Some states allow parents to place children in forward-facing car seats in the front of a pickup truck even if the air bag cannot be turned off, though it is not recommended, but it is illegal to place a child in a rear-facing car seat in the front of a pickup truck if the airbags cannot be turned off.owever, national laws state that if the backseat of your pickup truck is incompatible with the seat that your toddler or preschooler rides in, you can place him in the front seat. Additionally, if your pickup truck does not have a backseat, your child can legally sit in his approved safety seat in the front.
By winning the Mexican-American war, the US confirmed the annexation of Texas and gained the territories of New Mexico and California.
The war resulted in both countries signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Known as the Mexican Cession, the United States purchased land west of the Rio Grande. This area was the present states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, western Colorado, and New Mexico. In 1853 the Gadsen Purchase allowed the United States to acquire far southern Arizona, and New Mexico.