the virginia multidisciplinary crash investigation … · training center within the (wilder)...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
THE VIRGINIA
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CRASH INVESTIGATION
TEAM (VMCIT)
DR. MEREDITH ROMITO
SENIOR TROOPER WALT REEL
![Page 2: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
WHO STARTED THE TEAM?
• Virginia Crash
Investigation Team
formed in 1971 by the
(then) Highway Safety
Division.
![Page 3: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
UNIVERSITY
• 1995, the VCIT
became a part of the
Transportation Safety
Training Center within
the (Wilder) School
for Public Policy at
Virginia
Commonwealth
University.
![Page 4: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
2006
• The Virginia Crash
Investigation Team in
2006
![Page 5: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
WHAT DID THE TEAM DO?
• TRAININGS
• LECTURES
• PRESENTATIONS
![Page 6: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
MULTIDISCIPLINARY????
• MULTIPLE
DISCIPLINES
COMING
TOGETHER
![Page 7: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
VMCIT IS BACK!!!!
![Page 8: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
WHAT DOES MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CONSIST OF?
ISOLATE IDENTIFY UNDERSTAND
![Page 9: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
WHO MAKES UP THE TEAM?
• PSYCHOLOGIST
• VIRGINIA STATE TROOPER
• HIGHWAY ENGINEER
![Page 10: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
THE PSYCHOLOGIST
• STUDIES HUMAN FACTORS-
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
• INTERVIEWS
• PREPARES REPORTS
![Page 11: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
WHAT ARE HUMAN FACTORS?
• HUMAN FACTORS
(ERGONOMICS); IS THE
COMBINATION OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PHYSIOLOGICAL
FACTORS
• EXAMINE “FIT”
BETWEEN HUMAN AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
![Page 12: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN
FACTORS …..
*REDUCE HUMAN ERROR
*INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY
*ENHANCE SAFETY AND COMFORT
*OPTIMIZE HUMAN WELL-BEING
*IMPROVE OVERALL PERFORMANCE
*UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS AMONG HUMANS
AND ELEMENTS OF A SYSTEM
![Page 13: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
THE PSYCHOLOGIST’S DUTIES
• TRAVEL THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA TO CRASH SITES
• EXAMINE CRASH SITES
• ADDRESS OCCUPANT KINEMATICS
• CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY AND
WITNESSES
• WRITE REPORTS AND CREATE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION
• TRAINING DEVELOPMENT/LECTURES
• KEEP CURRENT IN RESEARCH
![Page 14: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
THE VIRGINIA STATE TROOPER
• GATHERS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT
CRASH SITES
• RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING
• INSPECTS DEFICIENCIES
• DETERMINE VIOLATION OF THE LAW
![Page 15: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
THE TROOPER’S DUTIES
• TRAVEL THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA TO CRASH SITES
• COLLECT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
• RECONSTRUCT THE CRASH
• DETERMINE VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW
• ASSIST WITH INTERVIEWS
• LIASON BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
• TRAINING/LECTURES
• WRITE REPORTS
![Page 16: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
THE HIGHWAY ENGINEER
![Page 17: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
THE HIGHWAY ENGINEER’S DUTIES
• Knowledge of traffic engineering
• Highway design, construction and
maintenance
• Helps determine crash factors
• Analyze traffic patterns
• Lecture and train
• Write reports
![Page 18: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
HOW DOES THE TEAM PICK A
CRASH?
• Not random
• Any number of variables
– Alcohol
– Age
– Safety belt usage
– Mechanical or highway
defects
![Page 19: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
PLANNING THE INVESTIGATION
• Data collection at the crash site before
travel
• Gather and review data already collected
to know what data is needed
• Travel to the crash scene soon after the
crash
![Page 20: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
REPORTS
• CRASH
INVESTIGATION
REPORT
• TECHNICAL
REPORT
• SPECIAL REPORT
![Page 21: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE
REPORTS?
• TAKE POSSIBLE CHANGES TO LEGISLATURE TO
THE GOVERNOR
• CONTACT VDOT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE
ROADWAY/HIGHWAY
• EDUCATION IN DIFFERENT AREAS- VISIT SCHOOLS,
COMMUNITY CENTERS- SAFETY BELT USAGE,
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND PHONE USAGE
• COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO CREATE CHANGE
![Page 22: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
INVESTIGATE, EDUCATE, AND
PREVENT (IEP)
The goal of the VMCIT is INVESTIGATION,
EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.
……….SAVING LIVES…………
![Page 23: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
*A CASE TO REMEMBER*
• ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AND
SUICIDE/HOMICIDE
• THREE VEHICLES INVOLVED:
VEHICLE #1 TOYOTA CAMRY
VEHICLE #2 DODGE MINIVAN
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 24: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
CRASH INVESTIGATION
![Page 25: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
INVESTIGATION
• ROAD WAS CONCRETE AND ALSO WET- IT WAS NO
LONGER RAINING
• ROAD WAS LIT
• TWO LANES ON THE EAST-BOUND SIDE, JERSEY
WALL AND TWO LANES THE WEST-BOUND SIDE
• NO PRE CRASH TIRE MARKS, SCRAPES, OR
GOUGES LOCATED
• LITTLE, IF ANY, BRAKING BEFORE THE COLLISION
![Page 26: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
THE STORY
• Vehicle #1 Toyota
Camry – driven by
male occupant with
female occupant as
passenger
• Husband and wife
![Page 27: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
WITNESS STATEMENTS
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY,
HOW????
