McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Q: Got into a discussion with someone and we ran into a "conundrum." It has to do with a reading of the various papers and such as it relates to stiffness coefficients. So say we have a set of crash test data and we want to find stiffness coefficients. The discussion hinges on the velocit...

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Q: I am attempting to determine what research exists into how the CRASH algorithm may/may not overestimate DV at higher levels (i.e. 75mph). In my research I have found 1982 DOT HS 806 152 Accuracy & Sensitivity of CRASH by Smith and Noga which appears to show good correlation in the mid 60's D...

Read an interesting Op-ed article today in NY Time Opinion: Moral Hazard Has No Place in Addiction Treatment Which was about a concept called ' Moral Hazard " and included a mention of how it came into being which related to safety belts in cars?!! From the article "The University of Chica...

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Another post to the video: Q: The fact the driver left the scene is a crime in itself. In such a high profile case as this it's odd that person has never been accountable. Comment: We agree... not sure what the situation is with the judicial system of France since IF that person on Dr Phil show was ...

Feb 2024: Comment posted to the video: Q: yes you covered everything except the fact the uno diver did not stop after the crash and was never traced. COMMENT: On the Dr Phil fiasco (mentioned earlier in this thread) where he claimed they found the UNO driver etc etc... As mentioned in this thread pr...

Feb 14 Added HOWTO video EDR to SImulation