Traffic Accident Investigators' and Reconstructionists' Field Measurements and Scale Diagrams Manual [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivers, R.W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic accident investigation.

Traffic accidents--Mathematical models.

Traffic accidents--Tables.

Local Subjects:

Traffic accident investigation.

Traffic accidents--Mathematical models.

Traffic accidents--Tables.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new second edition has been prepared to meet the everyday field requirements of traffic accident investigators and reconstructionists who have a responsibility to obtain and document measurements at traffic crash scenes as well as those who have the responsibility to prepare follow-up plans or scale drawings from such measurements. The manual explains in detail the various types of situations requiring measurements that can be encountered during the on-scene investigation. These are followed by a large variety of examples of how to take measurements and document them in an easily understo

Contents:

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS' AND RECONSTRUCTIONISTS' FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND SCALE DIAGRAMS MANUAL; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND SCALE DIAGRAMS; Chapter 2 THE ACCIDENT; Chapter 3 MEASURING AND RECORDING METHODS; Chapter 4 ANGLES; Chapter 5 CIRCLES AND CURVES; Chapter 6 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEASUREMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-08357-6

OCLC:

689997458