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by brian
Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:18 pm
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: Prosecutors Try to Turn Tables on Student Journalists
Replies: 4
Views: 6024

Re: Prosecutors Try to Turn Tables on Student Journalists

Nov 16, 2009: New York Times, David Carr: Another story related to the implications of the hearings in the McKinney wrongful conviction issue which involve the Northwestern University Medill Innocence Project . The article is titled: Taking Aim at Student Muckrackers The subpeonas may put students t...
by brian
Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:06 am
Forum: Misc Topics & News!
Topic: Why take a Bugatti Veyron for a swim?
Replies: 2
Views: 4176

Why take a Bugatti Veyron for a swim?

Police ID driver of Bugatti Veyron which plunged into lake Friday the 13th, 2010: Associated press: Police have revealed the identity of the owner and driver of a million-dollar French sports car that he accidentally veered into a salt marsh. The Lufkin Daily News reports police records in La Marqu...
by brian
Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:01 pm
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: Prosecutors Try to Turn Tables on Student Journalists
Replies: 4
Views: 6024

Re: Prosecutors Try to Turn Tables on Student Journalists

A follow-up story on the main topic of this thread: Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnesses In an AP report by KAREN HAWKINS on Nov 10, 2009 it was reported that prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students had paid two witnesses in order to make their ca...
by brian
Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:35 am
Forum: Distracted Driving
Topic: STOP Cell phone use while driving!
Replies: 11
Views: 18464

Re: STOP Cell phone use while driving!

Driving while conversing: Cell phones that distract and passengers who react Samuel G. Charltona, Traffic & Road Safety Research Group, University of Waikato Abstract : The research systematically compared the driving performance and conversational patterns of drivers speaking with in-car passe...
by brian
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:16 am
Forum: Crash Reconstruction/Investigation News
Topic: Where are the Most Dangerous Cities for Walking?
Replies: 0
Views: 2997

Where are the Most Dangerous Cities for Walking?

Q: Where are the most dangerous cities for walking? A: From a study from Transportation for America (*see below) entitled Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (and Making Great Neighborhoods) : In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walki...
by brian
Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:40 pm
Forum: Specs, Crash Tests, Etc.
Topic: Is there a tire friction variation in cooler temperatures?
Replies: 4
Views: 5859

Re: Is there a tire friction variation in cooler temperatures?

The Northwestern Crash Reconstruction Book 1990 edition contained the friction value tables (see below). There are values for ice and snow which have their origins from the 1940 Book edition (see publication history below). There is a 2010 version of the Northwestern Crash Reconstruction Book coming...
by brian
Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:45 am
Forum: Specs, Crash Tests, Etc.
Topic: Friction Tests on Contaminated Surfaces
Replies: 2
Views: 8516

Friction Tests on Contaminated Surfaces

2006 TRL Limited report on friction tests on contaminated surfaces: “Friction Tests on Contaminated Road Surfaces” , Lambourn & Viner. The following are portions of the various sections: Executive Summary : The presence of containments in the tyre/road interface can reduce the friction generated...
by brian
Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:10 pm
Forum: Distracted Driving
Topic: STOP Cell phone use while driving!
Replies: 11
Views: 18464

Re: STOP Cell phone use while driving!

WWU researcher says cell phone users are more oblivious than others Study: Most did not notice clown on unicycle Oct 20, 2009: BELLINGHAM – Would you expect to notice a unicycling clown if you were walking down the street near one? If you are talking on your cell phone, then you probably wouldn't s...
by brian
Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:11 pm
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: Should Prosecutors Be Sued by People They Frame?
Replies: 4
Views: 6778

Re: Should Prosecutors Be Sued by People They Frame?

Justices, in Aftermath of 2 Murder cases Hear Claims of a Process Gone Wrong New York Times, ADAM LIPTAK,November 5, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two cases involving claims that the criminal justice system had gone badly awry. In one, Iowa prosecutors are accused...
by brian
Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:48 am
Forum: Litigation Topics
Topic: Should Prosecutors Be Sued by People They Frame?
Replies: 4
Views: 6778

Should Prosecutors Be Sued by People They Frame?

If prosecutors fabricate evidence, can they be sued for it?" See NPR's "Morning Edition," Nina Totenberg from Nov 4, 2009: "Can Prosecutors Be Sued By People They Framed?" In related story: Court worries about stifling prosecutors From the Report on the Nov 2, 2009 by JESSE ...