What Could the Truck Operator See? The 3D Evaluation of Surveillance Videos
Steven M. Schorr, PE, President of DJS Associates, and Laurence Penn, 3D Animations/Technical Assistant :::: A collision occurred when a northbound pedestrian was crossing a city street and…
New Technology in Forensic Engineering Keeps “Flying” Ahead
Steven M. Schorr, PE, President of DJS Associates and Lead Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: Look up in the sky, it seems like you see them everywhere... Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s),…
Motorcycle Collision: “I Didn’t See the Stop Sign!”
Steven M. Schorr, PE, President of DJS Associates :::: Synopsis: A motorcycle was traveling southbound on a two-lane, two-direction roadway approaching a T-type intersection with a four-lane roadway. The motorcycle…
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)…
Who Was the Driver?
Steven M. Schorr, PE, President of DJS Associates, Inc., Lead Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: It is a dark, stormy night... a vehicle attempts to travel around a left curve but…
LIDAR: Just What Is It?
Steven M. Schorr, PE, Collision Reconstruction Engineer :::: Did You Know that... LIDAR stands for Light Detection And Ranging. It is defined as "A remote sensing method that uses light…
Watch Where You Stand
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…
Video Reveals What Really Happened with Tractor-Trailer / Pedestrian Accident
Steven M. Schorr, P.E., President of DJS Associates :::: Increasingly, the data available to review as part of a collision reconstruction includes video, sometimes obtained from nearby surveillance cameras, and…
Provide the Data – Even if YOU Don’t Think it is Important
Steven M. Schorr, President of DJS Associates :::: The case involved a passenger vehicle which moved off a two-lane, one-way, limited access roadway to the left into the center grass…
