions
2. As the driver/owner of my Pickup, am I legally responsible to ensure that all adults have their safety belts on? Yes
3. If marijuana is found on my truck, can the police confiscate my pickup? Lots of wiggle room on this, Two joints? No. 2700 pounds? Oh yeah.

thanks for your answers.

Posted: 8/24/2004 7:29:20 AM EDT

[#2]

Texas

Persons 18 and older, vehicles that are the only vehicles owned by members of the household; vehicles in parades, hayrides, or on beaches, or being used in an emergency; vehicles in farm operations used to transport persons from field to field or on farm to market roads or on county roads outside municipalities

www.hwysafety.org/safety_facts/state_laws/cargo_laws.htm

Posted: 8/24/2004 7:34:02 AM EDT

[#3]

frickin' double-tap!

Posted: 8/24/2004 7:34:02 AM EDT

[#4]

in ohio you can ride in the back of a p-u truck...cops will sometimes ask that riders be seated on the bed floor.

to my mind, it's safer than being a passenger on a motorbike.

passenger seatbelts are the driver's responsibility??? dang. i never force anyone to buckle up...it's their life, not mine. stupid law, if true.

Posted: 8/24/2004 8:59:27 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Here are my questions;

1. Is it legal to allow people to ride in the back of a Pickup truck?Generally no, but there are exceptions
2. As the driver/owner of my Pickup, am I legally responsible to ensure that all adults have their safety belts on? Yes
3. If marijuana is found on my truck, can the police confiscate my pickup? Lots of wiggle room on this, Two joints? No. 2700 pounds? Oh yeah.

thanks for your answers.

2700 Lbs. Damn, thats one big pickup.

Posted: 8/24/2004 9:12:58 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Here are my questions;

1. Is it legal to allow people to ride in the back of a Pickup truck?Generally no, but there are exceptions
2. As the driver/owner of my Pickup, am I legally responsible to ensure that all adults have their safety belts on? Yes
3. If marijuana is found on my truck, can the police confiscate my pickup? Lots of wiggle room on this, Two joints? No. 2700 pounds? Oh yeah.

thanks for your answers.

2700 Lbs. Damn, thats one big pickup.

Not really, one trooper about 12 years back found 3100 pounds packed into the bed, door panels, spare tire, around the engine, behind the bumper, and in the seat cushions of a 1990 one ton Chevy crew cab.

He smelled it. The whole parking lot outside his dinner stop reeked of marijuana.

Posted: 8/24/2004 9:14:18 AM EDT

[#7]

Black rifle, I think your questions have been answered well, but I have an addition. If you have friends that are smokers. Strip search them before they get in your ride. I have lots of friends that are smokers, you do not bring your shit to my house or have it in my ride. I WILL not go down because of somebody else.

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