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Originally Posted by FW28z
And an observation. I don't let anyone sit in the dinette (located on the slide out) while we are moving - even though it has seatbelts. I should remove them. My concern is if we have any kind of an accident, the only thing preventing the slideout from getting chucked out the side of the RV is a couple of Schwintek gears. Not a comforting thought.
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Given that RV's aren't crash tested and are built so cheaply any crash strong enough to eject the slide would probably do significant damage to the rest of the coach as well. Probably enough to injure anyone sitting in a more secure seat--other than the driver and passenger seats in the cab section of a class C since that one section
has been crash tested as a van or pickup.
Strangely enough most of the RV accidents I've seen on the side of the highway have all been trailers/5th wheels. In those cases the camper is usually completely destroyed with the only recognizable piece remaining being the frame and floor and the tow vehicle sitting on the side of the road with a bent-up hitch.
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