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• Source: KIRO-TV
• Date: April 25, 2008
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Chris Halsne
• Topics: Safety , Transportation
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Federal law requires crash and rollover tests for cars, SUVs, semi-trucks and even charter buses. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just conducted a new series of bus tests last month. The explosion of glass and crunch of metal are tools that guide new safety improvement. Why, then, did KIRO Team 7 Investigators discover some of the biggest, most expensive motor homes on the road are exempt? KIRO Team 7 Investigators used a computer to analyze two federal databases filled with more than 5,000 RV accident, safety and mechanical deficiency reports.