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| Publications - Friday, August 24, 2007 |
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NEW EVIDENCE MANUAL (2006) Author: R.W. (Bob) Rivers Title: EVIDENCE IN TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION - Identification, Interpretation and Analysis of Evidence, and the Traffic Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Process. 2006. 324 pp, 175 il., 13 tables. Published by Charles C Thomas - Publisher. Website: E-mail: Phone: 1-800-258-8980 or (217) 789-8980
BOOK SUMMARY: 10 chapters that include Introduction to the Investigation and ReconstructionProcess; Human Error and Traffic Crash Investigation and Reconstruction; The Role of Vision, Visibility, and Discernibility in Driver Performance;Pathology and Traffic Crash Reconstruction; The Medical Examiner; Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Traffic Crash Reconstruction; Forensic Photography, Scene Measurements and Plan Drawing; An extensive coverage of Trafficway Evidence; Vehicle Examinations; Basic Physics; Speed Determinations, and Motorcycle Crash Investigations. Completed in both English (US) and SI (metric); Various appendices covering abbreviations, symbols and mathematical conversions, and a comprehensive "Quick Find" index.
Contributors include:
Bernard Abrams, O.D., Al Baxter, Motorcycle Expert, George Bonnett, J.D., Anne Corbin, M.A., J.D., James Ferris, M.D., F.R.C.Path, Martin Kurke, Ph.D., L.L.B., L. Sathyavagiswaran, M.D. LA County Med. Examiner, Michael Sweet, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Expert, Robert Wyman, Photography Expert
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Posted by: R.W. (Bob) Rivers on 6/18/2006 @ 07:23 PM
Amended: 8/24/2007
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| Formulae - Sunday, June 18, 2006 |
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Sunday, June 18, 2006 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS' BOOK OF FORMULAE AND TABLES (2nd ed.) Published by Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 1999. 134 pp. 16 il. 34 tables. Authored by R.W.(Bob) Rivers.
For contents and further information and/or to place an order, click on:
http://members.shaw.ca/mudrivers
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Posted by: bobrivers rivers on 6/18/2006 @ 02:40 PM
Amended: 6/18/2006
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| Pedestrians/Bicycles - Friday, May 19, 2006 |
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In an effort to get some travel times for young children a study was conducted in August of 1985 at a local pre-school. The PDF file shows the results for both Females and Males.
Some explanations -
I tried to get ages to Year and Month, however, in some cases all I was told was "This is the 5 year old class", which meant children between 4-1/2 to 5-1/2 years. In which case a 5 was put into the Year column and a "? +/- 6" was put into the month column.
The "2nd 24 foot" column is looking at the time or speed for the child to cover the second 24 feet in the 48 foot total distance. In other words, what is the time/speed to run across 24 feet without the cceleration time lag.
Walking speed instructions were to walk at a normal speed as if you were crossing a street with a parent. However, these speeds may (probably are) be considered a "Fast Walk" speed, since to kids of these ages it is a game and a race.
All times were obtained with a stop watch.
View Attachment 1: ChildRunTimes2.pdf
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Posted by: Daniel Vomhof III on 5/17/2006 @ 02:27 PM
Amended: 5/19/2006
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| Tires - Sunday, March 5, 2006 |
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For Tire information, Recalls, Defects, Studies see
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/ menuitem.c6b5d461a04337a1ba7d9d1046108a0c/
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Posted by: Timothy Schoolmaster on 3/5/2006 @ 11:25 AM
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| SUV's - Sunday, March 5, 2006 |
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NHTSA Initiatives to Address Vehicle Compatibility (June 2003) Addresses deadly consequences in collisions and rollovers due to LTVs (SUVs, pickups, some vans) bumper and height imcompatibilites with other road users
View Attachment 1: NHTSA pdf
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Posted by: Timothy Schoolmaster on 3/5/2006 @ 11:18 AM
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| SUV's - Sunday, March 5, 2006 |
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HIGH AND MIGHTY (The dangerous rise of the SUV) by Keith Bradsher c.2003 published by Public Affairs Books (www.publicaffairsbooks.com) ISBN 1-58648-203-3 $14 in paperback In what is likely the most comprehensive look at the historical, economic, sociological,psychological, and engineering aspects of this class of vehicle ever written, author Bradsher leaves virtually no stone unturned, citing numerous inside industry and government sources. Assisted originally by benign government regulatory neglect, and eventually by out-and-out protectionism, US automakers skillfully (and profitably) were able to conceive and supply a relatively non-existant transportation need while ignoring numerous safety, engineering, and air quality issues, causing the needless deaths of thousands of motorists in the US and abroad. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating purchasing an SUV, and is highly recommended for those in the accident reconstruction and investigation fields.
