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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the
May 2003 issue of the Accident Reconstruction Newsletter. This past
month we have been working hard ironing out all the logistics for
the upcoming ARC-CSI Crash Conference. In addition to keeping the
ARC Network up to date with the latest research information, we
have also just about finished the programming for the Sisters &
Clones database online. This database used the "Vehicle Model
Interchange List" to find vehicles that are nearly identicle.
For more information on this please read the "Sisters
& Clones Database" article in this newsletter.
In the last
month the ARC Network added over 30 new members to our organization
and is currently working on the CATAIR Ontario Region web site.
We are also on track to receive a record One Million hits
to the web site this month (May 2003)! Other projects were are working
on are the updated "Crush Stiffness Database" and the
"Online Accident Reconstruction Calculations". We hope
to have all the new programs and databases in full operation by
the end of this year (or sooner!).
There is only
about three weeks to go before the ARC-CSI Crash Conference in Las
Vegas, NV. We were not sure how the attendance would be for this
conference based on the sluggish economy and the war in Iraq. However,
we are very pleased to already have a great turnout. To date we
have 100 attendees registered and 10 vendors. This is really going
to be a great conference. The speakers presenting this year will
be:
- Tom Szabo:
Low Speed Collisions, Analysis & Biomechanics
- Jud Welcher:
Collision Trauma Biomechanics
- Gary Cooper:
Airborne Events, Analysis & Modeling
- Tim Reust:
Commercial Vehicles: Event Data Recorders
- Rusty
Haight/Brad Muir: Field Data Review and Data Distribution
In addition
to the speaker presentations, you may also attend the special break-out
sessions. These include:
- NHTSA
Crash Data, Problems in Obtaining & Using
- Daniel Vomhof III
- Crush
- Rudy Degger
- From the
Scene to the Courtroom, Creating Your Scene Diagram - Ron
Sanders/Kevin Andrews
- Eyewitness
Observation - comments from Charles Plemons, Jr.
Also
included in this conference:
- New Version
CDR System
- GM and Ford
- Human
Data v. Hybrid III Dummy Data - Continued research from last
years crash conference
- Live Crash
Testing - to include:
- Low Speed
crash tests
- High
Speed crash test
- Vehicle
Jumps (airborne)
- Live
ECM downloads from commercial vehicle
- Commercial
vehicle acceleration/braking tests
Although the
early registration period has ended, you may still sign up for this
conference. Hotel space is very limited! Use the following links
to register or learn more about the conference.
Registration
Form
ARC-CSI
2003 Web Site
The ARC Network
is able to operate and provide all its information through membership,
sponsorship and advertising. Please
help support the ARC Network by becoming a member. The ARC Network
is the only organization that offers a combination of Expert Witness
Directory listing, organization benefits, and online tools to assist
with daily case requirements. We offer all of this at a fraction
of the price of other directories and organizations. Our membership
roster is currently over 300 individual experts, 12 organizational
memberships, over 45 police departments and the top educational
institutions. Top that with close to one million hits to our web
site each month and you have the ARC Network - the number one organization
for accident reconstruction and traffic investigation
Thank you again
for supporting the ARC Network. Please use the navigation menu to
the left for the rest of the newsletter....
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