California rules and regulations are a very splendid thing if you don't need to go to the airport

As we are heading for our family summer holiday in Europe, we call the cab company to get a car to take us to SFO, a mini-van with car-seat for a one year-old, I say.

- No problem ma'am, what's your address?

We go through the details, and then I confirm. One mini-van, with car-seat. To SFO.

- Well, luckily, according to California rules and regulations, the receptionist says, you are not required to have a car-seat in a cab so you're exempt from that obligation.

- Not so lucky if we crash on the 101 though, I suggest. Never mind, we'll sort something out from our end. So a mini-van, then, to SFO please.

- Well, according to California rules and regulations, we can only supply a mini-van if any one of you are in a wheel-chair.

- OK, so you can't actually take us to the airport at all?

- No. But I can suggest a cab company that can.

Alrighty then.

Let's make another call.

That's one mini-van, with car-seat, to.....