My sister took DS in the back of a taxi sans car seat. How to deal with this?

[minouminou]

She was looking after him (he's 14 months) for 3 hours while DP and I went to look at a house.
She was, supposedly, walking him in his pram to our mum's house (20 mins walk), but, due to rain, got in a cab with him on her knee - journey time about 10 mins.
I know this hasn't been outlawed yet, as it has been in private cars, but I think it should be.
She's 51 (15 years older than me), and saw nothing wrong in this, as , as we all know, it used to be OK (hmmm).
We're moving up north soon (hopefully), and she seems toi think she'll be looking after him on a regular basis, so I told her today (we're back in Oxford now)that we can't allow that to happen again, and she didn't take it too well at all, and threw a big girlie hormonal strop over the phone "oh well I won't have him again....." (which, quite frankly feels like a relief).
Background - 5 kids of her own, has been a childminder and now runs an after-school club.
Silly cow.

I was going to mention about the black cabs -- although I'm not entirely sure that the seat is entirely safe for little ones. DS (nearly 3) was in one the other day and the seatbelt seemed to sit VERY high.

wow, thanks, uber, that's really incredibly helpful info.
we're between cars at the mo, and will be getting a new one when we're back up north, so i shall certainly avail myself of a curvy black cab when the need arises.
I'll tell my sister as well.
i'm surprised it's not publicised more, but i guess it'll filter through

Only read the first couple of posts.

A bit of rain never hurt anyone but a car crash when not strapped in, can.

Sod the law, keep your chid safe because you want too.

IMHO there is never an excuse for carrying a child in a car without a seat.

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