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by brian
Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:34 pm
Forum: Misc Topics & News!
Topic: SmartPhone Apps for Drunk drivers?
Replies: 0
Views: 2317

SmartPhone Apps for Drunk drivers?

April 16, 2011: NY Times: Helping Drunken Drivers Avoid Tickets, but Not Wrecks New smartphone apps have been created to help folks avoid sobriety checkpoints. Now as a sober driver who doesn't like the delay of checkpoints, nice idea. However, the checkpoints are meant as a deterrent to DUI. So the...
by brian
Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:12 pm
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: Vehicle recalls, Part 3
Replies: 6
Views: 13128

Re: Vehicle recalls, Part 3

April 14, 2011: Ford expands F-150 recall by more than a million pickups Under pressure from safety regulators, Ford is recalling 1.2 million older F-150 pickups for airbags that could deploy without warning, injuring the driver or passenger and increasing the risk of a crash.The recall expands a Fe...
by brian
Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: Highway Safety
Topic: NC plays stupid, moving to outlaw red light cameras
Replies: 1
Views: 4245

NC plays stupid, moving to outlaw red light cameras

April 12, 2011: Voting along party lines, the NC state senate voted to approve a GOP-backed bill to outlaw camera systems intended to record motorists running red lights. Senate Bill 187 now goes to the House for consideration. Can't be a money issue, they make money! See the article about how there...
by brian
Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:49 pm
Forum: Misc Topics & News!
Topic: 100th Birthday bash for Bill Milliken!
Replies: 1
Views: 2904

100th Birthday bash for Bill Milliken!

Sorry for the late note: Bill Milliken will be celebrating his 100th Birthday at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, NY on Saturday, April 16, 2011. His appearance is part of the Research Center's festivities commemorating the opening day of the Watkins Glen International...
by brian
Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:21 pm
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: Prosecutors get away with attempted murder
Replies: 0
Views: 3549

Prosecutors get away with attempted murder

April 10, 2011: NY Times Op-ed piece by John Thompson , who spent 18 years in prison for robbery and murder, 14 of them on death row. He's been free since 2003, exonerated after evidence covered up by prosecutors surfaced just weeks before his execution date. Those prosecutors were never punished. L...
by brian
Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:02 pm
Forum: Highway Safety
Topic: 2010 Traffic Fatalities Lowest Level in Recorded History
Replies: 0
Views: 2593

2010 Traffic Fatalities Lowest Level in Recorded History

April 2011: NHTSA: Traffic Fatalities in 2010 Drop to Lowest Level in Recorded History DOT Estimates Three Percent Drop Beneath 2009 Record Low U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the number and rate of traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to the lowest levels since 1949, despit...
by brian
Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:47 pm
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: What is statistical significance? Supreme court takes it on.
Replies: 1
Views: 4196

Re: What is statistical significance? Supreme court takes it on.

And on another related note about 'statistical' stuff at the Supreme court... April 3, 2011: NY Times: When a Lawsuit Is Too Big Can a class-action lawsuit be too sprawling to deliver old-fashioned justice? These types of cases routinely rely on statistical formulas rather than testimony and personn...
by brian
Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:39 pm
Forum: McHenry News!
Topic: McHenry a speaker at 2011 ARC-CSI conference
Replies: 2
Views: 7494

McHenry a speaker at 2011 ARC-CSI conference

April 2011: I will be a speaker at the 2011 ARC-CSI conference in Las Vegas, may 23-26, 2011. Come say Hi! Brian Topic is as follows: Brian McHenry , McHenry Software, Inc A Short History of Nearly Everything (…about computers in Highway Safety) In the 2005 book A Short History of Nearly Everything ...
by brian
Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:58 pm
Forum: Damage Analysis, CRASH
Topic: How can I calculate CRASH A & B Coefficients?
Replies: 2
Views: 6748

Re: How can I calculate CRASH A & B Coefficients?

Q: In calculating A & B Coefficients from crash tests which speed is correct to use, the test impact speed or the delta-v speed? Were the A & B formulas developed from using test impact speeds or delta-v speeds? This forum post indicates “The Impact Speed”. Some other references mention test...
by brian
Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:09 am
Forum: Crash Reconstruction/Investigation News
Topic: Child Safety Information
Replies: 0
Views: 7647

Child Safety Information

Mar 22, 2011: NY Times: Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2 Toddlers are usually switched from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats right after their first birthday — an event many parents may celebrate as a kind of milestone. But in a new policy statement from the American Academy...