TY - BOOK AU - Limpert,Rudolf TI - Motor vehicle accident reconstruction and cause analysis SN - 9780769858111 (print) AV - HV 8079 .55 .L55 2012 PY - 2012///- CY - New Providence, NJ, San Francisco, CA PB - LexisNexis KW - Traffic accident investigation KW - Local KW - Motor vehicles KW - Design and construction KW - Liability for traffic accidents KW - Traffic accidents N1 - Description based on: Rel. 1-12/2012; title from title page; Versión impresa disponible hasta 2013; Includes bibliographical references and index; Traffic accident components and case formulation -- Critical accident causation factors -- Objectives of accident reconstruction -- Accident reconstruction methodology -- Basic accident reconstruction qualifications -- The chassis -- Frame and body -- The suspension system -- Tire and rim -- The steering system -- The braking system -- The engine -- The clutch -- The transmission -- The drive shaft -- The final drive -- The differential -- The electrical system -- Vehicle defects -- Fundamentals of motion analysis -- Fundamentals of force and energy analysis -- The tire force -- Maximum speed, slope, and acceleration analysis -- Vehicle braking analysis -- Vehicle vibrations -- Vehicle directional control -- Vehicle rollover analysis -- Driver response in accidents -- Driver view field analysis -- Braking to avoid collision -- Steering to avoid collision -- Passing maneuver -- Collision speed analysis -- Crash and injury data -- Car-pedestrian accidents -- Motorcycle accidents -- Accident scene data UR - http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/Login.aspx ER -