NCJ Number
32028
Date Published
1976
Length
128 pages
Annotation
TRAINING MANUAL, REFERENCE GUIDE, AND CHECKLIST ON THE RECOGNITION, SIGNIFICANCE, PRESERVATION, AND UTILIZATION OR THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PRODUCED BY A COLLISION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, OBJECT, OR PERSON.
Abstract
COVERED IS HOW POLICE OFFICERS, ATTORNEYS, ADJUSTORS, LEGAL INVESTIGATORS, FLEET MANAGERS, AND SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERS CAN INTERPRET THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LEFT BY A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INTO ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE FOR ESTABLISHING AND FIXING LIABILITY. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED: NUMERICAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, GENERAL EQUIPMENT FOR ACCIDENT SCENE INSPECTION, EVIDENTIARY PHOTOGRAPHY, MEASUREMENTS, DIAGRAMMING AND DIAGRAM EQUIPMENT, VEHICLE EXAMINATION, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE, STOPPING DISTANCES, MOMENTUM, DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR, TAKING STATEMENTS, AND DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF THE INVESTIGATION. A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY, A GLOSSARY OF RELATED TERMS, AND AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX ARE INCLUDED. THIS MANUAL, WHICH CONTAINS NUMEROUS TABLES, CHARTS, LINE DRAWINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXAMPLES, IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE PERSONS HAVING LITTLE BACKGROUND IN ENGINEERING OR PHYSICS.