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CapitolBaby
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What is the law RE: cabs and babies?
CapitolBaby
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I was going to Metro to an afternoon appointment. The Metro is about a 1/4 or 1/2 mile walk from where my appointment is. With the rain coming, I'm wondering if I'll need to cab instead, but I don't even know the rules on cabs. Is it ok to ride in a cab without a carseat? It would be from Clarendon to Pentagon City - about 5 minutes.
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Re: What is the law RE: cabs and babies?
No car seat is required in a cab.
https://dctaxi.dc.gov/dctaxi/cwp/view,A,3,Q,487826,dctaxiNav,%7C30625%7C.asp#45
Actually, just noticed that you said VA, not D.C. - but, the answer is still No...
https://www.vcuhealth.org/virginiasafekids/carsafety.html
thanks! so i guess the cabbie at DCA was just BSing us, which i suspected anyway, given the big sigh he let out when we said we had a carseat. i dislike liars!
To be precise, this link doesn't actually say that your kid can ride in a cab without a car seat. All it says is that the cabbie isn't required to provide a car seat but that parents are encouraged to bring car seats along. I didn't see anything in that link to say explicitly whether a kid is ALLOWED to ride in a cab without a car seat.
(By contrast, the VA link provided further down the thread explicitly says that taxis are exempt from the requirement that children be in safety seats.)
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