Consider safety

WE should get this right, open back vehicles are not for carrying passengers.
It’s purpose is for transporting cargoes.
Those who sit outside in utilities and open back-vehicles are taking risks.
Drivers should make it their responsibility to discourage people from siting at the back of open-back vehicles.
If the father is driving, children should be inside the vehicle, no one should be allowed to sit outside.
Today, you will see children sitting by themselves at the back.
Some are below the age of six.
This is very dangerous.
Drivers do not realise that once they hit the brake hard, their passengers will fly out of the vehicle.
Body parts protruding out of moving vehicles should be discouraged and police should come down hard on those who defy this simple instruction.
The impact of speeding vehicles and sudden brakes can be catastrophic.

Observer