Upon further review...
Most state police have a "Skid Truck" that they use to dermine the drag
factor of the specific road at that time. In conjuction with the
"crumple-ness" (is that a word?) of the car/truck they take the values and
put em in a puter and it spits out a formula. There are week long courses
on just skid pad data that people can take, and there are even a few people
that figure out this stuff as there job. Look as skid marks and accidnets
all day and detrmine whoi was at fault.
Thats all the info I have on teh subject, Dad's too as he hasnt taken a
course on it in quite a while. Hope it all helped.
-Dakota
>
>Thanks Dakota.
>In my accident there weren't any skid marks because i didn't have a chance
>to hit the brakes before the guy hit me. That would have actually helped
>me
>in my case because the 2 witnesses, (one had been drinking, the other was
>high, VERY reliable testimony) anyway, they had said i was going faster
>than
>i actually was, so skid marks would have helped prove the truth.
>But, so would have a non-biased cop at the accident scene.
>
>I completely get what you are saying about skidding, and actually floating
>on the burning rubber. I've been mislead by all the reviews i've seen
>about
>anti-lock and non anti-lock brake demonstrations, mostly on TV. They
>always
>show the 2 vehicles braking at pretty much the same distance. Then they
>try
>and get them to brake hard and navigate around a set of cones. I'm sure
>everyone has seen this type of demonstration, the anti-lock car totally
>misses the curve yadda yadda...
>
>
>The Adam Blaster
>
>
>
>>
>>As a safety engineer, along with my dad, we have looked at many MVA's
>>(Motor
>>Vehicle Accidents) in the past and I would guess 95% of them all have one
>>thing in common. And that is they leave tire (skid) marks from the
>>accident. Those that can control there brakeing and stay in control
>>without
>>skidding will be MUCH LESS likely to be involved in a crash. The
>>coeficient
>>of friction for tires is approx .95, and once they start to skid (which if
>>you look at it in slow motion...the tires are skidding on the burning
>>rubber) the coeficient of friction drops down to the area of water (ever
>>hydroplaned in your DAK?...same idea as skidding on rubber)
>>Well there. A little in depth stuff for any of you interetsted. BTW - if
>>you are ever in a car wreck and leave skid marks and there is a question
>>about your speed...through the use of the coefficent of friction the
>>police
>>(or myself as an investigator) can tell if you were speeding or not.
>>Pretty
>>neat stuff huh?!
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