skywalkervadar Posted April 17, 2008 #1 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Does anyone know if there are taxis or vans on the various islands that have car seats installed for small children (1 to 2 years old) or is it expected that if you want to go anywhere on the island, you must take your chances. We have very strict car seat rules in Canada but on the 4 cruises I've been on down to the Caribbean before baby, I can't ever remember a van or taxi coming with a car seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindrid Posted April 17, 2008 #2 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Never saw any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted April 17, 2008 #3 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I have never seen a taxi on any of the islands that had a car seat. It would be impractical. Most taxi count on having 2 (or more) passengers seated in the back seat. If they have a permanently installed car seat, there wouldn't be room for passengers. I seriously doubt you will see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grannycb Posted April 17, 2008 #4 Share Posted April 17, 2008 We are bringing our own. Let's hope we can find taxis with seatbelts! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted April 17, 2008 #5 Share Posted April 17, 2008 You will need to bring your own -- AND hope that it will fit in the taxi/van -- the islands don't have the same size taxi/van as we have in the states -- and many of them don't have seat belts in the back seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy's Mom Posted April 17, 2008 #6 Share Posted April 17, 2008 We lived in the Vi until last month and no taxi's or saffari buses/taxis have car seats, most do not have functioning seat belts, none in saffaris. Bringing car seats is a lost cause IMHO as there is nothing to attach them to. On the good side, speed limits are low and no one goes very fast. You just have to hold tight and have faith in your driver. Children must sit in the back of cabs. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Morgsmom Posted April 17, 2008 #7 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I INFURIATED a line of cabbies in Cozumel once because I kept walking down the line looking for functioning seatbelts... it took some work, but I found one (and they yelled at me that I was violating their queue... too bad!) There will be no car seats and, as another poster said, most likely NO WORKING seatbelts... If you stand your ground and tell the taxi dispatch that you will not go unless there are, they will find someone with a newer model car. Good luck!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindrid Posted April 18, 2008 #8 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I INFURIATED a line of cabbies in Cozumel once because I kept walking down the line looking for functioning seatbelts... it took some work, but I found one (and they yelled at me that I was violating their queue... too bad!) There will be no car seats and, as another poster said, most likely NO WORKING seatbelts... If you stand your ground and tell the taxi dispatch that you will not go unless there are, they will find someone with a newer model car. Good luck!:eek: I can't believe this one - paranoia at it's best. We all ride in buses with no belts so what's the big deal? Why would one go through the hassle - grab a cab and go. All of us can certainly remember the days that there were no seatbelts in cars. As to the ports, the majority of places you go have minimal speed limits as well. As to taking kids, it is the OP's call. Majority of the cabs on our last cruise were vans with no seatbelts. It's your call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie51 Posted April 19, 2008 #9 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Good luck with this one! The last time I was In Cozumel, we got in a van that had only one seat belt and there were 4 of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalkervadar Posted April 22, 2008 Author #10 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was really just asking as matter of interest. I agree that we all grew up in a time when seat belts and car seats and a lot of the other rules of personal car safety didn't exist or were far more lenient but it's hardly being paranoid to buckle up, wear a helmut, look for a newer taxi with restraints or make a simple query as to whether or not these safety precautions exist in some form on the islands. I don't expect the vans and taxis on the islands to comply to our vehicle safety laws (we're guests in their home afterall) but there's no harm in asking, is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindrid Posted April 22, 2008 #11 Share Posted April 22, 2008 agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserbryce Posted April 22, 2008 #12 Share Posted April 22, 2008 not sure I would count on it...its not something we have ever noticed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlee Posted April 22, 2008 #13 Share Posted April 22, 2008 This reminds me of the cruise I took one of my cousins on. We get into the taxi in Freeport. She starts looking around, and I ask her what she is doing? She tells me she is looking for a seat belt. I point to the door of the van and tell her the door is being held to the van by bungee cords. Did she really think there was a seat belt anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilybug Posted April 24, 2008 #14 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Taxis in the States don't have car seats. I've been in many taxis in the Caribbean and you are lucky they have seats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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