McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

March 22, 2011: News & Observer: Interesting letter to the editor today: I witnessed a cellphone-driving accident involving two UNC students in which the driver ran directly into a pedestrian. The driver had "inattention blindness" from driving while using a cellphone. The graph above ...

Mar 22, 2011: News & Observer: Judge lays into prosecutors, SBI; deception, fraud decried Durham prosecutors and the State Bureau of Investigation violated the U.S. and state constitutions and state law by withholding key evidence from Derrick Allen in the 1998 sexual assault and death of his gi...

Mar 10, 2011: NY Times Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely Because many of today’s cars contain cellular connections and Bluetooth wireless technology, it is possible for a hacker, working from a remote location, to take control of various features — like the car lock...

Mar 9, 2011: Ole Sean Kane is at it again. Not crawling under a log like he should have after his debunked reports and face time trying to get publicity for the ""five attorneys, who sponsored some of [Kane's] research into Sudden Unintended Acceleration in Toyota vehicles" as he was ...

March 8, 2011: N&O Honda, Toyota and Chrysler recall about 77,000 vehicles Honda recalled more than 35,000 Civic hybrids in the United States on Monday to fix a problem with the electrical system that could cause the headlights to turn off or the engine to stall. Separately, Toyota recalled abou...

Mar 5, 2011: Here's an indication that Red Light cameras are helping to reduce Fatal Intersection Crashes Declining: NSC "This report shows that we are making large strides as a nation in reducing crashes at intersections," said Janet Froetscher, president and CEO of the National Safety Co...

Feb 28, 2011: Bloomberg news: Ford Pickup Suit Revived by High Court After Mazda Ruling Pandora's box is being opened... The supreme court ruling in Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America (No. 08-1314) is reviving a suit in South Carolina which blames Ford for the death of an ejected occupant from the...

Feb 27, 2011: NY Times: Maureen Down correctly is concerned with all the new distracting technology in cars today: See Have You Driven a Smartphone Lately? . which includes "Remember when your car used to be a haven of peace from the world? Now it’s just a bigger, noisier and much more dangerou...

Feb 23, 2011: Another take on the Williamson v. Mazda Suprem Court decision.

• No Automotive Preemption In Williamson v. Mazda.

Feb 25, 2011: In a recent ruling in Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America (No. 08-1314) , the Supreme Court today reversed a California decision and resuscitated a product liability claim involving the failure to install lap/shoulder-combination seatbelts in a minivan. The Court unanimously held that...