McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

From NYTimes, Driven to Distraction: Utah Gets Tough With Texting Drivers By MATT RICHTEL, Published: August 28, 2009 LOGAN, Utah — In most states, if somebody is texting behind the wheel and causes a crash that injures or kills someone, the penalty can be as light as a fine. After a crash here that...

Managing Workers' Comp: "Intexicated" Drivers and Employer Liability Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Theresa Long The article, from EHS Magazine, is not specifically on Accident Reconstruction topics, but the issue of "intexticated" drivers, i.e. drivers distracted by texting phones, e...

Sept 5, 2009: Interesting article in the Sept 7, 2009 The New Yorker Magazine by David Grann entitled "Trial by Fire" that chronicles some major flaws in the criminal justice system related to “eyewitness testimony” and "expert” testimony related to the Willingham case in which “ Texa...

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Here's some starter information from the NHTSA website: Aggressive Driving vs. Road Rage. There is a difference. Aggressive driving is a traffic offense; road rage is a criminal offense. • Road rage is defined as " an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or pas...

Over the years we have been involved with reconstructing cases which involved road rage. This thread will be used to post links to studies, etc on the topic. The reason it came to mind was an article in the NY Times: Canadian Politician Charged in Death By IAN AUSTEN, September 1, 2009 (A version of...

Some additional information related to the inclusion of induced crush in damage analysis: 1) The NASS training manual instructs to include induced damage but indicates ‘ most other CRASH users measure only direct damage ’ 2) The CRASH3 Manual : Section 3, 3-32-3-32 indicates ‘ a general rule has evo...

Reanalysis The results of this study were also reanalysed using a more sophisticated methods: 2002 Reanalysis of Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement in Adelaide South Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lambert had written a ...

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Additional reports related to full scale tests perfromed under the RICSAC: 3 Additional Tests (RICSAC 13-15) performed at Texas transportation Institute: Improvement of Accident Simulation Model James, Hayes, Ross & Whittington Contracts DOT-HS-5-01262 & DOT-HS-7-01656 Additional tests by Dy...