Riders on Rear End of Truck Kept Off with Barbed Wire (May, 1936)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1936
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1936
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Riders on Rear End of Truck Kept Off with Barbed Wire
The owner of a large truck fleet who had experienced several accidents resulting from boys riding on the rear ends of the trucks, used the method shown to discourage this practice. Boards were wrapped with barbed wire and fastened to the tailboards of the trucks with spring-steel clamps so that they could be removed easily when loading or unloading. Signs on the tailboards gave warning of the wire to anybody trying to steal a ride.
Try doing that todat and some idiot gets cut, and he’ll sue you.
Comment by Al Bear — May 18, 2008 @ 7:43 am
Part of the reason for this was for the hitch-hiker’s safty and the driver’s liability (As pointed out by Al Bear). But another reason was to keep bums from stealing from trucks.
Comment by KHarn — May 21, 2008 @ 6:51 am
How ’bout they just close the tailgate?
Comment by beagledad — May 21, 2008 @ 1:35 pm