Sunny Delight? Grades Do Matter When Driving
Previously, I was picking up a morning coffee, when I “ran into” a bit of a sun glare situation. More recently, I was doing a little pre-work, holiday shopping and…
Sun Glare and the Circle Game … 180 Degrees Makes All the Difference!
Speed from video, tractor-trailer off-tracking, and sun glare are topics I enjoy writing about the most. Sun glare is the topic of choice this time around. Recently, I picked up…
Always, Always, Always… Start with the Physical Evidence
As collision reconstruction engineers, we are charged with the task of applying the laws of physics to the physical evidence that remains following a collision to determine, if possible, how…
Bus v. Motorcycle Collision: Synchronized Video Demonstrative
When a surveillance camera captured an incident involving a school bus and motorcycle, the forensic science of videogrammetry and three-dimensional accident reconstruction helped determine the speeds of the vehicles and…
Speed from Video
With the growing prevalence of dashcam and surveillance cameras, the cases we get with video of the collision have increased dramatically. In just about all of these cases, we are…
Paying Attention: Will an Alert Driver Avoid a Crash?
Robert T. Lynch, PE, Senior Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: Possibly... but not necessarily. I recently visited the Miami, Florida area on vacation and encountered several of these signs on the…
Collision Reconstruction – A Desktop Analysis Approach
Robert T. Lynch, PE, Senior Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: Some cases don’t reach our desk until months or even years after the incident and the physical evidence that is created…
Sunglare … Where?
James R. Schmidt, Jr., BSME, Sr. Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: This is one of the times of year where motorists are regularly encountering sun glare. The sun is low in…
Watch For Motorcycles… And Riders Watch The Road
Robert T. Lynch, PE, Sr. Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: This spring we have experienced some unseasonably warm weather, already breaking 80 degrees a couple days during the month of April…