![Page 28: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
INTERVIEW WITH FIRST
SERGEANT JOSEPH ZYRA- VSP
![Page 29: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
VEHICLE #1- TOYOTA CAMRY
![Page 30: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
VEHICLE #1- TOYOTA CAMRY
![Page 31: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
VEHICLE #1 TOYOTA CAMRY
![Page 32: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
VEHICLE #1-TOYOTA CAMRY
![Page 33: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
VEHICLE #2- DODGE MINIVAN
![Page 34: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
VEHICLE #2- DODGE MINIVAN
![Page 35: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
INTERVIEW WITH VEHICLE #2 DODGE
MINIVAN DRIVER
![Page 36: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 37: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 38: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 39: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 40: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 41: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
VEHICLE #3 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
TRUCK
![Page 42: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
THE SUICIDE LETTER
• “SINCERELY SORRY FOR THE WAY THIS HAS
ENDED AND ANY TROUBLE OR EMOTIONAL PAIN
THIS WILL CAUSE ANYONE.”
• “I AM 100% SANE WHEM WRITING THIS, THOUGH
SOMEWHAT BROKEN HEARTED AND SAD”
• “SINNER
• UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AND FORCED
ABORTION”
• “FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS”
![Page 43: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
THE SUICIDE LETTER
• “I-PHONE MESSAGES”
• “SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR IN OUR JEEP BEFORE
WHEN I THREATENED TO KILL US BOTH.”
• “TODAY HAS MORE TO DO WITH OUR LOVE FOR
EACH OTHER THAN IT HAS TO DO WITH ME BEING
JEALOUS OR SELFISH….”
• “PLEASE MAKE SURE MY WIFE WEARS THE
CLOTHES I SPECIFIED AND THAT WE ARE BOTH
WEARING OUR WEDDING RINGS”
![Page 44: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
THE SUICIDE LETTER
• “I GUESS IT’S LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET,
SAMSON AND DELIAH AND NOW IT’S…..US.”
• “WE BOTH DID THINGS TO EACHOTHER
THAT WE WILL ALWAYS REGRET”
• “SIMPLE AS THAT AND LIKE THE SONG
SAYS….THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
AGAIN.”
![Page 45: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
HUMAN FACTORS
• PLANNED 10 PAGE LETTER
• FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
• GUILTY ABOUT AN ABORTION HE MADE HIS WIFE
HAVE
• JEALOUS ABOUT WIFE’S AFFAIR
• THE NEED TO BE IN CONTROL AND IN TURN- FELT-
OUT OF CONTROL
• CONTROL EVEN AFTER DEATH
• ATTEMPTED THIS BEFORE (PER HIS SUICIDE
LETTER)
![Page 46: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
MORE HUMAN FACTORS
• NIGHT DRIVING
• WET ROAD
• VEHICLE SPEED
• MENTAL CAPACITY OF THE DRIVER OF
VEHICLE #1 TOYOTA CAMRY
• OCCUPANT KINEMATICS
• TYPE OF CRASH
• LOCATION OF THE CRASH
• AGE OF THE DRIVERS
![Page 47: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
PERCEPTION-RESPONSE TIME
(PRT)
• includes from first
visibility (point of
possible perception)
• to first vehicle
response (i.e., skid
marks, braking,
turning, etc.)
![Page 48: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
PRT
Phases of driver response time
▲__________________PERCEPTION- RESPONSE TIME ___________▲
Detect Perception-
Reaction
Limb
Movement
Vehicle
Latency
![Page 49: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
PERCEPTION–REACTION TIME
• Time from first perception of
an immediate hazard until
first human reaction (foot off
brake, NOT signs of braking)
PERCEPTION-RESPONSE TIME
• Time from first
perception of an
immediate hazard that
requires an emergency
response until first
vehicle response
(braking, skid marks,
vehicle turning)
![Page 50: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
TAKE PERCAUTIONS
» WEAR A SEATBELT
» USE CHILD SAFETY SEATS
» WEAR REFLECTIVE CLOTHING
» TURN THE AIRBAG ON
» SILENCE YOUR PHONE/HANDS FREE
» KEEP THE RADIO/MUSIC LOW
» KNOW WHEN TO MOVE OVER
![Page 51: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM (VMCIT)
INVESTIGATIONEDUCATIONPREVENTION
![Page 52: THE VIRGINIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRASH INVESTIGATION … · Training Center within the (Wilder) School for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006 •The Virginia Crash](https://reader034.vdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022050421/5f90e0cf3f7b8e49a0696b7d/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
THANK YOU!
VMCIT