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06-12-2015, 03:08 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
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Location: California
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Child Falls out door of Moving 5th Wheel
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06-12-2015, 03:15 PM
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Senior Member
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pensacola Fl
Posts: 667
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Against the law in most states to ride in tt or 5th. Door latches were changed years ago to open only by pulling up, after a DW fell out after she grabbed the handle.
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06-12-2015, 04:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Upstate New York
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In New York, a 5er is considered an 'articulated vehicle' and therefore legal to ride in while being towed. Is it right - no, but legal - I asked and at one point had a letter from the DMV stating so
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2011 Ford F250 6.7 Lariat CCLB, Gone but not forgotten
2014 Montana High Country 343RL (sold it!)
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06-12-2015, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Western WI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UsualSuspect
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It's legal in some states to ride in a 5th, some have restrictions to that.
The sense side of me says, even if it's legal, don't do it. Not allot of details in the story, but the child should have been supervised if it was riding in back. 
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Retired Air Force, One lovely Angel  , 2 Cats and three birds.
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06-12-2015, 05:19 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: May 2012
Location: DFW, Tex-US
Posts: 6,196
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Well,
it still doesn't protect us from ourselves...
had an associate of an associate that has TWICE put the steps up on a 5er to hook up the two dogs, let the dogs down, left the steps up and closed the door,
his wife fell out of the door twice !!!!
We no longer camp with them !
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06-12-2015, 10:44 PM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2000
Location: California Central Coast
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Back in 95 when I bought a 5r it was legal to ride in it in CA. A method of communication between tow and 5r was required iirc.
Glenn
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06-13-2015, 04:13 AM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 24,024
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IN all states there are two sets of laws (I normally use this presentation with seat belts but it applies here as well)
There is the written law that fills libraris
And there are the laws of nature (Things like laws of motion, physics and such)
Those laws do not vary from place to place.. they are universal.
You break them,, as those parents did.. you either get hurt or you die.
On seat belts.. Your odds of walking away from an accident are multiplied by a factor of EIGHT when that buckle clicks locked.
Does matter what is in the law books.. But in nature not wearing that belt can be a capitol crime.
Same for riding in a trailer.
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06-13-2015, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,768
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WOW! That's horrible! 
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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06-13-2015, 08:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
Posts: 2,643
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Do 5-ers have suspension shock absorbers? Most TTs don't and riding in one is a dreadful experience.
In any case, there's no way a child should be wandering around in a moving vehicle.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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