Evidence in Traffic Crash Investigation and Reconstruction

Number of page: 295
Author: Robert W. Rivers
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398076448
Rating:
Category: Law

EVIDENCE IN TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION begins
with a detailed description of the entire investigation process. The
material then graduates into the various phases and levels of
investigations, showing the levels of training and education normally
associated with the levels of investigations and consequently the duties
and responsibilities of the investigator and reconstructionist. Using
narrative, schematics, and photographs, the mechanical inspection
process is described in detail by identifying various vehicle parts,
explanations of their functions, and methods of identifying failures.
Human-related factors in traffic crash investigations are discussed at
length, including the traffic crash viewed as a systems failure. Looming
vulnerability, a recently developed theoretical construct that helps to
describe and understand social, cognitive, organizational, and
psychological mechanism, is described. Discussed also is the role of
vision in driver performance; perception as a four-way process;
perceptions and reactions; driver's reaction to stress; and the roles of
pathologists, medical examiners, and coroners in traffic crash
reconstruction. Who is an expert and expert evidence are described in
detail. Errors that can occur in the investigation process and the
tolerances that should be considered or allowed are explained. The
manual also discusses the importance of calling upon the skills and
advice of occupational specialists, such as reconstructionists, lawyers,
traffic engineers, pathologists, medical examiners and others, to
assist in the investigation and reconstruction of a crash that will
ensure that the objectives of a thorough and complete investigation will
be satisfied. Considerable effort has been made in the manual to
explain how to identify, interpret and analyze all forms of highway
marks and damages that can be used in the reconstruction of a
vehicle-related crash. As a guide for investigators, prosecutors and
defense attorneys, checkboxes are provided with many of the major topics
that can be used as prompters in evaluating the thoroughness of an
investigation or for those areas that might or might not need additional
coverage at trial or litigation proceedings. To meet international
requirements, mathematical references are described in both English
(U.S.) and SI (metric) measurement systems, accompanied by various
appendices covering symbols and mathematical conversions. Finally, there
is a comprehensive quick-find index that takes the reader directly to
any topic, formulae, or subject matter - or any combination of these.

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