McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Q: Looking for research on both normal and peak lat accel for TT? A: One of our many research projects for FHWA included tractor trailer lane change maneuvers. HVOSM Studies of Highway Centerline Crown , Contract DOT-FH-11-9575 The final report Safety and Operational Considerations for design of Rur...

May 2012: Wired Magazine: Take a Look Inside the First Steer-by-Wire Car Look ma, no steering wheel! well not yet, but...the Infiniti Q50 is the first production steer-by-wire vehicle. The article begins: Steering wheels, watch your backs. This summer will see the world’s first production steer-by-w...

May 3, 2013: MIT Technology Review: How Today’s Sensors Could Make Tomorrow’s Cars Safer Sensors in cars today could do more to reduce traffic accidents, and costs are coming down. Top end Toyota Lexus LS will now have millimeter wave radar sensors which can brake a vehicle to avoid a collision. Cur...

April 28, 2013:NY Times Sunday Magazine: The Mind of a Con Man "Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature" Comment: For anyone involved in scientific research, the...

April 16, 2013: MIT Tech Review: Proceed with Caution toward the Self-Driving Car by Will Knight Which begins: Completely autonomous vehicles will remain a fantasy for years. Until they’re here, we need technology that enhances human drivers’ abilities rather than making those abilities increasingly...

April 7, 2013: Salon: Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms Fourteen words that, depending on their context, can mean the opposite of what you think they mean 1. Sanction 2. Oversight 3. Left 4. Dust 5. Seed 6. Stone 7. Trim 8. Cleave 9. Resign 10. Fast 11. Off 12. Weather 13. Screen 14. Help S...

2022: Please be sure to also see the other more updated topic on the subject Princess Diana Crash Reconstruction April 2013: In response to your email requests we have posted up our 1998 reconstruction of the 1997 Princess Diana collision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzkc5hXJaWg Here is a forum ...

April 2, 2013: Traffic cameras Draw More Scrutiny by States With all the hoopla about Red Light Cameras, NOTE: WE SUPPORT TRAFFIC CAMERAS, we believe they are a useful deterrent to running red lights, see prior articles on the issue: NC plays stupid, moving to outlaw red light cameras Driver Sues, B...

From the NTSB website: Improve the Safety of Bus Operations What is the issue? Travel by buses is among the safest modes of transportation. However, because these vehicles carry a larger number of passengers, when something does go wrong, more people are at risk of injury or death. Bus safety is a m...

NHTSA Unveils 'SaferCar' App for iPhones Free mobile app provides real-time info to help consumers "Buy Safe, Drive Safe, and Stay Safe" WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced a new iOS app for iPhones an...