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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going back to the kid thing. I have a three year old and 8 year old. Obviously the 8 year old is fine without a car seat (and he's BIG). But I often just put the 3 year old in between us and buckle her up with the regular seat buckle. Is this illegal and can uber drivers refuse to take us? [/quote]

It is illegal to not have a kid in a car/booster seat up to whatever age/weight the law says nowadays.  Some drivers may refuse, but I personally would not care in the least bit.  Most other good drivers wouldn't either...this is business as usual.  If you hop in like you do it all the time and not mention it, the driver is less likely to notice or care.  This is really not a big deal at all in my eyes.  On trips in town, the fastest speed we're going to reach is rarely ever over 30mph anyways.  Larla is yours not mine, so if you're cool with it, I am too.

Sidenote:  There is essentially zero enforcement of traffic laws in DC, so the likelihood of this ever being a problem in regards to the law is practically nil.

Another sidenote:  I've driven close to 100,000 miles over the past three years, most all of them inside the Beltway.  I do some wild stuff in the streets daily while driving...mid-block U-turns, darting thru alleys, lots of "creative" manuevering.  I have been pulled over by an MPD crusier exactly once in my life.  He said, "it looked like you were doing "something" out of my vision", lol!  He promptly let me go after he got a good look at me.  They really do not care and MPD is the textbook definition of a responsive police force instead of a proactive one.[/quote]

What about the other jurisdictions inside the beltway?[/quote]

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