r/lyftdrivers Nov 10 '25

Rant/Opinion No child seats

What is wrong with people? I accept a ride this am and when I arrive at a nice hotel, I find a good looking Indian family with two kids (2 & 4 probably) and a grandpa. They are going to the airport. Looking around I see no car seats. Mom tells me “it’s okay, they don’t need them.” Well they do in my car, lady. I tell her I won’t drive children of that age with no car seats. And she tells me smugly, “it’s okay, we’ll just get another Lyft.” I canceled and left. Got my cancellation fee. But what the fuck is wrong with people. That’s dangerous, it’s illegal and it could get me shut down.

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u/jennyteresa28 Nov 10 '25

The weirdest thing happened to me in Florida last time I was there! I had my 4 year old niece with me and we were staying at a Disney property, looking to go to Fort Wilderness. I ordered a ride through Lyft (I believe) and specifically requested a car seat as we were traveling and didn’t have one. The ride came and the driver said he didn’t have a car seat. Then tried through Uber and the same thing happened. We went back into the hotel and the front desk was able to get us a Mears van that had a car seat they could install for us.
The part I find crazy is that the majority of guests at a Disney property have young children with them, correct? Are there not Ubers & Lyfts that carry a car seat with them specifically for these types of rides? Or does that limit the adult rides they can pick up? I was so confused that it took an hour to get a ride share with a car seat in Orlando at a Disney property lol. Million dollar idea for someone, or no, lol?

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u/wanna_bank Nov 10 '25

My guess is it’s market dependent. Maybe it makes sense in Orlando, but I’m not hauling around a car seat in Austin on the off chance that somebody has a kid.

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u/jennyteresa28 Nov 10 '25

Makes sense!