McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

July 27, 2010: Eric Meyer of Legal Intelligencer writes about How Facebook Can Make or Break Your Case Which includes: Facebook has over 500 million active users. Twitter users are recording an average of 55 million tweets a day. If an employee files suit against your client, what are the odds the e...

2010: SAE Paper published at the 2010 Congress on Left turns and Lane changes for Tractor Semitrialers: Tractor Semitrailer Left Turns and Lane Changes SAE Paper 2010-01-0049, Merala & White Abstract :Data regarding the characteristics of left turns and lane changes performed by articulated trac...

July 27, 2010: This is a continuation of the forum topic Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as relates to football injuries: July 27, 2010: New York Times: NFL Asserts Greater Risks of Head Injury The NFL, in response to mounting criticism of their lax policy with regards to traumatic head injuries, is pr...

July 26, 2010: Washington Post reported that Nissan recalls 51,100 hatchbacks over fuel spills Nissan is recalling 51,100 of its Cube hatchbacks in the United States and Canada because of possible problems with fuel spilling during rear end collisions. NHTSA safety tests found more fuel spilled than...

July 25, 2010: In an Op-Ed pieces along the lines of a recent Forbes article In their Toyota coverage reporters aren’t letting facts get in the way of a good story bandwagon..., the New York Times has an Op-Ed today entitled " Toyota Still Doesn't Get it " which demonstrates that the New Y...

July 25, 2010: New York Times article Tesla Electric Cars: All Revved Up, But Soooo Far to Go Interesting article on Tesla and the colorful leader, Elon Musk, who's ambitions sometimes have him "mixing fiction with fact to spice up the story" as he tries to shape the narrative on Tesla Mot...

July 25, 2010: New York Times article Reversal by NFL on Helmet Testing Arouses Concerns Which included "Two months after concurring with a congressman that the data was “infected” and declaring that a testing program would be abandoned, the N.F.L.’s committee on head injuries joined the league...

July 25, 2010: New York Times article Drivers on Prescription Drugs: Dangerous but hard to convict Unlike with alcohol or illegal drugs, there is no agreement on what level of prescription drugs in the blood impairs driving. Anti-anxiety drugs can dull senses and slow reaction times. Stimulants can ...

Jul 2010: An article to be published in the August 9, 2010 issue of Forbes magazine print edition by Michael Fumento 93 and Counting: In their Toyota coverage reporters aren’t letting facts get in the way of a good story It begins..."The jig seems to be up on the runaway-Toyota scare. Mounting ...

Another SAE paper on the topic: 2008-01-0156 "Rollover Crash Tests on Dirt: An Examination of Rollover Dynamics" Luepke, Carter, Henry, Germane & Smith ABSTRACT Most rollover literature is statistical in nature, focuses on reconstructed field data and experiences, or utilizes a very br...