how do you ride in taxi with toddler

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, anyone who thinks there is a difference between a taxi and a regular car is a moron, they are both CARS. Anyone who thinks it is ok to put a toddler in a taxi w/out a carseat is a bigger moron, especially with a strange person driving.

Call me "rude" but if you put your child in a car with no carseat (taxi or not) you are a very stupid person.

Ok..but why don't you answer 11:30's question. What are some solutions?

TAKE THE BUS or walk home. Don't put yourself in a position where you are endangering the life of your child. Bring an umbrella and deal with the rain. Not all nice solutions but putting a toddler in a car w/ no carseat is asking for death in an accident.

Like a bus will be safer than a taxi...

[Anonymous]

I have lived in NYC for 12 years and never saw anyone -- including tourists -- lugging around a carseat in Manhattan while hailing a cab. I am not saying it never happens, but that it would be a rare sighting. The carseat-in-cabs police on this post obviously have never lived in a metropolitan area where people rely on cabs for daily living. If they had to lug Britax Marathons on a daily basis (along with the kids, diaper bags, etc.), they never would leave their apartments. As in all things, some moderation and compromise is necessary to get through life. Duh. Don't get so angry or judgmental just because you were wrong in your initial proclamation about what the law requires....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The reason I raised the issue is that I will actually be going to a country where they don't use car seats. I posed the question as a more general question since it is in "General Parenting"-- my post in Travel only got three responses. Anyway, we could take our carseat but I'm not sure they will take the time to let us install it... so I wanted to know the safest way to travel with no carseat (e.g., putting toddler in carrier and buckling up together-- maybe that is less safe I don't know). Anyway, thanks to the critical PP's for making feel like a piece of crap for even considering this. I'll just figure something out.

Dunno which country you are traveling to (guessing not Western Europe b/c they use car seats there), but I've traveled to a lot of weirdo places, and there is one universal truth - you can take as long as you want getting in/out of the taxi, they'll just charge you for it. If the driver acts impatient while you set up a car seat, just tell them you'll throw in a bit of extra cash for chilling the hell out. Don't be shy about being pushy. I don't remember the age of your child, but my infant carseat/carrier came with a base that we hooked up to the LATCH. But there are also instructions for attaching just the carrier to a seat belt. I would use that as my taxi plan.

I could see that it's possible that you could end up in a taxi that doesn't have seat belts or they've long been lost under the seat. Stepping into the fire pit here... in a pinch, put a toddler in the adult seat belt. Put a baby in your lap and strap you both in. At least it's something. I can totally see why sometimes you just have to make do.