Baby Seat and Taxis, Rideshare and Chauffeur Hire Cars
Today we are going to provide answers to frequently asked questions about baby seat laws in Victoria, Australia for traveling with young ones in a taxi and chauffeur driven hire cars.
Below are the answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about child seats.
No, you don’t need baby seat in a taxi in Melbourne and Victoria.
As per Vicroads, You can hold the baby in your lap in a taxi if the baby is less than 1 years old. Children aged 1 year and over must be seated in their own seating position in a taxi, with their own properly fastened seatbelt.
No your child cannot ride in limo without a car seat.
Yes you can book a chauffeur car with baby seats with Chauffeur Link Melbourne.
Under the Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (the rules), infants under 12-months old must be carried in the back seat of a taxi by the parent or accompanying adult. Children aged 1 to 6 years of age must also travel in the back seat. They must be wearing their own properly fastened seat belt if no suitable child restraint or booster seat is available (but not sitting on someone’s lap).
Children aged over 7 years must use a booster seat if their height is less than 145 cm
No, you will need chauffeur car with child capsule or backward facing child seat if you traveling with a 1 year old child in Melbourne and Victoria.
At Chauffeur Link Melbourne, we offer chauffeur driven sedans, SUVs, People mover vans and minibuses with child seat. Contact us today.
To know more about child restrains and traveling in a taxi, rideshare and chauffeur in Melbourne, Australia, Visit Vicroads website.
Contact Chauffeur Link Melbourne
When booking your chauffeur service with Chauffeur Link Melbourne whether it for airport transfer or point to point transfer, please provide details of all children and we will organise the properly harnessed child restraint seats for your children.
You do not need to bring your own baby seats all the way to Melbourne if travelling from interstate or overseas as long as you make arrangements for the baby seats to be provided by the chauffeur service.