A family without their own child car seat hails a taxi, and the child ends up riding without one. Is the taxi driver in violation of Ontario's child car seat requirements?

Correct answer: A. No — taxi and rideshare drivers are specifically exempt from the child-car-seat requirement while transporting a fare-paying passenger

Regulation 613, Section 8.1 specifically exempts the driver of a taxicab (extended to rideshare vehicles operating under a U10 permit by a 2021 amendment) from the child-car-seat and booster-seat requirement while transporting a passenger for hire — recognizing that a taxi or rideshare driver can't be expected to supply or verify a family's own child restraint equipment.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 613 (Seat Belt Assemblies) — Section 8.1, taxicab and rideshare exemption