Who Was the Driver?

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Case Synopsis: Four buddies went out drinking one night. While on their way home from the bar their vehicle departed the roadway to the right, as it was negotiating a…

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When Collision Reconstruction Gets Personal

James R. Schmidt, Jr., BSME, Senior Collision Reconstruction Engineer Recently, I was involved in a non-deployment crash while returning home from my parents’ house. Two-lane rural roadway. Nighttime, dry, clear…

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Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement in Pennsylvania

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Timothy P. Reilly, P.E., Collision Reconstruction / Civil Engineer Pennsylvania officials have recently announced a new Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement pilot program and the vehicle-mounted camera and radar devices…

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Dukes of Hazzard Jump… In A Minivan

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Robert T. Lynch, PE, Sr. Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: A stake body pickup truck, towing a landscape trailer, was parked on the right shoulder of a two-lane roadway on a…

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“Ride on Red” Law in Pennsylvania

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Robert T. Lynch, PE, Senior Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: For over a year now, a new law in Pennsylvania has allowed for any vehicle (i.e., car, bicycle, motorcycle, even a…

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California to Allow Testing of True “Driverless Cars” on Public Streets by Summer 2018

Robert T. Lynch, PE, Sr. Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: Currently, regulation of autonomous vehicle (AV) testing and operation on public roadways in California, and most other states, requires a “safety…

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“My Maserati does one-eighty-five…”

Robert T. Lynch, PE, Sr. Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: We’ve all experienced it – you’re driving on the highway minding your own business, when a vehicle surprises you as it…

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What Direction Was the Vehicle Traveling – An Analysis of an Intersectional Collision

Steven M. Schorr, PE, President, DJS Associates, Lead Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: A collision occurred, at a stop controlled intersection, between the front of a motorcycle and the driver (left)…

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Watch Where You Stand

Off-Tracking of Right Turning Tractor-Trailer

Steven M. Schorr, P.E., President of DJS Associates :::: A tractor-trailer operator was executing a right-hand turn at a four-way intersection in a major city. As he was completing his…

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