Have you ever seen 8 persons on a motorcyle?

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Yes, the photo shows a family of 8 (includes 3 children, 2 men, 2 women and a baby) on a motorcycle. There was this news article which talks about the family using this motorcycle as their means of transport to get from one place to another. There were a series of a few pictures on the whole ride which was taken by a curious passenger on a bus. I had read this news article originally from another forum where I am a member. I felt very strongly on this issue as it is obvious that they are endangering the whole family, especially the young ones. As a parent of 2, I cannot understand how the adults can allow their children to sit together on the motorcycle, when it's obvious that a motorcycle is created for 2 persons. I admit that this is not the first time I had seen such scene, although there aren't as much people as the picture attached. When I went Vietnam around 3 years ago, I did saw lots of motorcycles on the road. There are quite a number of them with more than 1 passenger on the back. There were some with 2 or even 3 passengers behind the rider. There was a few with even 4 passengers (along them were some children), not including the rider. We were quite shocked to see this, and on the back of my mind, I was really thinking about the dangers of riding with so many passengers... I hope that you can share your opinion on this, and if you have personally experience/seen this type of situation.