Hotel Information:

This year's ARC-CSI Crash Conference is being held at the Palace Station Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

Palace Station Hotel
2411 W. Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Reservations: 800-634-3101
Group Rate ID: PCIARC8

Group Rate For Rooms

Example of a tower room at
the Palace Station

Palace Station will take reservations at the above stated group rate until April 29, 2008, after this date the hotel will take reservations on a space available basis and at prevailing hotel rate.

Check-in time is 3:00 PM
Check-out time is 12:00 PM

Shuttle Service
The Palace Station offers free scheduled shuttle service to and from McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip.

High Speed Internet Access
All rooms have High Speed Internet access at the rate of $9.99 for a 24-hour period.

The Hotel Service Fee of $4.95 will be added per room, per night and includes the following:

• Shuttle Service
• Unlimited local & 800 calls, up to 30 minutes per call
• Unlimited use of Fitness Facility
• Line Pass to Buffet
• In-coming Faxes
• 20% off Gift Shop merchandise
• Coupon Book valued at $200
  

More information can be found at the Palace Station Hotel web site:
www.palacestation.com

Special Thanks

Jim Byrne, NLVPD

Collision Publishing would like to extend a very special thank you to Jim Byrne and Mario Alfonsi from the North Las Vegas Police Department for their help and dedication to the ARC-CSI Crash Conference.

2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference
June 2-5, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Palace Station Hotel
ACTAR CEU's: 18

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Join us in Las Vegas, NV for the 7th Annual ARC-CSI Crash Conference. This conference will include multiple full scale crash tests conducted at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 3-days of presentations from leading experts from around the world. In addition to the live crash testing and presentations, this conference will also conduct workshops giving you hands-on training to real-world incidents.

Speakers | Workshops | Crash Testing | Conference Schedule
Exhibitors/Sponsors

Registration Information:
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Crash Testing

Every year, the ARC-CSI Conference offers attendees full scale, practical, fully documented crash tests using state-of-the art equipment.  The volume of testing has varied from as few as 4 to as many as 9 tests all conducted in the space of just a few hours at the world famous Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Unlike other conferences, at the ARC-CSI conference, you're not only allowed but encouraged to bring video and still cameras and will be given ample opportunity to take photos and video of the crashes and vehicles before and after the testing series.  Moreover, at the end of the week, everyone in attendance will receive a DVD with conference proceedings as well as literally hundreds of high resolution photos of the testing vehicles, crash "scenes,"  video of the crashes from multiple angles and in multiple formats and the underlying real crash data collected from accelerometer data to vehicle and roadway evidence maps.

This year, an ambitious day of testing is planned including motorcycle-to-car crashes and car-to-pedestrian crashes to supplement presentations and workshops a the conference. Additional testing planned includes a series to illustrate Ford PCM pre-crash data, rollover technology (with another full scale rollover* as presented in 2006!) and the effect of a "PIT" maneuver on the "violator's" car and occupants - again tied into conference presentations.  Additional crashes may be added as we near the conference date, but the morning of June 2 will surely be a busy, productive crash day.

*The “PIT” maneuver-Rollover test will involve a Crown Vic traveling at approximately the same speed as a 2001 Blazer. The Blazer will be driven by radio signal with the operator riding in the right front seat of the Crown Vic.  The driver of the Crown Vic will steer right so that the right front fender of the Crown Vic strikes the left rear axle of the Blazer.   The Crown Vic is expected to spin out while the Blazer is expected to yaw counter-clockwise and roll. NOTE: This testing will be performed by Gilbert Engineering (Micky Gilbert, Lawrence Wilson, and David Bilek) and assisted by Collision Safety Institute.

Crash testing for the conference will be conducted by Collision Safety Institute, proven leaders in the field of crash testing. The rollover crash will conducted by Gilbert Engineering. Collision Safety Institute has conducted more than 200 crash tests over the years and have set the standard in conference crash test conduct together with data collection and distribution.

After each crash test, attendees are welcome to examine the vehicles,
take photos and video tape.

Speaker Presentations

This years conference will include a wide variety of speakers on various topics relating to the crash tests and real world applications for accident reconstruction.

Workshops

In addition to the live crash testing and presentations, this conference will also conduct workshops giving you hands-on training to real-world incidents.

Conference Schedule