You Know You're A Red Neck RVer When You Do This

I was in Little Rock, Arkansas this week enjoying some delicious weather. Arkansas is the only state I know with a city as a National Park. I'm not criticizing just pointing out they do things differently down here. As I was walking the dog through the "trailer park" the other day I came across this example of how things are done differently in Arkansas. I'm not sure how well this works at stabilizing a 5er, but hey, my ball cap is off to Bubba for even trying. Well, I'm off to a family reunion to see if any more of my cousins got hitched. Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing

Trooper Says 5er Riders Not Illegal--But Not Safe

A Minnesota State Trooper says that while he doesn't know of any law in his state that prohibits riders in fifth wheels, if he catches you, he'll push for a citation anyway. Trooper Andy Schmidt, writing in the electronic edition of the Detroit Lakes Tribune, says, "In the event of a crash, camper trailers usually do not do very well. They have a tendency to come apart as if a bomb exploded and they offer very little (if any) protection to the occupants."

The fact that there's no specific law of carrying passengers in a fifth wheel doesn't stop Schmidt from taking an 'offending' driver to the dock: "I will push for charges of careless driving as a person should know that camper trailers are not passenger vehicles and therefore the driver is putting the occupants at a greater risk."

We haven't heard of anyone receiving one of Trooper Schmidt's citations; anybody out there got one and contested it?