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does anyone know if you have to use a carseat in a taxi?
I have to get a taxi on wed for sams appointments and Im worrying incase I need to take the carseat, its like a 10 min drive away. I have trouble fitting the carseat by myself and im worrying im gonna look like a fool lol. does anyone know if the law requires a child to be in a carseat or sitting on my lap ok? hes 13 months old and we are in edinburgh. Its not a black cab its just a normal car or it could be like a mini bus - they vary lol thanks ladies xxx
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Sorry just sneaked over from the ttc forum
Anyways i'm a Taxi controller and in our district you HAVE to have a car seat for a baby or small child.
I'm not sure if its the same for all areas,but in our council taxi laws (my oh's a cabbie) it states that they have to use a car seat when trasnporting young children.
Most Taxi drivers i know just wouldnt allow a child to sit on parents knees or anything,its too dangerous.
Some taxi companys will supply a car seat which are usually readily available in the office
If i was you i'd call the cab firm your gonna use and ask for their opinion and they should know the score,but dont be surprised if the cabbie wont let you not use a car seat.
If it does take a whilefor you to put in your own car seat why not book the taxi a bit earlier then you would normallyto allow for the tie.
Hope this helps.
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[Modified by: danni1979 on November 22, 2008 03:23 PM]
http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/law/index.htm
the general gist of it is that if it is a one off occasion then the child may travel without a car seat if in the back of the car. so if its a one off journey it's fine but if its gonna be regular (ie school runs) then u do have to supply a carseat.
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personally i would use a car seat. better to be safe than sorry
However when we have been on a minibus (often do for family nights out etc or when we went to the airport) we do take the car seat as they preferred us to have 1 and as we have a travel system it was much easier x