Brake Design and Safety - Third Edition

Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction and Cause Analysis: Sixth Edition

To prove the cause of traffic accidents, you need more than the opinions of witnesses. You need hard facts. This one-volume resource gives you the fundamentals you need to introduce the laws of nature successfully in a court of law. It shows you how scientific principles apply to specific motor vehicle components, road conditions, and accident circumstances.

Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction and Cause Analysis offers straightforward explanations of technical concepts involved in:


Mechanics of motor vehicle components
Collision speed calculations
Motion analysis and speed calculations
Driver view field analysis
Vehicle braking analysis
Tire force analysis
Accident scene data
Test and injury data

Features diagrams, photographs, examples from actual cases, and research data that simplify engineering principles. Useful for attorneys, investigating officers, traffic safety engineers, and claims adjusters.

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