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Chicago mom/taxi help

Ashers423Ashers423 member
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DH and I are taking Jocelyn to Chicago for a weekend in November and taking the train from milwaukee to Chicago We will not have a car and hotel is not walking distance from train station Do we bring a car seat and move it from taxi to taxi? I would think so but I'm not a big city girl so I don't know the rules Thanks in advance
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  • lp0lp0 member
    I was actually just wondering about this as we are going to NYC this weekend.
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    The few times I have been in a taxi with the kids in a big city, I haven't used a car seat.
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    We travel a lot over here (UK) and we do not use a carseat in the cabs.  Our US carseat is not legal in Europe anyway.  

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    So I looked it up for NYC and you are not required by law to use a car seat in a taxi. With that being said, it is still recommended obviously for safety purposes. There are taxi services you can call who will show up with a car seat for an extra $10 charge.

    Then I read some scary things about seat belts and infants/toddlers. So it is recommended to put a toddler in their own seat with their own seatbelt. Do not hold them on your lap because it is humanly impossible to hold on to them during a crash. Also do not buckle them in the seat belt with you. If you weigh 100 lbs and get into a crash at 30 mph, the G force causes you to weigh 2500 lbs and you will crush your child (and I want to throw up).
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