5/14/2009· Accident Investigation & Reconstruction
By: Shawn Gyorke
While the information recorded on event data recorders (EDRs), commonly referred to as vehicle black boxes, is tremendously helpful in determining how a traffic accident occurred and in improving safety, it was not until recently that EDR data was legally challenged in Illinois and ultimately accepted
5/14/2009· Automotive - Vehicular
Deciphering the NHTSA Event Data Recorder Ruling
By: Shawn Gyorke
Vehicle Event Data Recorders (EDRs), commonly referred to as Black Boxes, are part of a vehicle’s airbag control module or powertrain control module. EDRs can be configured to record a variety of data when a vehicle is involved in a crash event. The data sets range from pre-impact speed and brake use, to airbag and restraint system
2/16/2009· Automotive - Vehicular
By: Dorman Wood
Whether you are a credit professional involved in the U.S. automotive industry or not, you have probably been following the almost daily media reports on the industry
11/30/2005· Expert Witnessing
Optimizing Your Use Of Motor Vehicle Experts
Participation of the proper automotive expert in a personal injury lawsuit can govern its success. This article develops four basic principles to optimize their use, while minimizing their cost, and describes some important techniques used by the accident reconstructionist
11/3/2004· Automotive - Vehicular
By: Ned Einstein
Since driving a 20- or 25-ton motorcoach is touted as so being difficult, it is only fair to ask why so much carnage, and so many law suits, occur apart from collisions. In particular, the number of incidents occurring at or near stops seems largely disproportionate to the perceived simplicity of handling things when the bus or coach is stationary
2/1/2003· Automotive - Vehicular
Developing An Effective Maintenance Program
Have you ever stopped to consider that maintenance is war? Your enemies are breakdown and deterioration; your soldiers are the maintenance supervisors and technicians; and the people you are protecting are the workers and customers of your organization
by Donald Sanders, DVM, DACT, PAS
by Dave Gerr, CEng, FRINA
by Weston Anson
