Kids rode in the back of pick up trucks...and knew the difference between what and what not to do in the back of a pickup truck.
we played ice hockey, football, baseball and rode bikes without helmets. We would bumper hitch rides to school on the backs of cars when the roads were snow covered. We rode in the back of pick up trucks and built tree forts too. Just don’t tell Mom about that tunnel we dug under the girls locker room at the high school.