From Crash to Courtroom Supplement Volume 2: Reconstruction Testimony

John B. Kwasnoski Supplement Volume 2: Reconstruction Testimony (153 pages on CD) Supplement Volume 1: Case Studies (174 pages on CD) Regular price $50 Special internet price $40 (US) Main Text: $125 (US) Standard Order Form

Supplement Volume 2: Reconstruction Testimony (153 pages)

Predicate question strings, with author's commentary, for presenting evidence and reconstruction calculations, EDR downloads, Total Station mappings, etc.

• Table of contents from the supplement:
  • Who will they believe? Building credibility
  • The language of collision reconstruction
  • Skid mark evidence
  • Drag factor measurement with a drag sled
  • Drag factor measurement with an accelerometer
  • Minimum speed from skid marks calculation
  • Failure to stop before entering intersection
  • What if at a lower speed?
  • What if at a lower speed?
  • Night time visibility test
  • Headlight examination for ON/OFF at impact
  • Speed estimate from rear wheel skid on motorcycle
  • Yaw evidence
  • Speed Estimate from yaw mark
  • Scale drawing from Total Work Station
  • EDR evidence
  • Attacking the reconstruction
  • Computer assisted testimony
  • Derivation of equations
  • Drag factor for a rotating vehicle
  • Analyzing the head-on collision
  • Human factors assumptions
  • Highlighting assumptions
  • Validation studies
  • Comparison of methods for measuring drag factor
  • Accelerometer – tool of the devil?
  • Less math is the best math
  • Case review checklist for attorneys
  • Building credibility
  • Additional question strings from other sources
  • Additional case studies

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