Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in that range, we just didn't take vacations where taxis were the only option.
We drove ourselves (so we already had carseats/boosters in the car) or we flew with our car seats and rented a car.

Even if it was more expensive, that's what we did. Only you can decide how much money your child's life is worth, I guess.

Yep. We always flew with DD’s car seat installed in a separate seat when she was little. A lot of people thought we were crazy.

We use bubble bums

Anonymous wrote:https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/all-childrens-hospital/community/injury-prevention-and-child-safety/motor-vehicle-safety/booster-seats#

Don’t bother. Clearly most of these posters don’t care.

Anonymous wrote:When my kids were in that range, we just didn't take vacations where taxis were the only option.
We drove ourselves (so we already had carseats/boosters in the car) or we flew with our car seats and rented a car.

Even if it was more expensive, that's what we did. Only you can decide how much money your child's life is worth, I guess.

+1

When my kids were in that range, we just didn't take vacations where taxis were the only option.
We drove ourselves (so we already had carseats/boosters in the car) or we flew with our car seats and rented a car.

Even if it was more expensive, that's what we did. Only you can decide how much money your child's life is worth, I guess.

We just buckle them in with the regular seatbelt.

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Anonymous wrote:I did a couple of short Uber rides in NYC with DD (7) - put her in the middle back seat, buckled securely. Would not do this for longer
periods of highway driving.

Driving in a city like New York is just as dangerous as highway driving.

Horrible.

Ha ha that is not at all true. Speeds are so much lower. Odds of surviving a 25 mph crash at 10x higher than a 50 mph crash.

I’m a third generation New Yorker and would never in a million years have a young child in a car in NYC without a car seat.

I agree, but there are levels of risk, and equating them like that is simply inaccurate.

It's such a pain to plan around. When we can't drive or rent a car, we take public transport or try to find a bus or something similar for tours and airport transport so we don't have to worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:We take a booster seat for our 6 year old w us whenever we travel.

Really? When you are in a big city you lug a booster around all day so when you take a taxi you have it?

You can get a backpack for it which makes it easier to carry.

That said, now that DC is 5, we recently took a trip where we knew we’d mostly be using public transportation, so it didn’t quite make sense to take the regular booster this time. We brought an inflatable bubblebum for the occasional taxi/Uber, maybe like 3 rides. It’s not as good as a regular booster but better than nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I did a couple of short Uber rides in NYC with DD (7) - put her in the middle back seat, buckled securely. Would not do this for longer
periods of highway driving.

Driving in a city like New York is just as dangerous as highway driving.

Horrible.

In NYC, when you are driving on local streets, the speed limit is 25MPH, and you are often nowhere near that. Just like the highway, right?

Lots of starts and stops. If a kid isn’t restrained properly, it’s dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:I did a couple of short Uber rides in NYC with DD (7) - put her in the middle back seat, buckled securely. Would not do this for longer
periods of highway driving.

Driving in a city like New York is just as dangerous as highway driving.

Horrible.

In NYC, when you are driving on local streets, the speed limit is 25MPH, and you are often nowhere near that. Just like the highway, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I would have no qualms about taking a kid that age into an uber without a carseat.

Great for you. We prioritize our kid’s safety.

We all know you are just a better parent.

Yes, I am. They make foldable booster seats. There’s no excuse.

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Anonymous wrote:We take a booster seat for our 6 year old w us whenever we travel.

Really? When you are in a big city you lug a booster around all day so when you take a taxi you have it?

We have one of the foldable ones.

Bubblebum.