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Posted by: Timothy Schoolmaster on 3/5/2006 @ 11:04 AM
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| Lamps - Friday, January 20, 2006 |
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A metallurgist friend of mine reviewed the NUTI lamp manual and found it contained a number of items with which he took issue. He wrote a critique, I put it online on my website. Best read with the NUTI text in hand.... http://mfes.com/lamps.htm
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Posted by: wade bartlett on 1/20/2006 @ 07:58 AM
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| Automobiles - Friday, January 20, 2006 |
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As a follow up to the note about VINs running out, a discussion of how to decode a 17-character VIN can be found at http://mfes.com/vin.html with links to further online references.
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Posted by: wade bartlett on 1/20/2006 @ 07:55 AM
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| Trains - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
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MASS TRANSIT RAIL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RAILROAD ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR'S HANDBOOK TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INSTITUTE AND THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER 222 pages in pdf (13meg download)
SPONSORED BY FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF SAFETY
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION February 1993 (supplied by Al Baxter 01/06)
INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES INVESTIGATION OF TRACK DEFECT INVESTIGATION OF TRAIN COLLISIONS INVESTIGATIVE FORMS
View Attachment 1: Mass Transit Accident Investigation Manual
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 1/6/2006 @ 09:40 AM
Amended: 1/11/2006
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| Publications - Sunday, December 4, 2005 |
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Tuesday, December 10, 2002 BOOKS CONTAINING INFORMATION ON ROTATIONAL MECHANICS
Books containing information on rotational mechanics include the following publications. If you're interested, more information on ordering these can be found at
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF APPLIED PHYSICS FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS (Vol.1) By John Daily and Nate Shigemura, pp. 293 - 311. Published by IPTM, 1997.
2. ROLLOVER CRASHES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND HEAVY TRUCKS, By Joseph N. Cofone. References throughout the manual. Published by IPTM, 2002
3. TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION (Vol.2), Topic 6. Chief Author Lynn B. Fricke. Published by Northwestern University (NUCPS), 1990.
4. THE MECHANICS OF VEHICLE COLLISIONS by Haim Reizes. Published by Charles C Thomas, 1973.
5. FORENSIC ENGINEERING RECONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS by John Fiske Brown and Kenneth S. Obenski. Published by Charles C Thomas, 1990.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/mudrivers/_
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Posted by: bobrivers rivers on 12/4/2005 @ 01:04 PM
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| Formulae - Tuesday, March 8, 2005 |
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I was originally looking for any information snowmobiles and snowmobile collisions. Alas, there is no such "Topic." So, if anyone here has any pertinent information I could use, I would appreciate it. I am investigating a 2 snowmobile offset head-on crash involving a blind rise. Please give me some input. Thanks
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Posted by: Robert Miller on 3/8/2005 @ 02:17 PM
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| Video Clips - Sunday, January 23, 2005 |
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This video clip supplied by Jim Mitchell, Canada, author of "The International Guidebook For Traffic Accident Reconstruction.
View Attachment 1: Why Can't We All Just Get Along Video, Malcolm
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 1/23/2005 @ 04:05 PM
Amended: 1/23/2005
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| Acceleration - Saturday, January 8, 2005 |
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http://mfes.com/accel.html Here's a webpage with a discussion of vehicle acceleration. It's not as constant as you might think, so knowing the distance over which the acceleration occurred can be important.
