Is car seat allowed in budget truck

Unregistered · Oct 11, 2013

My husband and I have two kids ages 4 and 16 months, we are getting ready to move to California from Virginia so you can imagine it's going to be a long trip! Husband is driving truck while I'm driving our car. He and I was wondering if we could allow our son to ride in the budget truck in his car seat! He just doesn't want me to have to deal with both of the kids on that drive! Thank you in advance!

LISmama810 · Oct 11, 2013

Hi there!

Some companies have restrictions on allowing children in their trucks, so you might want to check with Budget directly.

I would also be worried about airbags in the truck. It's very possible that a rental truck like that is an older one (I don't know how often they get new ones, and I imagine they last for a while). That means if there are airbags, they might be an older generation that was very dangerous to young children, even forward-facing ones. (Obviously a rear-facing child should never go in front of any active airbag.)

I imagine a truck like that also wouldn't have the safety amenities of side airbags and stuff that modern passenger vehicles have. Plus, there's the fact that children are safer in back seats.

So...just stuff for you to think about.

We recently moved from California to Illinois. My husband drove the truck and I drove the van with all three of our kids. Other than a few fits here and there, it actually went much better than I imagined. I highly recommend portable DVD players and iPads if you have them

Good luck!

TechnoGranola · Oct 11, 2013

We rented a Budget truck to move in 2003 and it had a key to shut the air bag off and you could (via the manual and Budget) install a car seat on the front passenger seat. As Jennie said though, this could vary by truck and Budget location.