Approximately 250,000 visitors arrive at Yosemite National Park on tour buses each year, and a large majority of the tour bus passengers are international visitors. During a five day period of surprise roadside inspections of commercial tour buses at Yosemite National Park, June 9-20, only 31% (47 of 153) of the buses were deemed safe and released with no citation. In contrast, 21% were deemed so unsafe that they were taken out of service by federal inspectors (22 for safety-related equipment problems, and 10 for drivers' logbook violations).The unannounced inspections were carried out by the FMCSA in conjunction with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the National Park Service (NPS), along with Yosemite Law Enforcement Rangers and other agencies. Surprise inspections like this will take place at the park this year. Read more about the June 2010 Yosemite inspection event.
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