I’ve seen a mother at Skye’s school who drives a pickup truck to, what else, pick up her kids from school. She lets her kids swing their backpacks into the open back of the truck and climb in.

Of course, it’s very dangerous for them to ride on the back like that without even a back rack for support.

They’re available online from BuyAutoTruckAccessories.com which carries a wide range of quality truck accessories at reasonable prices.

But still I can’t help but think the open back of the truck should be for goods, not kids. Even if it’s a short ride home, I wouldn’t allow my kids to do that.

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