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by Kelly Masters on February 8th, 2005
As an ex-cabdriver I can tell you one thing that goes in my state-that is that if I were to haul an infant who was not in a child's carseat, not only would my license be in jeapordy, but so would the business license of the cab company whom I worked for. I have been cussed numerous times because people don't want their child (for whatever reason) to ride in a child's carseat, even though the cab company supplied the carseats for the children upon request. Being a cabdriver, I have literally stopped the cab if a child managed to get out of the carseat or if the parent's took the baby out while I was driving. I then refused to go anywhere until the child was fastened back into the carseat. As far as I know, all states have laws stating that all children under 4 years or 40 lbs be in an approved child carseat for their safety. There is another point as well; if an infant was being transported in a cab without the use of a child's carseat and the cab was involved in an accident wherein the infant was hurt/killed then the cab company would be at fault and liable (and the driver could face criminal charges). Driving a cab is hard enough work, dealing with people cussing you all day...but to get cussed over trying to protect their own child is highly upsetting and I have almost come to blows over it with another driver.
by halo2fan on October 25th, 2004
The infant must be in a car seat or the cab driver will not take the fare.
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Good for you!
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on February 9th, 2005
This is heroic! People don't care enough for their own children, we need people like this.
by Scottythinks on June 6th, 2005