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?