McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

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...

March 24, 2013: NY Times: Big Data is Opening Doors, but Maybe Too Many Since the dawn of the digital age, 1960's mainframe computers, people have feared that new complicated data banks would be put into service of big government and big business to pry and spy on all of us. The internet and the lea...

March 24, 2013: Interesting take by Brian McFadden on the D+ ASCE Report Card on America's Infrastructure in the Sunday Review section of the March 24, 2013 New York Times.

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From the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Mobile Device Use While Driving — United States and Seven European Countries, 2011 which begins: Road traffic crashes are a global public health problem, contributing to an estimated 1.3 million deaths annually. Known risk factors for road traffic crashes an...

March 19., 2013: NY Times: For the first time since they have been conducting their study, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has the grade on America's roads, bridges, water systems and energy networks improving to a D+!! The ASCE report cites improvements in six areas: bridges, rail, w...

March 18, 2013: In another forum, INCR , a topic was raised about the press and problems with proper and accurate coverage of safety issues. It reminded me of the Toyota sudden acceleration witch hunt. As a part of our coverage of that fiasco on this forum we also included links to other infamous pr...