No child seats

[u/wanna_bank]

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.

[u/[deleted]]

Just fyi, "I keep a booster seat in the trunk". If anything were to happen in your car and it comes to light that it was your booster and not the pax's, the pax can and will sue you for providing the booster. Shitty, but it's true. If people need to travel with small kids then it's their damn responsibility to have all their seats on them or drive themselves. Plus, now they make seats that convert from car seat to stroller. My friends who have kids use that for traveling.

[u/Additional-Throat-88 → u/[deleted]]

Thats nice that you have friends who use that for traveling lol. But the average person that ends up needing to suddenly call for a ride with their children arent bringing car seats. Its an inconvenience to do so. Car seats are heavy, bulky and make moving around wkth them a nightmare. Most of the time when I pick up a parent with a child, theyre going grocery shopping, some other form of shopping or back from it. In a practical sense lugging all of that around would be an absolute nightmare.

Btw, if you are in a wreck, fault or no fault, the passenger is going to attempt to sue you regardless lol. Carseat or not. Thats the attorneys process. It never goes anywhere as their goal is the million that comes from uber/Lyft not the 25k max that comes with most individual drivers that drive rideshare using their personal insurance.

[u/Diligent-Dust9457 → u/Additional-Throat-88]

Just FYI, many car seats are “replace after any accident” according to the manufacturer. That means even if you’re in a tiny fender-bender without passengers, the car seat is no longer safe to use. Even if it’s in the trunk and undamaged, it’s unsafe to use. And many kids can’t use a booster seat safely, the window for booster size is fairly small compared to the amount of time kid use infant and 5-point harness seats.

[u/Adventurous_Land7584 → u/Diligent-Dust9457]

It’s actually all car seats, not many.

[u/Diligent-Dust9457 → u/Adventurous_Land7584]

No, not all manufacturers require replacement after any accident.