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Anyone in california has seats in the back of their truck when you have people in there do you get pulled over
it is legal right if i have seat belts
it is legal right if i have seat belts
SEats in the back of pickups
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As long as there are seatbelts, you are good to go. If no seatbelts then if you have a shell you would also be ok.
ugh crap... I had this info on the old RPS site but as I recall the CVC states a factory seat and belts are required. The way I interpreted it as long as a real auto manufacture built them you can bolt em in. ie minivan seats in back of yoter. I picked seats that fit width and had integrated belts. Have not completed project yet.
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I think they need to face forward too.
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Volvo station wagons have rearward facing seats.
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so we can put an old jeep rear foldup seat in the bed of our trucks legally with seatbelts? nice! i just got a 4seater 
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During my senior year of highschool, back in 2000, I mounted a seat in the back of my F-150 with some lap belts. The seat faced rearward. I got pulled over alot that summer......but the cops always would say something along the lines of "just making sure their not sitting on blocks/buckets/etc.....Never got a ticket for it.
ya, it changed years ago, seat belts are required for all passengers in CA.
ok found it, California Vehicle code
Pickup Trucks (Vehicle Code Section 23116)
Drivers are prohibited from transporting any person in or on the back of a pickup or flatbed motor truck; any person
riding in or on the back of the truck also may be cited.
Consequences: $50 fine plus penalty assessments* and one point on the driving record.
Exceptions: This section does not apply if the person is secured with a restraint system which meets federal safety
standards (no federal safety standard exists for anchorage of belts in cargo areas) or in an emergency response situation by
a public agency. There is no exemption for passengers riding within an enclosed camper or camper shell.
Bit of a gray area here...
Pickup Trucks (Vehicle Code Section 23116)
Drivers are prohibited from transporting any person in or on the back of a pickup or flatbed motor truck; any person
riding in or on the back of the truck also may be cited.
Consequences: $50 fine plus penalty assessments* and one point on the driving record.
Exceptions: This section does not apply if the person is secured with a restraint system which meets federal safety
standards (no federal safety standard exists for anchorage of belts in cargo areas) or in an emergency response situation by
a public agency. There is no exemption for passengers riding within an enclosed camper or camper shell.
Bit of a gray area here...
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i had brat seats in the back of my truck with lap belts the c.h.p. pulled me over and said you need to have 3 points and high back seats for safty reasons so now i have buckets out of a f150 and got no complaints from the fuzz.......besides girls love it
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yea i was gonna use some hi back seats from kragen and 4 point belts, think that will be good?
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anybody?
anybody what?
doesnt this answer the fucking question?
"This section does not apply if the person is secured with a restraint system which meets federal safety
standards (no federal safety standard exists for anchorage of belts in cargo areas)"
thats the California vehicle code, it doesnt say anything about 3 pts or high backs.
oh and if your thinking of like a racing harness? thats not recognized as a restraint device. you will get a ticket for using a seatbelt that is not DOT.
doesnt this answer the fucking question?
"This section does not apply if the person is secured with a restraint system which meets federal safety
standards (no federal safety standard exists for anchorage of belts in cargo areas)"
thats the California vehicle code, it doesnt say anything about 3 pts or high backs.
oh and if your thinking of like a racing harness? thats not recognized as a restraint device. you will get a ticket for using a seatbelt that is not DOT.
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Are there any 4 point dot approved harnesses cause they seem safer than the dot approved lap belts they sell
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No I don't believe there are any DOT approved 4pt. harnesses. I Wold run a roll bar and weld on some tabs and use some Toyota seat belts and grade eight bolts, and as mentioned reinforce the bed for the lower seat belt mounts.
As a side note I am not sure if the law still is written this way, but it used to be that the open container in a vehicle law didn't apply to the driver if your friends in the back were drinking(IIRC it didn't apply to them either), since they were considered cargo and not passengers.
As a side note I am not sure if the law still is written this way, but it used to be that the open container in a vehicle law didn't apply to the driver if your friends in the back were drinking(IIRC it didn't apply to them either), since they were considered cargo and not passengers.
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