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Author Re: Accident Reconstruction
jaj001@iglou.com

2005-05-29, 10:54 pm

On Sun, 29 May 2005 13:51:58 GMT, jaj001@iglou.com wrote:

>I am a retired paramedic. When I was on the streets (I worked in
>three different states) law enforcement wanted traffic flow resumed

as
>quickly as possible.
>
>Now, when I travel and come across an accident scene, traffic is
>brought to a stop while law-enforcement goes through this long,
>drawn-out, ritualistic, waste of time, money, and people to do --
>ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION.
>
>There is nothing that cannot be proven any better than taking a

stereo
>camera, mouting it in one place and doing a stereo cineograph and
>taking the results back to the station and writing the report.
>
>Even if a long, protracted, and cumbersome ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
>were to prove who the person in the wrong was, does it not impact the
>rest of society, commerce, and the economy to a greater extent than
>the paltry few thousands a report will prove. This is especially

true
>on an accident that shuts down an interstate for four hours when

there
>is NO HAZMAT. HAZMAT is a different, unrealted ball game.
>
>Bottom line, go back to stereo cameras and get the traffic flowing
>again.
>
>jaj


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