Taxis and child seats

[Venus]

Originally posted by dudette
I recently visited a friend in another city and was surprised to discover that none of the taxis there carried car seats for babies. Now, considering the legislation regarding carrying children in vehicles, how does this affect taxi drivers carrying small children?
Luckily as my child is just over 9 months, I took her carry-on car seat, but what happens when she's older? If we do get pulled over by the police who will have to pay any fine, the parent or the driver?

Who else has had to use a taxi, and what was your experience?

I was very concerned about the same thing just a few weeks ago. I had to hold my son on my lap & was so worried that it wasn't safe. Surely the taxis could carry a child seat in their boot? But then they'd probably be held liable if there was an accident & the child seat failed in some way. In Sheffield, the big cabs are able to take an unfolded pram or wheelchair, so where possible I've always tried to use one of them & simply wheel the pram into the taxi.