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2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference
June 2-5, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Palace Station Hotel
ACTAR CEU's: 18
Engine Idle Acceleration
Presented by: Timothy Reust
Web Site: www.accidentscience.com
Abstract
After the driver releases the brake pedal, a vehicle with an automatic transmission will slowly accelerate and reach a terminal velocity.
When evaluating an accident where a driver has released the brake and the vehicle moves into another vehicle, very little test data is available for reference to determine speed and time related to the travel distance.
The presentation will cover instrumented test results of over 30 different vehicles including passenger car, SUV, pickup, electric hybrid, transit bus and fire rigs.
Bio
Mr. Reust is based in the Los Angeles area and is an engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the field of accident reconstruction; in addition to reconstruction he has specialties in instrumented vehicle testing and event data recorder downloading and evaluation for both passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles. He consults and lectures throughout the United States on issues related to event data recorders.
Mr. Reust has published several papers related to the accuracy of the speed recorded by event data recorders and the effects brake application and yaw events. He has conducted many instrumented tests to measure the acceleration and brake performance of commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles.
