TACHOGRAPH DIAGRAM IN THE SERVICE OF ACCIDENT EXPLANATION

FAHRTSCHREIBER-DIAGRAMM IM DIENSTE DER UNFALLAUFKLAERUNG

In accidents involving lorries an accurate evaluation of the tachograph diagram often provides information on the cause. A large tachograph manufacturer makes use annually of more than 3000 opinions put forward by an expert team of assessors. The methods of evaluation are described. A significant part of this is an evaluation with a special microscope having 6 to 80 times magnification which follows the general assessment of the diagram. With overwritten or damaged drawings the reflection procedure is used. The speed - path - time diagram is supplemented by a written expert opinion and a tenfold magnification of the section of the diagram in question. Two sample cases are described. (TRRL)

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  VDI Nachrichten

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  4 Dusseldorf 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Weise, D
• Publication Date: 1980

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 9-12
• Serial:
  • TU-Sicherheit und Zuverlaessigheit in Wirtschaft
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: VDI Nachrichten
  • ISSN: 0376-1185

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Diagrams; Evaluation and assessment; Microscopes; Speed; Speedometers; Tachographs; Time; Trucks; Walkways
• ITRD Terms: 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1236: Lorry; 6790: Microscope; 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 5408: Speed; 1348: Speedometer; 1338: Tachograph; 5414: Time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330274
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM