Kids & Taxis at Disney

[redsonja]

Hi! My kids will be 4 years old and 20 months old when we are at Disney and was wondering if the taxis that service Disney will allow them in without carseats?

 

[blessedby3]

When we were there this past December, we were leaving EPCOT on a VERY rainy night. It was miserable and the busses were just not showing up. There were plenty of taxis and vans parked in the bus area parking lot and families started running to them, throwing their strollers in the back and kids in the vehicles. My guess from watching that would be that, yes, they will let you take the kids in them without car seats. They dont have them in the busses either so its the same thing.

 

[madcat]

when we went this past oct. one of my sons was 4 years old and we took the big van type taxi twice and we didnt have a car seat. we sat him in the middle in the middle row as well. it worked out pretty good, and the driver was careful.

 

[gottalovethem]

Hi. I took my three in a cab last year from AK to MGM and had the baby on my lap and then-4 and 3 year olds in the seats next to me. I was just so happy for a soft, cool place to sit

 

[redsonja]

Phew!!! Thank-goodness! The last thing I would want is a long hot bus wait/ride to ruin the whole day! Thanks for all the replies!

 

[AdventurerKat]

Here are the Florida carseat laws. What a cab driver will or will not let you do will be up to whether or not they are willing to break the law for the fare.


316.613 Child restraint requirements.--
(1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined herein, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall, if the child is 5 years of age or younger, provide for protection of the child by properly using a crash-tested, federally approved child restraint device. For children aged through 3 years, such restraint device must be a separate carrier or a vehicle manufacturer's integrated child seat. For children aged 4 through 5 years, a separate carrier, an integrated child seat, or a seat belt may be used.
(b) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall provide notice of the requirement for child restraint devices, which notice shall accompany the delivery of each motor vehicle license tag.
(2) As used in this section, the term "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in s. 316.003 that is operated on the roadways, streets, and highways of the state. The term does not include:
(a) A school bus as defined in s. 316.003(45).
(b) A bus used for the transportation of persons for compensation, other than a bus regularly used to transport children to or from school, as defined in s. 316.615(1)(b), or in conjunction with school activities.
(c) A farm tractor or implement of husbandry.
(d) A truck of net weight of more than 5,000 pounds.
(e) A motorcycle, moped, or bicycle.
(3) The failure to provide and use a child passenger restraint shall not be considered comparative negligence, nor shall such failure be admissible as evidence in the trial of any civil action with regard to negligence.
(4)(a) It is the legislative intent that all state, county, and local law enforcement agencies, and safety councils, in recognition of the problems with child death and injury from unrestrained occupancy in motor vehicles, conduct a continuing safety and public awareness campaign as to the magnitude of the problem.
(b) The department may authorize the expenditure of funds for the purchase of promotional items as part of the public information and education campaigns provided for in this subsection and ss. 316.614, 322.025, and 403.7145.
(5) Any person who violates the provisions of this section commits a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318 and shall have 3 points assessed against his or her driver's license as set forth in s. 322.27. In lieu of the penalty specified in s. 318.18 and the assessment of points, a person who violates the provisions of this section may elect, with the court's approval, to participate in a child restraint safety program approved by the chief judge of the circuit in which the violation occurs, and upon completing such program, the penalty specified in chapter 318 and associated costs may be waived at the court's discretion and the assessment of points shall be waived. The child restraint safety program must use a course approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and the fee for the course must bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of providing the course.

 

[Yardbird]

A long, hot, bus wait/ ride will not ruin your day. Think about it.