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  "question": "Can a booster car seat be used in a back seat that has only a lap belt?",
  "answer": "Chicco GoFit ClearTex Backless Booster Car Seat: Never use the booster with only a vehicle lap belt. Has integrated lap belt guides and a shoulder belt clip to position the vehicle seat belt.\nPEG Perego Viaggio Flex 120: Its narrow footprint made a difficult three-across situation work, and despite having no armrests the belt fit was consistently good across the vehicles and seating positions tried.\nMifold Comfort: In hands-on fit testing, the lap belt with mifold Comfort landed far forward on a smaller child's thighs, outside the recommended range; in a crash the pelvis could move forward without engaging the lap belt. The reviewer notes about 80% of original mifold fit photos also had unacceptable lap belt fit.",
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