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Posted by: wade bartlett on 1/8/2005 @ 09:57 PM
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| Photography - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
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From The CNET.com The Net Electronic evidence anchors porn case Last modified: August 29, 2002, 1:14 PM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Adobe Photoshop Usage A Rochester, N.Y., federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Xerox engineer accused of trafficking in child pornography to nearly four years in prison.
The government's prosecution of Larry Benedict, 45, is unusual because all the evidence in the case is electronic, and all of the evidence appears to have been allegedly tampered with or otherwise altered after it was in government custody.
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 8/18/2004 @ 12:00 PM
Amended: 8/18/2004
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| Photography - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
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Conn. Supremes Set Standards for Computer Evidence Ray B. Burton III The Connecticut Law Tribune 05-13-2004
Use of Adobe Photoshop In a ruling expected to be to computer technology what State v. Porter is to scientific evidence, the Connecticut Supreme Court last week decided what foundation is needed for computer-generated evidence to be presented at trial. As with Porter, the May 3 decision in State v. Alfred Swinton, which upheld Swinton's murder conviction, is expected to extend far beyond the case that spawned it.
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 8/18/2004 @ 11:55 AM
Amended: 8/18/2004
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| Video Clips - Thursday, July 8, 2004 |
Dayton Police release dramatic video that shows an SUV landing on top of a pedestrian after a crash.
Attached is the complete news report in pdf.
There are cameras at the intersection to catch red light runners. They show the victim walking in the cross walk when a car and an SUV crashed. The SUV then rolled over onto the pedestrian. Police say it all started when the driver of a PT Cruiser ran a red light and slammed into the SUV.
View Attachment 1: WDTN-TV Report, PT Cruser, pedestrian hit
View Attachment 2: Video Clip, mpeg PT Cruser, pedestrian hit, Dayton, Ohio
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 7/8/2004 @ 03:21 PM
Amended: 7/8/2004
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| Automobiles - Monday, July 5, 2004 |
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Too many cars, too few digits U.S. will run out of vehicle ID numbers. Solution? Recycle or buy from Botswana
By Eric Mayne / The Detroit News
The auto industry’s number is almost up.
The 17-digit codes that identify the origin, make, model and attributes of cars, trucks, buses — even trailers — worldwide will be exhausted by the end of the decade.
And like an odometer that returns to zero and starts over again, a Vehicle Identification Number — or VIN — could be duplicated.
Experts say duplicated VINs would cause havoc for repair shops, state license offices, insurance agencies, law enforcement and other groups that use VINs to process warranty claims, investigate accident claims and recover stolen vehicles.
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 7/2/2004 @ 05:44 PM
Amended: 7/5/2004
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| Traffic Safety - Thursday, July 8, 2004 |
The Future Is Here- In Road Traffic Illumination, Cameras and Weather Sensors 
"In-road" cameras work as a radar detector. The illuminator sensors are powered from automobiles headlamps.
View Attachment 1: Technology Page 1
View Attachment 2: Technology Pages 2 and 3
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 5/17/2004 @ 10:04 PM
Amended: 7/8/2004
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| Training/Training Institutions - Thursday, July 8, 2004 |
 18th Annual Accident Reconstruction Confererence,
September 8-10, 2004 in Peoria, Illinois
2004 Topic is Roll-overs and will be the subject of our crash tests. Easy on-line registration by using PayPal. Make your payment out to webmaster@iatai.org.
Members $200.00 if paid before August 5 (230.00 after)
Non-members 265.00 if paid before August 15 (295.00 after)
Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators IATAI membership is $45.00 annually and currently has about 200 members. PDF Membership applications can be downloaded from www.tarweblog.com or www.arcnetwork.com
Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators Serving Illinois, the Midwest and Beyond...
View Attachment 1:
View Attachment 2: 2004 Membership Application
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Posted by: Stephan Neese on 1/22/2004 @ 07:04 AM
Amended: 7/8/2004
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