On 14 May 2004 09:35:54 -0700, (J. Hansen) wrote:

am I overly cautious in thinking we need a car seat
for two ten minute taxi rides

New York state does not require a car seat for a five-year old. (Under
four is the rule.)

www.nydmv.state.ny.us/dmvfaqs.htm

Jay, my wife and I drove across the United States and back with our
daughter (six months outbound, eight months returning) in a wicker
basket on the floor of a Volkswagen camper. (In Tucson on the way
back, we bought a couple yards of army surplus mosquito netting to tie
over the basket, since she had learned to stand up meanwhile.)

Now a mother herself, our daughter obsesses about car seats. Like
bicycle and skiing helmets, I think it's all much overblown. I'd like
to see her put as much devotion into making the children wash their
hands.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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