Authored Texts & Papers

Our staff has had numerous articles, texts and/or manuals published and used by various organizations at conference proceedings.  They have also served as a subject-matter expert for several media publications, including the National Safety Council’s magazine, Traffic Safety, and the Commercial Carrier Journal’s publication, Trucker News.  Our published materials include:

  1. “Accident Experience:  Are New Entrant Motor Carriers Dangerous?”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Autumn 2000
  2. Accident Investigation Manual; ISBN 1-4018-6939-4;  Delmar-Thompson Publishing Company, New York; 2004
  3. Advanced Motor Fleet Accident Investigation; NATMI Training Manual; 2003; co-author
  4. “Application of the Clear Zone to Traffic Accident Reconstruction”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Spring 1999
  5. “Collision Analysis of Unique Roadways”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Winter 1997
  6. “Determination of Coefficients of Friction During Adverse Wintertime Highway Conditions”; Washington Association of Technical Accident Investigators/Society of Accident Reconstructionists Annual Conference; July 1989;  Seattle, Washington
  7. “Did I Get Everything??? Techniques, Tools and Tips to Improve the Quality of Your Highway Accident Investigations”; National Private Truck Council; April 2002; Austin, Texas
  8. “Effective Techniques to Document Highway Accidents”; Rocky Mountain Regional Safety Rendezvous, July, 2003; Breckenridge, Colorado
  9. “Incident Management Concerns for the Traffic Collision Investigator & Reconstructionist”; 2001 – A Collision Odyssey Conference; October 2001; Concord, California
  10. “Investigation and Reconstruction of Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes”; Rocky Mountain Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction Conference; RMITS/Colorado State University; June 2000; Denver, Colorado
  11. “Investigation of Highway Construction—Work Zone Traffic Accidents”; Society of Accident Reconstructionists/Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists Annual Conference; October 1991; Orlando, Florida
  12. “Investigation of Highway Crashes Involving Commercial Motor Vehicles”; Size Matters for Safe Driving Traffic Safety Task Force; Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado Motor Carrier Association; August 2005; Greeley, Colorado
  13. “Investigative Considerations for Work Zone Traffic Accidents”; Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators; November 1994; Reno, Nevada
  14. Motor Fleet Traffic Accident Investigation; NATMI Training Manual; co-author;  2003
  15. “Qualifications of the Reconstructionist: Differing Points of View”; Society of Automotive Engineers, Publication No.  941053; March 1994; Detroit, Michigan
  16. “Reconstruction of Accidents on Unimproved Roads”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Spring 1996
  17. “Reconstruction of Traffic Accidents Involving Visibility Issues”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Autumn 1999
  18. “Rural Road Safety”; The SOARce, Society of Accident Reconstructionists, Winter 2000
  19. “Techniques Using the Total Station and other Electronic Measuring Instruments”; 2001—A Collision Odyssey Conference; October 2001; Concord, California
  20. “Vehicle Data Resources; Society of Accident Reconstructionists Annual Conference; August 1995; Charlottesville, Virginia
  21. “What’s In Your Accident Investigation Toolbox?”; NATMI- Motor Fleet Monthly; July 2002