Reconstruction of Pedestrian or Bicyclist Involved Collisions
This course is a one week (40 hour) course designed to expose the student to a variety of methods for investigating and analyzing collisions between motor vehicles and pedestrians or bicyclists. This course includes 24 hours of classroom lecture, homework assignments, and a final exam. Arguably one of the most valuable aspect of this course is the live crash testing conducted during the course which offers the student the opportunity to apply the classroom theory to practical, hands-on crash situations in a controlled setting.
Major course topics include:
- Recognize the origin of basic equations developed to analyze impact speed in pedestrian or bicycle involved collisions.
- Develop and understanding of and ability to analyze the motion of a pedestrian or cyclist body around its center of mass during or as a result of a collision.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and document evidence from the scene, body and vehicle(s) in a pedestrian or bicyclist involved collision.
- Understand the collision sequence and body motion during steps in that sequence in a pedestrian or bicyclist involved collision.
- Describe bicycle motion based on characteristics of the bike and its rider.
- Apply pedestrian walking speed studies to describe pre-impact motion of pedestrians and its effect on the collision induced motion.
- Recognize and understand the origin of equations or math models used to analyze pedestrian and bicyclist motion as a result of a collision and demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of math models developed to describe pedestrian and bicyclist motion as a result of a collision.
Tuition: $650 (USD)
Featured Instructor: Jerry J. Eubanks
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