(A) No person shall ride in or on any portion of a vehicle that was not primarily designed, manufactured, and intended for use by motor vehicle passengers. This section shall preclude persons from riding within truck bodies in space designed, manufactured, or intended for hauling goods or merchandise, enclosed or unenclosed pick up truck beds, luggage racks, and similar device areas. This section shall not apply to employees, 18 years of age or older, actively engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty that requires the employee to ride within the unenclosed body of a truck or an enclosed bed of a pick up truck, or upon private property within the county, or while such vehicle is participating in an organized and permitted parade or special event within the county.
(B) A driver who operates a motor vehicle while any passenger of said vehicle is riding the vehicle in violation of division (A) above is guilty of reckless driving.
(Prior Code, § 5-6-1) (Ord. 2000-10, passed 10-17-2000) Penalty, see § 70.99