drive or fly? (Bethel, Dillingham: eat, trailer, radio)

[ecvMatt]

you can always ride in the bed too(where it is legal)

[warptman]

Originally Posted by ecvMatt

you can always ride in the bed too(where it is legal)

This is a bad idea, where is this legal?

[ecvMatt]

Originally Posted by warptman

This is a bad idea, where is this legal?

Dangerous, yes, but it is a really nice way to see some road. Heck, last time I was in AK, I rode a flatbed for a good stretch.

The states without any type of restriction are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Many states, including Hawaii, prohibit young children from riding in the back. Several states allow truck bed riding for work, like farmers, or during parades.

Colorado allows it only if the cargo area is enclosed on all sides.

copied from answers.yahoo(not sure why N Dakota is listed twice)

[warptman]

I'm sorry, in Alaska you click it or you get a ticket. State law.

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Alaska—Alaska proudly hosted a Click It Or Ticket mobilization press event on May 19 in Wasilla, Alaska–home to Governor and former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin. National, state and local administrators, along with law enforcement leadership, delivered messages to motivate the enforcement of seat belt laws across our country. For the first time, Alaska began a multi-jurisdictional nighttime seat belt enforcement project during the CIOT campaign, combining the efforts of the Houston, Palmer and Wasilla Police Departments. This collaboration provided the separate communities more manpower to promote traffic safety as well as bolster the relationship between the three agencies.


http://www.ghsa.org/html/projects/CIOT/08.html (broken link)

[ecvMatt]

Originally Posted by warptman

I'm sorry, in Alaska you click it or you get a ticket. State law.

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Alaska—Alaska proudly hosted a Click It Or Ticket mobilization press event on May 19 in Wasilla, Alaska–home to Governor and former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin. National, state and local administrators, along with law enforcement leadership, delivered messages to motivate the enforcement of seat belt laws across our country. For the first time, Alaska began a multi-jurisdictional nighttime seat belt enforcement project during the CIOT campaign, combining the efforts of the Houston, Palmer and Wasilla Police Departments. This collaboration provided the separate communities more manpower to promote traffic safety as well as bolster the relationship between the three agencies.


Click It or Ticket (http://www.ghsa.org/html/projects/CIOT/08.html - broken link)

Maybe it is similar to WA, where you can ride in the back only if all seats are taken, but I can't find anything that restricts it.

From AAA

from IIHS

or, maybe it is just blanketed by the seatbelt law, it was 3 years ago when I was there and a lot of people just told me to hop in the back when we were hitchin rides around.

[akck]

Originally Posted by thebushman

ill be sure to bring a camera, and ill post this pics on here.

Bring an ipod too. You'll hit stretches with no radio.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by thebushman

Well here is the deal, i have to choose between driving or flying to Alaska. The pros of driving up is i get to hang out with my dad and grandpa for 10 days and i get to see all of the scenery. The cons are ill be in a little Toyota truck that is a 3 seater and i will more than likely have to sit in the tiny little seat in the back and be squeezed in with all of the stuff. But if i fly i will be going with my step mom and step sister from tulsa to i think somewhere in orgeon or washington. Then up to anchorage, and from anchorage to dillingham.

Right now im leaning towards driving despite the pain of the back seat. Also for anyone who is curious the way we are driving up is.... Taking I-44 up to Kansas City, then I-29 all the way up to Winnipeg, and lastly from winnipeg to anchorage.

You can always stop at Laird hot springs and soak in the hot mineral water and make yourself feel all better....

[quakinator]

So then this would be legal? :P

http://truck.hownd.com/images/image-...stem_photo.jpg

[utcw201]

What you have there is perfectly legal and I want it for my truck.

[thebushman]

Originally Posted by quakinator

So then this would be legal? :P

http://truck.hownd.com/images/image-...stem_photo.jpg

that is kool