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ARC Network Member offer: Drive3 by jeff muttart

The ARC Network is pleased to announce a new member benefit
FREE copy of Jeff Muttart's DRIVE³ software from REC-TEC

All current members of the ARC Network can now download a FREE copy of Jeff Muttart's DRIVE³ from REC-TEC software (a $250 value) from the member's only section of the ARC Network. If you are currently not a member of the ARC Network, simply go to the Membership Section of the ARC Network and sign up online. Memberships start at just $69 per year! Once you have your ARC Network membership, just log in to the ARC Network Member's Only section and follow the instructions for downloading your free copy.

Please Note: This is a limited time offer and the licensed copy of DRIVE³ will expire in July 2008.

About Drive³

Driver Response in Various Environments Empirically Estimated by Jeff Muttart

This program is the results of 10 years of research and is based upon the response times of drivers in research and in real traffic situations. At the present time over 145 studies and 206 real traffic responses that have been recorded have been utilized to develop a series of equations that predict driver response times. The equations have been compared to the response times of real world drivers and have estimated the actual response times within ½ second 75% of the time and within ¾ second 90% of the time.

Since the equations were derived from the studies, it would then make sense that driver response could also be estimated by using a research study as a baseline. Therefore, DRIVE3 estimates driver response times using a baseline (study) and adjusting it to correspond to the scenario being investigated. In this way, DRIVE3 will offer the user a cross check of the estimated response time. The program also calculates time and distance relationships of the vehicle while accounting for issues such as time for a exiting driver to glance, start up latency and threshold at which drivers are able to detect relative velocity. The estimations calculated by DRIVE3 are included in the time and distance solutions.

As with any scientific method, there are limitations to this program in that there needs to be much more research done and the user must use the tool properly. However, at the present time, this program offers the only two methods of driver response estimation that are empirically tested to be able to reasonably estimate response time of real drivers.

The research upon which this program is based has been peer reviewed by the University of Hartford psychology and engineering departments and the Society of Automotive Engineers before being published. Jeff Muttart has received the Wallace Award for excellence in research and the Graduate Research Award at the University of Hartford for his research in this regard. This program is being used by over 300 traffic accident reconstructionists, police officers, and forensic engineers in 7 different countries.

System Requirements

• Windows 98, 2000, NT, ME or XP
• 800x600 required minimum display resolution
• Set Windows Taskbar to Auto Hide if 800x600 (Right click on Windows Taskbar - Select Properties)
• High Color (16 bit) or better recommended

Special thanks to Jeff Muttart and REC-TEC

The ARC Network would like to thank Jeff Muttart and REC-TEC for allowing us to offer DRIVE³ to our valued members. Please visit REC TEC's web site for additional information and software products. http://www.rec-tec.com

Please contact the ARC Network if you have any questions about this special offer.
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