An adult passenger is riding in the bed of your open-bed pickup truck. What is the highest speed the manual allows?
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A.
25 mph
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B.
45 mph
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C.
55 mph
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D.
35 mph Correct
The answer is "35 mph"
The manual sets 35 mph as the highest legal speed when a person is in the bed of an open-bed pickup. A separate sentence bars anyone under 18 from the bed except in narrow farm, hunting, and parade cases, so the question fixes the passenger as an adult. Drivers who pick 55 mph are half-remembering the general highway limit and treating the person in the bed as if they were belted inside the cab.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 25 mph
The manual sets the cap at 35 mph, not 25 mph, when a person occupies the bed. This answer confuses the open-bed cap with a residential-street or school-zone speed limit.
B. 45 mph
45 mph exceeds the 35 mph ceiling the manual sets for a person riding in the truck bed. This answer splits the difference between the 35 mph rule and a typical rural highway limit rather than committing to the stricter figure.
C. 55 mph
55 mph is a general highway limit; the manual caps a truck with a person in the bed at 35 mph. This answer applies the standard highway speed and treats the person in the bed as if they were belted inside the cab.
This question tests your knowledge of Speed Limits in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Passengers in an Open-Bed Truck," p.59..
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