But they would not be assessed points for a moving violation. The bill exempts trucks being used for farm work or in parades. Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto, D-Las Vegas, said she has a hard time understanding opposition to the bill since it exempts rural areas. Ranching interests typically have opposed such bills. Some people say I have so many Hispanic people in my districts.
Hispanic kids are just as dead when they fall out of a pickup.
Bills to prohibit such riding by children have come up at almost every legislative session for decades, but never passed through both houses of the Legislature. But Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno, said the bill was another proposal to involve government more in people's lives. You can't tell people to be smart about things.