Editorial Standards: How We Research and Verify Child Car Seat Law
Most travel content about child car seats is written by people who have never had to arrange one. This page sets out how ours is produced, who is responsible for it, and what we do when we cannot confirm something.
Who is behind this
TaxiBambino is operated by Avaren Group AB, a company registered in Nacka, Sweden, under organisation number 559536-5247. Editorial responsibility sits with Lija Scheiman, CEO, who leads the TaxiBambino Content Audit Team. Every destination and legal page carries her review byline and a visible last-updated date, so you can see when the page was last checked rather than guessing.
Editorial questions and corrections: [email protected].
Where the law comes from
We cite the statute, not a summary of a summary. Where a rule is documented, we name the specific provision — Article 117 of Spain's Reglamento General de Circulación, Article 172 of Italy's Codice della Strada, Division 36 of British Columbia's Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, CONTRAN Resolution 819/2021 in Brazil — and link the authority that administers it.
Those authorities include the Dirección General de Tráfico in Spain, Statens vegvesen in Norway, Arrive Alive in South Africa, and the Rijksoverheid in the Netherlands. Where a country's transport ministry publishes the text directly, we link that instead.
What we do when we cannot verify a rule
We say so, on the page, in plain language. Several of our destination pages state that we were unable to confirm a country's child restraint requirement from an official source, and decline to assert one. Egypt, South Korea and Aruba currently carry that note.
The same applies to prices. Where we have not been able to verify current published fares for a city, the page says the fare is metered and that we will not quote a figure we cannot stand behind. Florianópolis, Mendoza and Busan currently say exactly that.
An exemption is not a safety statement, and we do not present it as one. Where a country exempts taxis, that removes the operator's obligation to provide a restraint. Nothing about the collision forces changes. We write it that way every time.
Certification standards are region-specific, and we treat them that way
A car seat approved in one region is not automatically legal in another, and getting this wrong is the most visible error a page like ours can make. Europe uses ECE R44/04 and i-Size (R129) with ISOFIX anchors. The United States uses FMVSS 213 with LATCH. Canada uses CMVSS 213 with the Universal Anchorage System. Brazil requires INMETRO certification to NBR 14400. South Africa uses SABS 1340. Australia and New Zealand use AS/NZS 1754.
Each page names the standard that applies where you are landing, not a generic one.
Where the numbers come from
Price ranges on our pages come from our own booking records, not from estimates. They are reported as the middle half of what families actually paid, with a median and the sample size stated, converted at a dated exchange rate. They are historical ranges rather than quotes, and we label them as such.
Where a destination has too few bookings for the figures to mean anything, we say that instead of publishing them. A page that admits a sample of three is more use to you than one that presents three bookings as a price guide.
What this page is not
This is published for planning, not as legal advice. Child restraint law changes, and enforcement varies between regions of the same country — Spain's taxi exemption stops at the city limit, Brazil's is under active legal challenge, and Mexico's rules differ by state. Confirm anything that matters for your specific journey.
Our country-by-country summary of taxi rules, with the source behind each one, is here: Child Car Seat Laws for Taxis by Country.
Corrections
If you find something on this site that is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. We would rather correct a page than defend it. Corrections go to [email protected], and pages that change carry an updated review date.
Frequently asked questions
Who reviews TaxiBambino's content?
Lija Scheiman, CEO of TaxiBambino, leads the Content Audit Team and reviews the destination and legal pages. Each page carries a visible last-updated date.
Where does the legal information come from?
Primary sources wherever possible — national statutes and the road safety authority that administers them, such as the DGT in Spain, Statens vegvesen in Norway or Arrive Alive in South Africa. The source is linked on the page.
What happens if a law cannot be verified?
We say so on the page rather than repeating an unverified rule. Several of our pages state plainly that we could not confirm a country's requirement from an official source.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is published for planning purposes. Rules change and enforcement varies locally, so confirm anything that matters for your specific journey.
Where do the price figures come from?
Our own booking records, reported as ranges rather than quotes, with the sample size stated. Where the sample is too small to be meaningful we say that instead of publishing a number.
Last updated: 25 August 2026. Reviewed by Lija Scheiman, CEO, TaxiBambino Content Audit Team.