Re: Re[2]: NOW Skidding

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 16:29:23 EDT


Yeah, that would make a lot of sense.

Thanks, Mike!

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:01:40 -0500 Michael Clark <mike@mikesdakota.com>
writes:
> Richard I've heard my police buddy who is an AI for the department
> talk about drag coefficients and crush factors. I assume they
> determine inpact speed from how badly the vehicle is "crumpled" and
> add that in whith what they find for the skidmarks. So if you
> never
> hit your brakes the crush factor would indicate a high rate of
> impact
> speed. Say you leave 50 yards of skid marks and the crush factor
> looks to be around 30mph.... just figure out the speed for 50yards
> of
> skids and tack on the 30mph impact.
>
> That's my GUESS anyway.
>
>
> --Mike
> www.mikesdakota.com
>
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